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Thank You Baby! (for Makin' Someday Come So Soon)
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"Thank You Baby!" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain
. It was the fourth international single
released from her 2002 album
Up!
. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Twain. It was announced by Twain, that "Thank You Baby!" would be the next single from Up! at her Kilkenny
concert, her first concert since the Come On Over Tour
. The song fared well on the charts, boosted by club play of the Almighty remixes. The European single was released August 11, 2003 and the UK singles on August 25, 2003.
called the song a "nice mid-tempo ballad", while Rolling Stone magazine noted it conveyed "motherly intimacy and an undeniable pop sense".
The music video
for "Thank You Baby!" was shot in Vancouver
, Canada
at First Light Film Studio by director Paul Boyd
. It was originally released in Europe on July 28, 2003. The video is set in an art gallery, with three four-sided TVs stacked on top of each in the middle of the room. Twain is singing on the TVs (her head on the top screen, her torso in the middle and legs on the bottom), while the people in the gallery start noticing her and crowd around the TVs to watch. Also, paintings of an orchestra come to life to play along in the song. The video is available on select CD singles.
, nevertheless it just missed the top ten in the UK when it debuted at its peak of number 11. It entered the chart on September 6, 2003, and remained on the chart for seven weeks. While it did break the streak of top ten singles at seven in the UK, it did become her tenth top 20 single. The song also hit the top 20 in Austria and Germany.
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million...
. It was the fourth international single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
released from her 2002 album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Up!
Up! (album)
-Critical reception:Upon its release, the album received very positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 72/100 from Metacritic...
. The song was written by Mutt Lange and Twain. It was announced by Twain, that "Thank You Baby!" would be the next single from Up! at her Kilkenny
Kilkenny
Kilkenny is a city and is the county town of the eponymous County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is situated on both banks of the River Nore in the province of Leinster, in the south-east of Ireland...
concert, her first concert since the Come On Over Tour
Come on Over Tour
The Come On Over Tour is the first concert tour by Canadian recording artist, Shania Twain. Visiting North America, Australia and Europe, the tour supported Twain's third studio album Come On Over...
. The song fared well on the charts, boosted by club play of the Almighty remixes. The European single was released August 11, 2003 and the UK singles on August 25, 2003.
Critical reception
Critical reception for "Thank You Baby!" was warm. About.comAbout.com
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called the song a "nice mid-tempo ballad", while Rolling Stone magazine noted it conveyed "motherly intimacy and an undeniable pop sense".
Music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Thank You Baby!" was shot in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
at First Light Film Studio by director Paul Boyd
Paul Boyd
Paul Boyd is a British, music video, commercial and feature film director.Born in Scotland, Boyd graduated from St. Martin's School of Art in London with a BA in Fine Art Film...
. It was originally released in Europe on July 28, 2003. The video is set in an art gallery, with three four-sided TVs stacked on top of each in the middle of the room. Twain is singing on the TVs (her head on the top screen, her torso in the middle and legs on the bottom), while the people in the gallery start noticing her and crowd around the TVs to watch. Also, paintings of an orchestra come to life to play along in the song. The video is available on select CD singles.
Chart performance
"Thank You Baby!" proved to be less successful than the previous singles released from Up!Up! (album)
-Critical reception:Upon its release, the album received very positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 72/100 from Metacritic...
, nevertheless it just missed the top ten in the UK when it debuted at its peak of number 11. It entered the chart on September 6, 2003, and remained on the chart for seven weeks. While it did break the streak of top ten singles at seven in the UK, it did become her tenth top 20 single. The song also hit the top 20 in Austria and Germany.
Audio versions
- Red Album Version (4:01)
- Green Album Version (4:01)
- Blue Album Version (4:01)
- Red Radio Version (3:13)
- Almighty Mix (6:36)
- Almighty Dub (6:33)
- Live from Up! Live in ChicagoUp! Live in ChicagoUp! Live in Chicago is the third live video album by Canadian singer Shania Twain. Directed and produced by Beth McCarthy-Miller, the concert was held and filmed on July 27, 2003 at the Hutchinson Field in the south-side of Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois; there were over 50,000 attendants...
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Charts
| Chart (2003) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart | 17 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 48 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 | 23 |
| French Singles Chart | 72 |
| German Singles Chart | 20 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
23 |
| Romanian Singles Chart | 53 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 35 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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