When Jackson Browne set out to record his 1982 classic, “Somebody’s Baby,” little did he know the track would go on to become the most famous and highest-charting success of his career and his final Top 10 hit.
Part of the song's popularity may have stemmed from its inclusion on the soundtrack for the Cameron Crowe-produced ‘80s teen movie, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. According to People, the movie grossed roughly $50 million at the box office, an amount about 10 times the actual budget for the film.
That number introduced the song to a wider audience, helping propel its success. Yet, despite that success, Browne surprisingly chose not to include the track on his 1983 project, Lawyers in Love, potentially losing out on additional album sales generated from the hit film.
Browne collaborated with Danny Kortchmar on the “Somebody’s Baby” lyrics, and Kortchmar already had the musical framework ready, including the memorable lyrical hook: “She must be somebody’s baby.”
While reluctant at first, Browne helped complete the song. But when it came to the essence of the lyrics, he felt they didn’t align with the rest of his musical catalog. So he dismissed the track as an overly commercial and meaningless pop song that centered on teenage romance. Due to its lyrical departure from his body of work, Browne neglected to include the song on his album, and later came to regret that move.
According to American Songwriter, Browne didn’t understand the song’s important and resonant message until he met with a therapist, who changed his perception of the tune.
“You’ve got it all wrong,” Browne’s therapist reportedly said to him, per the outlet. “This is about something important. Everybody wants to belong to somebody. Everybody wants to feel loved, and this is the most fundamental thing.”
That highly relatable theme of wanting to feel loved took “Somebody’s Baby” to the No. 7 spot on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1982, spending 19 weeks on the chart. Eventually, Browne did include “Somebody’s Baby” on his later Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 album in 2008.
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