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{{Infobox song
| name       = Sweet Baby
| cover      = Sweet_Baby_by_George_Duke_&_Stanley_Clarke.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Stanley Clarke]] & [[George Duke]]
| album      = [[The Clarke/Duke Project]]
| B-side     = Never Judge a Cover By Its Book
| released   = April 1981
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Jazz fusion]]<ref> [https://movingtheriver.com/2016/02/17/jazzrocks-tin-machine-the-clarkeduke-project/ Clark/Duke fusion] retrieved 12 August 2021</ref>|[[adult contemporary]]}}
| length     = 3:46
| label      = {{hlist|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Columbia Records|CBS]]}}
| writer     = [[George Duke]]
| producer   = {{hlist|[[George Duke]]|[[Stanley Clarke]]}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Louie Louie]]
| next_year  = 1981
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|d6AHjroSkfM|"Sweet Baby"}}}}
}}
"'''Sweet Baby'''" is a song by American musicians [[George Duke]] and [[Stanley Clarke]]. It was released in 1981 as the first single of their collaborative debut album ''[[The Clarke/Duke Project]]''. Reaching a peak position of No. 19 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], the single remained on the chart for a total of twenty weeks. On the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart, "Sweet Baby" reached No. 6.<ref>{{cite book |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2005 |publisher=Record Research }}</ref> The song is also noteworthy for its use of the [[electric sitar]]. During concert performances, Duke performed the song with American singer Lynn Davis.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGfNUncBSAs George Duke & Lynn Davis – Sweet Baby (Live at Shibuya Hall)]. YouTube. Retrieved July 23, 2019</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Yt62SrMtU George Duke & Lynn Davis – Sweet Baby (Live at Japan 2nd Live Aid)]. YouTube. Retrieved July 23, 2019</ref> Their version appears on Duke's concert DVD ''Live in Tokyo Japan 1983''.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-tokyo-japan-1983-mw0001330731 Live Tokyo Japan 1983 – George Duke]. AllMusic. Retrieved July 23, 2019</ref>
[[Al Jarreau]] and [[Lalah Hathaway]] recorded the song for 2014 tribute album ''My Old Friend: Celebrating George Duke''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Stanley-Clarke/Sweet-Baby/|title=Sweet Baby by Stanley Clarke and George Duke on WhoSampled|website=[[WhoSampled]]|access-date=August 27, 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = [[7"]], [[Phonographic record|Vinyl]]
| title1 = Sweet Baby
| length1 = 3:46
| lyrics1 = [[George Duke]]
| music1 = [[George Duke]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[George Duke]]|[[Stanley Clarke]]}}
| title2 = Never Judge a Cover By Its Book
| length2 = 1:43
| lyrics2 =
| music2 = [[Stanley Clarke]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Stanley Clarke]]|[[George Duke]]}}
| total_length =
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1981)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|19|artist=George Duke|artistid={{BillboardID|George Duke}}|song=Sweet Baby|accessdate=August 27, 2018}}
|-
! scope="row" {{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|6|artist=George Duke|artistid={{BillboardID|George Duke}}|song=Sweet Baby|accessdate=August 27, 2018}}
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year-end chart (1981) !! Rank
|-
|[[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1981|US Top Pop Singles (''Billboard'')]]<ref>{{cite magazine |date=December 26, 1981 |title=Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT60 |page=YE-9 |magazine=Billboard |volume=93 |issue=51|access-date=5 April 2020}}</ref>
|align="center"|78
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|488483|Stanley Clarke/George Duke – Sweet Baby / Never Judge A Cover By Its Book}}
* {{YouTube|dKyMQlX4hYk|Stanley Clarke & George Duke - Sweet Baby}}
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{{George Duke}}
[[Category:1981 songs]]
[[Category:1981 singles]]
[[Category:1980s ballads]]
[[Category:George Duke songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by George Duke]]
[[Category:Jazz fusion songs]]
[[Category:Vocal jazz songs]]
[[Category:Epic Records singles]]
[[Category:CBS Records singles]]
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