Keep Your Hands off My Baby

"Keep Your Hands off My Baby" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.[1]

"Keep Your Hands off My Baby"
Single by Little Eva
B-side"Where Do I Go?"
Released1962
GenrePop
Length2:29
LabelDimension Records
Songwriter(s)Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Producer(s)Gerry Goffin
Little Eva singles chronology
"The Loco-Motion"
(1962)
"Keep Your Hands off My Baby"
(1962)
"Let's Turkey Trot"
(1963)
"Keep Your Hands off My Baby"
Song by The Beatles
from the album Live at the BBC
Released30 November 1994
Recorded22 January 1963
GenreMerseybeat, pop
Length2:31
LabelApple Records
Songwriter(s)Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Producer(s)George Martin (Executive producer)
"Keep Your Hands off My Baby"
Single by Kirsty MacColl
B-side"I Don't Need You"
ReleasedFebruary 1981
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Gerry Goffin, Carole King
Producer(s)Barry Farmer
Kirsty MacColl singles chronology
"They Don't Know"
(1979)
"Keep Your Hands off My Baby"
(1981)
"There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis"
(1981)

Little Eva recording

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The most notable recording was done by Little Eva, who had a No. 12 hit with the song on the Billboard charts in 1962.

Chart history

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Chart (1962) Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Chart)[2] 11
U.K. Singles Chart[3] 30
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 12
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles[5] 6

Other recordings

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Other artists who have recorded versions of the song include:

References

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  1. ^ "discogs.com". discogs.com. 1962. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  2. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - December 10, 1962".
  3. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 505.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 355.
  6. ^ The Beatles Bible: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby Retrieved on 15 September 2008.
  7. ^ "The Singles Chart - Ones to Watch". Record Business. Vol. 3, no. 46. 16 February 1981. p. 11. ISSN 0144-0691.
  8. ^ "At Abbey Road 1961–1967 – Helen Shapiro". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  9. ^ "CaroleKing.com". Retrieved 24 March 2008.