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Babe It's Up to You

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"Babe It's Up to You"
Single by Smokie
from the album The Other Side of the Road
B-side"Did She Have To Go Away"
Released19 October 1979[1]
Length3:43
LabelRAK
Songwriter(s)Gloria Macari, Roger Ferris
Producer(s)Smokie
Smokie singles chronology
"Do to Me"
(1979)
"Babe It's Up to You"
(1979)
"San Francisco Bay"
(1979)

"Babe It's Up to You" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1979 studio album The Other Side of the Road. It was the album's second single.

Background and writing

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The song was written by Gloria "Glo" Macari and Roger Ferris and produced by Smokie. It samples the piece Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour from The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach in the chorus of the song.

Commercial performance

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The song reached no. 8 in Germany.[2]

Charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 60
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 5
Germany[2] 8
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[5] 41
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 8

Cover versions

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Chris Norman included his solo cover of the song on his 2000 studio album Full Circle.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 34.
  2. ^ a b "Smokie - Babe It's Up To You". Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Smokie – Babe It's Up to You" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  5. ^ "Smokie – Babe It's Up to You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  6. ^ "Smokie – Babe It's Up to You". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  7. ^ "Chris Norman - Full Circle". Spanishcharts.com. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
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