O Baby

"O Baby"
Single by Siouxsie and the Banshees
from the album The Rapture
B-side	"B Side Ourselves", "Swimming Horses (Live)", "All Tomorrow's Parties (Live)"
Released	1995
Format	7" single, CD single 1, CD single 2
Recorded	1995
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Polydor Records
Writer(s)	Siouxsie and the Banshees
Producer	John Cale
Siouxsie and the Banshees singles chronology
"Face to Face" (1992) "O Baby" (1995) "Stargazer" (1995)
Siouxsie Sioux singles chronology "Interlude" Morrissey & Siouxsie (1994) "O Baby" (1995) "Stargazer" Siouxsie and the Banshees (1995)

"O Baby" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was produced by John Cale and released as the first single from the band's eleventh studio album The Rapture.^[1] Melody Maker wrote : "O Baby is the wonderful prelude to Rapture" and it is "deliciously pop".^[2]

The song is much different musically and lyrically than almost all of Siouxsie and the Banshees' previous releases. It is an up-tempo track with a skipping rhythm, light guitar work and straightforward, cheerful lyrics by Siouxsie Sioux ("...the cracks in the ground grin up at me / Even the creases in my shoes smile up at me..."). "O Baby" is a love song.

The flip side "B Side Ourselves" was performed by the band during all the shows of their 1995 tour. The extra tracks were live acoustic versions of "Swimming Horses" and "All Tomorrow's Parties" (initially composed by the Velvet Underground) : they were both recorded in december 1991 for US'Kroq radio.

"O Baby" was the last Banshees single to hit the top forty, peaking at number thirty-four in the UK singles chart. It was also their last entry on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it reached number twenty-one.

Track listing

UK 7" single

1. "O Baby"
2. "B Side Ourselves"

• also released on cassette

UK cd single 1

1. "O Baby"
2. "B Side Ourselves"
3. "O Baby (Manhattan mix)"

UK cd single 2

1. "O Baby"
2. "Swimming Horses (acoustic live version, KROQ radio- 21 December 1991)"
3. "All Tomorrow's Parties (acoustic live version -Kroq radio- 21 December 1991)"

Charts

References

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