Somebody's Baby by donnica59

donnica59 - Somebody's Baby

donnica59

May 03, 2025 11:35am

<ul><li><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/2CDF/f725a8faf8_LTBH_media.gif"></li><li> </li><li> </li><li> </li><li> </li><li> </li><li>This song is about a guy who is infatuated with a girl, and convinces himself that she must have a boyfriend. </li><li>As he tries to work up the courage to talk to her, he keeps losing confidence by reminding himself that she's too fine not to be taken.</li><li>This was part of a memorable scene in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, where it was used to express the feelings of a frustrated teenager. </li><li>The movie was a huge hit and helped drive the chart success of the song. "Somebody's Baby" was the only hit from the soundtrack, although "<a href="https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-cars/moving-in-stereo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Moving In Stereo</a>" by The Cars was used in a famous scene and also became associated with the film.</li><li> </li><li>Jackson Browne recorded the song for the film because he was friends with its writer, Cameron Crowe. </li><li>The song's co-writer, Danny Kortchmar, was also friends with Crowe, and was working on the song "Love Rules" for the film with Don Henley when he came up with the framework for "Somebody's Baby." </li><li>Kortchmar convinced Browne to finish writing the song and record it for the movie.</li><li>Jackson Browne wrote this song with Danny Kortchmar, who played guitar on his Running On Empty and Lives In The Balance albums. </li><li>Kortchmar had the music and the "must be somebody's baby" hook. </li><li>He knew Browne could do something special with the song, so he brought what he had to Jackson, who helped Kortchmar complete it. </li><li>That's what I brought to him: all the guitar parts and everything else. </li><li>In a 2013 Songfacts interview, <a href="https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/danny-kortchmar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Kortchmar explained</a>:</li><li> </li><li>"It was not typical of what Jackson writes at all, that song. </li><li>But because it was for this movie he changed his general approach and came up with this fantastic song. </li><li>It's a brilliant lyric. </li><li>I think it's absolutely wonderful. </li><li>But it's atypical of him - he wasn't sure what to make of it himself. </li><li>He didn't want to put it on his album that he was making because it was atypical of what he did, but it ended up being something that got requested a lot and he ended up playing it live and taking it to his heart, as it were. </li><li>And now he plays it all the time."</li><li>Browne has called this an "unabashed pop song." </li><li>Most musicians would want their most popular songs on their albums, but Browne was OK having it on the Fast Times at Ridgemont High soundtrack, despite the advice of his former label boss David Geffen, who told him he was nuts for giving it up.</li><li>Around this time, Jackson Browne was working on songs for his Lawyers In Love album, which was released in 1983. He didn't consider "Somebody's Baby" for the album because he didn't think was an "important" song - just a meaningless pop tune.</li><li> </li><li>Browne's therapist helped bring him around. </li><li>On the After the Deluge podcast, Browne said he was ragging on the song during one of his sessions, but the therapist set him straight, telling him: "You've got it all wrong. This is about something important. </li><li>Everybody wants to belong to somebody. </li><li>Everybody wants to feel loved and this is the most fundamental thing."</li></ul>