There Goes My Baby
The Drifters
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(Bo-bo, doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (There she goes) (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) (Bo-bo) (doo-doot-doo-doo) (Bo-bo) (doo-doo-doo-doo) There goes my baby, movin' on down the line Wonder where, wonder where, wonder where she is bound? I broke her heart and made her cry Now I'm alone, so all alone What can I do, what can I do? (There goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh (There goes my baby) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (There goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh (There she goes) I want to know if she loved me (there she goes) Did she really love me? Was she just playing me for a fool? I wonder why she left me Why did she leave me so all alone So all alone I just wanna tell her that I loved her And that I need her Beside my side to be my guide I want to know where is my (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) Where is my baby (doo-doot-doo-doo-doo-doo) I want my baby I need my baby Yeah, whoa-oh-oh (there goes my baby) (There goes my baby) (There goes my baby) whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
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Written by: Ben King, George Treadwell, Jerry Leiber, Lover Patterson, Mike Stoller
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10 facts about this song
Chart Performance"There Goes My Baby" was one of the biggest hits by "Ben E. King" and "The Drifters". It reached the number 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart.
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Historic SignificanceThe song is considered a landmark recording for its innovative use of strings and symphony-like arrangements, contributing to the development of "Symphonic Soul", a subgenre of R&B.
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Song Writers"There Goes My Baby" was written by a group of songwriters - Benjamin Nelson (who later became known as Ben E. King), Lover Patterson, George Treadwell, and the famous songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
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Release YearThe song was released in 1959 making it one of the early influences in the evolution of pop and soul music in the 1960s.
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Credits ControversyThere was controversy over the songwriting credits. Though Ben E. King was one of the co-writers, his name did not appear in the credits until much later.
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Production QualityAt the time of recording, there were concerns about the song's sound quality, as it was one of the first R&B songs to use heavy string overdubs, giving it an echoey quality. However, this distinctive sound became a trademark of future productions by Leiber and Stoller.
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Grammy Hall of Fame"There Goes My Baby" was awarded a spot in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, marking it as a recording of "qualitative or historical significance".
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Rolling Stone RankingIn 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked "There Goes My Baby" No. 196 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
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Ben E. King's DepartureThe song was Ben E. King's last hit with The Drifters before he embarked on a successful solo career.
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Innovative Arrangement"There Goes My Baby" was one of the first instances of a R&B song being treated with a lush, orchestral pop arrangement, which paved the way for the approach many producers took in the 60's and 70's.
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