Bluesky "Baby Love" trivia post sparks flood of "name a song with baby" replies
A Motown anniversary post about the Supremes' 1964 #1 hit "Baby Love" turns into a sprawling crowd-sourced playlist of songs mentioning "baby".
What to know
- The post commemorates the Supremes' "Baby Love" reaching #1 on October 31, 1964, their second chart-topper and the first by any Motown act.
- The prompt to name other "baby" songs drew 278 comments, ranging from 1950s doo-wop to 1980s rock and novelty hits.
- Several users posted multiple entries, and some songs (notably "Hanky Panky") were named independently by different commenters.
The dispute No real disagreement; the only friction is light repetition, as multiple users independently named the same song ("Hanky Panky"). · positions read across 107 posts and comments
Classic rock and singer-songwriter tracks (Dylan, Springsteen, Petty, Grateful Dead) are the best examples.
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“I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bob Dylan”
lzyltnin.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
1960s Motown, soul and girl-group songs best fit the prompt, echoing the original post's theme.
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“Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops”
neelm.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
Novelty or unexpected picks (doo-wop, pop-punk, oddities) add variety to the game.
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“Hey baby This is the Big Bopper speaking”
jc-82.bsky.social · Bluesky ↗
softtail65.bsky.social original posterThe Supremes subject of the original trivia postHolland–Dozier–Holland songwriting/production team mentioned in the post
How it unfolded 3 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump postscomments
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Thread continues with repeated and varied entries over following minutes
Replies kept arriving over roughly 20 minutes, with some users posting multiple songs each and others echoing already-mentioned titles like "hanky panky" with added lyric quotes.
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🎶 My BABY does the hanky panky Yeah, my BABY does the hanky panky, etc…🎶
2 more of the top 3 · 78 posts in this stretch
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Bruce Springsteen Dancing In the Dark www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lf... I get up in the evenin' And I ain't got nothin' to say I come home in the mornin' I go to bed feelin' the same way I ain't nothin' but tired Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself Hey there, baby, I could use just a little help
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Althea - Grateful Dead "Baby I hope you don't get burned"
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Commenters flood the thread with decades of "baby" songs
Within minutes, dozens of users replied with their own picks spanning Motown, girl-group pop, classic rock, folk and novelty tracks, often including lyric snippets and YouTube links.
“My baby does the hanky-panky– Tommy James on the Shondells…”
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youtu.be/4b-by5e4saI Hey baby This is the Big Bopper speaking
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Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me (Mac Davis)
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My baby does the hanky-panky– Tommy James on the Shondells
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softtail65 marks "Baby Love" hitting #1 and asks for more "baby" songs
The post notes that the Supremes' "Baby Love," written and produced by Holland–Dozier–Holland, topped the chart on October 31, 1964, their second #1 and the first by any Motown act, then prompts readers to name another song mentioning "Baby."
“Name another song that mentions the word "Baby." 🎶…”
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Name another song that mentions the word "Baby." 🎶 Written and produced by Motown's Holland–Dozier–Holland, the Supremes are at #1 on October 31, 1964 with the song, "Baby Love." It's their 2nd chart-topper following "Where Did Our Love Go" and it makes them the first Motown act with two #1 hits.
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What people are saying 17 voices from 1 site · best of 107 · verbatim
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youtu.be/C-Naa1HXeDQ She says “Baby, it’s 3 AM, I must be lonely” And she says “Baby, well I just can’t sleep”
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youtu.be/QtTR-_Klcq8 Give it to me baby Uh huh, uh huh
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youtu.be/v40clOn5unM She says, baby if you want to be my lover You’d better take me home
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John Henry - Harry Belafonte "When John Henry was a little baby"
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Sherry, Sherry baby Sherry, Sherry baby Sherry baby (Sherry baby, Sherry baby) Sherry, can you come out tonight? (come come, come out tonight) Sherry baby (Sherry baby) Sherry, can you come out tonight?
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My baby does the hanky-panky Hey, my baby does the hanky-panky My baby does the hanky-panky My baby does the hanky-panky Hey, my baby does the hanky-panky
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Blues With A Feeling - Paul Butterfield Blues Band "Blues with a feelin' That's what I have today Blues with a feelin' That's what I have today I've got to find my BABY If it takes all night and day"
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Baby, Come to Me (James Ingram and Patti Austin)
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A Nickel And A Nail - Roy Buchanan "Oh baby, can't you see it's killin´ me"
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All Around The World - Lisa Stansfield Been around the world and I, I, I I can't find my baby
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youtu.be/IUY_9_zP64w My baby called me up She said, “Why don’t you ever take me out?”
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I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl7l... hey, baby There ain't no easy way out (I won't back down) Hey, I will stand my ground And I won't back down
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music.youtube.com/watch?v=bOSd... 👶🏼💤
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youtu.be/bimam2j2gEg Hold my hand Ooh baby, it’s a long way down to the bottom of the river
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Don't Think About It, Baby - Mike Bloomfield
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Remember Walkin' in the Sand (The Shangri-Las) Seems like the other day, my went away He went away 'cross the sea
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Gerard Way - Baby You're a Haunted House