Baby, Stop Crying

"Baby, Stop Crying" is a song written by Bob Dylan, released in the summer of 1978 as a single and in a longer album version on Street Legal. It was performed live only during his big-band worldwide tour of 1978. The song charted at #13 in the UK and was a top-ten song in much of Europe, although it failed to chart in the United States.

"Baby, Stop Crying"
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album Street Legal
B-side"New Pony"
Released31 July 1978 (US single)
RecordedApril 1978
GenreRock
Length5:17
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Don DeVito
Bob Dylan singles chronology
"Is Your Love in Vain?"
(1978)		 "Baby, Stop Crying"
(1978)		 "Changing of the Guards"
(1978)

Dylan plays the role of consoler to a despairing woman in this song, even asking for a pistol in the opening verse, claiming he "can't tell right from wrong." Commenting on the content of this song, Dylan once said that "the man in that song has his hand out and is not afraid of getting it bit."[1] Like many of the tracks from Street Legal, "Baby, Stop Crying" features a saxophone and a trio of female backup singers. According to Billboard Magazine the female voices provide an "exciting counterpoint" to Dylan's "raspy" vocal performance.[2]

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References
  1. Magazine, Rolling Stone (1989-09-15). Rolling Stone Interv. Macmillan. p. 362. ISBN 9780312034863.
  2. "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. August 12, 1978. p. 82. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
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