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“Baby Stick Around” by Joe Jackson
From the album Look Sharp! (1979)
“Baby Stick Around” by Joe Jackson appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1979 on the album Look Sharp!. Its best result is #1897 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,344 alternative song of all time.
"Baby Stick Around" is one of Joe Jackson's own songs on Look Sharp!, his debut album, which arrived in January 1979, and he sings it out in front of his band: Gary Sanford on guitar, Graham Maby on bass and David Houghton on drums.
The album took a roundabout route. Jackson and the band first recorded it in a Portsmouth studio between autumn 1977 and spring 1978, paid for with money he had made touring with the cabaret outfit Koffee 'n' Kream. Then David Kershenbaum heard a demo, signed him to A&M in 1978, and the band cut the whole thing again in short order with Kershenbaum producing and Rod Hewison engineering. Reggae runs all through the record, and by June 1979 Jackson was admitting he had fallen for it completely.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1897 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 2032 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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