My Baby

Album: Blue (1996)
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Songfacts®:

  • With the release of her debut album, Blue, 13-year-old LeAnn Rimes proved she had a voice beyond her years, but she didn't have the maturity to always understand what exactly she was singing about. For example, the cut "My Baby" finds the teen singing about her full-time lover - a full-grown man who makes her feel like a natural woman.

    "That was a topic of conversation back in the day," Rimes said of the song's mature lyrics in a 2021 interview with Apple Music. "I'm like, 'What are you talking about?' For me, it was just a song. I loved it. My dad was always really supportive of that, which I really appreciated. He was like, 'She doesn't have to experience the things she's singing about. She just likes the music and she likes the song.' As an adult, I can totally understand where some people were coming from. Like I said, it was never odd because I really hadn't experienced that. I really just was coming from a very innocent place. I will say my dad used to explain songs to me from the time I was really young, because he would help me rehearse and the show I would sing at all the time I would learn a new song for basically every weekend. I remember wanting to sing 'Fancy' [by Reba McEntire] and them not letting me sing it. I'm like, 'Why? You have to tell me why.'"
  • This was written by country singer-songwriter Deborah Allen, who sang the 1983 crossover hit "Baby I Lied." She also co-wrote another Blue track: "Hurt Me."
  • Thanks to the hit singles "Blue" and "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)," Rimes' debut album was a big success. It peaked at #3 in the US (#1 Country), where it sold 6 million copies.

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