Song · Badfinger
“Baby Blue” by Badfinger
From the album Straight Up (1971)
“Baby Blue” by Badfinger appears on 9 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2001 and 2026. It was first released in 1971 on the album Straight Up. Its best result is #437 on the WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #815 indie & aaa song of all time.
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Pete Ham wrote "Baby Blue" about Dixie Armstrong, a woman he dated on Badfinger's last American tour: she came to a show, they got talking, and he liked her enough to bring her on the road. He ended it, partly because she didn't care much for the band's life of recording and touring, and the song, a bittersweet slice of power pop, landed on Straight Up, the Welsh band's fourth album, in 1971.
Ham wrote it on acoustic guitar, guitarist Joey Molland has said he helped tighten the parts that link its sections, and Todd Rundgren produced it for Apple in sessions that came in fits and starts from September 1971. As a US single in 1972 it went to No. 14. In 2013 it closed out the final episode of Breaking Bad and reached the UK chart for the first time, at No. 73.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 437 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2001 | 1789 | WFPK | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2000 |
| 2014 | 805 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 437 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 437 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2019 | 566 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2020 | 599 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 507 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 900 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2026 | 888 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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