Song · Laurie Anderson
“Babydoll” by Laurie Anderson
From the album Strange Angels (1989)
“Babydoll” by Laurie Anderson appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2002 and 2003. It was first released in 1989 on the album Strange Angels. Its best result is #679 on the Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,033 alternative song of all time.
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"Babydoll" sits on Strange Angels, Laurie Anderson's 1989 album for Warner Bros., the record where the performance artist set out to make music first and lean on melody, even taking singing lessons along the way. She had already tried the song out years before on Saturday Night Live. Anderson wrote it, sings it and plays keyboards alongside David LeBolt and "Blue" Gene Tyranny, and she produced it with Roma Baran and Leon Pendarvis.
The band behind her is stacked: Steve Gadd on drums, Bakithi Kumalo on fretless bass, John Selolwane and David Spinozza on guitars, Crusher Bennett on percussion, and a full horn section of Lenny Pickett, Alex Foster, Lew Del Gatto, Steve Turre, Laurie Frink and Earl Gardner, with Phillip Ballou and Benny Diggs singing backup.
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 | 1221 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 679 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
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