My Baby Just Cares for Me

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"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Written for the film version of the musical comedy Whoopee! (1930), the song became a signature tune for Eddie Cantor who sang it in the movie.[1][2] A stylized version of the song by Nina Simone,[2] recorded in 1958, was a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom after it was used in a 1987 perfume commercial and resulted in a renaissance for Simone.[3]

Nina Simone recording

"My Baby Just Cares for Me"
File:Ninasimonemybabyjustcaresforme.jpg
Cover of Nina Simone's 1987 single release
Single by Nina Simone
from the album Little Girl Blue
Released 1958 (1958)
Recorded 1958 (1958)
Genre Jazz
Length 3:20
Writer(s) Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn

Simone recorded the song in 1958 for her debut album, Little Girl Blue. The track remained relatively obscure until 1987, when it was used in a UK television commercial for Chanel No. 5 perfume. To follow up this exposure, the track was released as a single by Charly Records,[4] entering the UK Singles Chart on October 31, 1987 (1987-10-31) and becoming, at Number 5,[5] one of Simone's biggest hits almost 19 years after her previous chart entry. This single also made the top 10 in several European single charts and peaked at number one in the Dutch Top 40.[6]

The Simone version of the song was featured on the soundtrack for the 1994 film Shallow Grave.[7]

Music video

In 1987 a claymation music video was produced by Aardman Animations[8] and directed by Peter Lord.
The video features cat characters, including a black female cat singer, and a white cat who’s in love with her. It also features some live action footage showing details of a piano, brushes on a snare drum, and a double bass.

Chart performance

Chart (1958) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[9] 82
Chart (1987/1988) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[10] 8
Dutch Top 40[6] 1
French SNEP Singles Chart[11] 9
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 5
UK Singles Chart[5] 5
Preceded by Dutch Top 40 number-one single [6]
December 26, 1987 (1987-12-26) – January 8, 1988 (1988-01-08) (2 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"China in Your Hand" by T'Pau[14]

References

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  4. ↑ Nina Simone catalogue at Charly Records
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  8. ↑ "Episode 8: Music Videos", aardman.com. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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