"Baby" is a song by Australian electronic house band

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. "Baby" was released on 3 March 2008 as the second single from the band's third

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'' (2007). The song peaked at number 34 on the

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and became the band's first top-40 single. At the

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, the song was nominated for Best Video. The song gained further attention in 2010, when the Breakbot remix of the song was added into the video game ''

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'' as the music that plays after a race. In 2013, French electronic duo

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released "

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" which samples the refrain from "Baby". In 2015, the song was listed at number 38 in In the Mix's "100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time" with Lachlan Kanoniuk said "'Baby' stands as a cute, humble artefact from the weird and wonderful indie dance explosion of the mid-to-late 2000s".

Music video

Baby’s accompanying video has the members of Pnau interacting with the characters from the cover artwork in a white backdrop with cylinders with a group of children dressed up as ghosts, singing the song. A group of humans can be seen dressed up as the characters as well. Pnau are also shown playing the instruments, including a side whistle. As the video finishes, all the characters gather around in the same scene as colorful balloons are shown flying.

Track listing

CD single # "Baby" # "Baby" # "Baby" # "Wild Strawberries"

Charts

Release history

References

{{authority control 2007 songs 2008 singles Pnau songs Songs written by Nick Littlemore Songs written by Peter Mayes Songs written by Sam Littlemore