Song · Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
“Ooh Baby Baby” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Released 1969
“Ooh Baby Baby” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2004 and 2020. It was first released in 1969. Its best result is #851 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,586 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Ooo Baby Baby" was a 1965 single for the Miracles on Tamla, the Motown label, written by Smokey Robinson with his fellow Miracle Pete Moore and produced by Robinson himself. It's a slow, remorseful plea, Robinson owning up to cheating on the woman he loves and begging her to look past it and forgive him, and he sings it so tenderly that the apology sounds like it might actually work.
It went to number four on the Billboard R&B chart and number 16 on the Hot 100, and it has been covered many times since. Rolling Stone put the Miracles' original at 266 on its 2010 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 851 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2020 | 941 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
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