"Star Baby" was a 1974 hit by The Guess Who. It was written by Burton Cummings, who also provided the lead vocals. It is classified in the genre of Power pop, and was included on the group's LP entitled, Road Food, as well as The Guess Who - Greatest Hits in 1999, and then in The Guess Who - Anthology (2003).
"Star Baby" reached #39 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #30 on the Cash Box chart, but made it up to #9 in Canada, where the group is from. Although The Guess Who had a dozen higher-charting songs in the U.S., "Star Baby" remained on the chart longer than any of their other hits. It stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for 19 weeks, which was 4 weeks longer than their number one hit, "American Woman."
Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay for years, ranked "Star Baby" as the 37th most popular hit of 1974. It reached as high as #4 on their chart of May 18, 1974.
Famous quotes containing the words star and/or baby:
“I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;
And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,
Has awaked in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“In the best of all possible worlds, childbirth enriches a marriage. In the worst, it harms it. No matter how good their marriage is, most couples find that having a baby challenges their relationship.”
—Jean Marzollo (20th century)