My Baby's Gone (song)

"My Baby's Gone"
"My Baby's Gone"
Single by Sawyer Brown
from the album Wide Open
B-side	"Blue Denim Soul"
Released	October 1, 1988
Genre	Country
Length	3:28
Label	Capitol/Curb
Songwriter(s)	Dennis Linde
Producer(s)	Ron Chancey
Sawyer Brown singles chronology

"My Baby's Gone" is a song written by Dennis Linde, and originally recorded by American country music duo The Judds for their 1984 studio album Why Not Me.

American country music band Sawyer Brown released their version in October 1988, as the first single from the studio album Wide Open. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[2]

Content

This upbeat country ballad talks about this narrator who awakens from his bedside finds only an ice-cold pillow next to him during the hours of twilit morning. He searches to try to find his female companion that was lying next to him, and soon realizes she secretly left him for no reason. He looked out the window crying. And he is wondering why she left him, and trying to figure what he did wrong as he sits in the dark lonely bedroom.

Music Video

The music video for "My Baby's Gone" was directed by Martin Kahan begins with a woman starting the music and Mark Miller serenading to her through a microphone. It also features the Jordanaires, the video ends with the unique scene of Mark wildly stomping out every lightbulbs as he dances until room is dark.

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[3]	11
Canadian RPM Country Tracks^[4]	5

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 304.
^ "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988.

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 369–370. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 304.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Sawyer_Brown-3] "Sawyer Brown Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[4] "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988.

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v t e Sawyer Brown
Studio albums	Sawyer Brown Shakin' Out Goin' Cattin' Somewhere in the Night Wide Open The Boys Are Back Buick The Dirt Road Cafe on the Corner Outskirts of Town This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All Six Days on the Road Drive Me Wild Can You Hear Me Now Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits 1990-1995 The Hits Live
Notable singles	"Leona" "Step That Step" "Used to Blue" "Betty's Bein' Bad" "Heart Don't Fall Now" "Shakin'" "Out Goin' Cattin'" "Gypsies on Parade" "Somewhere in the Night" "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" "Old Photographs" "My Baby's Gone" "The Race Is On" "Did It for Love" "Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night" "When Love Comes Callin'" "The Walk" "The Dirt Road" "Some Girls Do" "Cafe on the Corner" "All These Years" "Trouble on the Line" "Thank God for You" "The Boys and Me" "Hard to Say" "This Time" "I Don't Believe in Goodbye" "(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All" "'Round Here" "Treat Her Right" "Six Days on the Road" "This Night Won't Last Forever" "Drive Me Wild" "800 Pound Jesus" "Lookin' for Love"
Related articles	Discography