ROD STEWART - BABE JANE

baby Jane

Stewart, Rod

Songwriters: Stewart, Rod & Davis, Jay

country: u. k.

album: The All Time Greatest Rock Songs, Volume 2

label: SONY

genre: Rock

year: 1998

 

           Sir Roderick David Stewart CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer, songwriter and record producer. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide. He has had ten number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, six of which reached number one. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.

           Stewart's music career began in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In October 1963, he joined The Dimensions as harmonica player and vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars before joining The Jeff Beck Group in 1967. Becoming the singer for the Faces in 1969, he also maintained a solo career releasing his debut solo album that same year. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk music, soul music, and R&B. His third solo album, 1971's Every Picture Tells a Story was his breakthrough, topping the charts in the UK, US, Canada and Australia. The ballad "Maggie May" off of it went to number one for multiple weeks in those same countries. His 1972 follow-up album, Never a Dull Moment, was another UK and Australian chart-topper while reaching the top three in the US and Canada. Its lead single, "You Wear It Well", also topped the chart in the UK while being a moderate hit elsewhere.

             After a handful more UK top ten hits, Stewart announced the breakup of the Faces in 1975. His next few singles were ballads with "Sailing", off the 1975 UK and Australian number-one album, Atlantic Crossing, becoming a hit in the UK and the Netherlands (number one), Germany (number four) and other countries, but barely charting in North America. A Night on the Town (1976), his fifth straight chart-topper in the UK, began a three-album run of going number one or top three in North America, the UK and Australia with each release. That album's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" spent almost two months at number one in the US and Canada, and made the top five in other countries. Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977) featured the major hit "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim) as well as the rocker "Hot Legs". Blondes Have More Fun (1978) and its disco-tinged "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" both went to number one in Canada, Australia and the US with "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" also hitting number one in the UK and the top ten in other countries. Stewart's albums regularly hit the upper rungs of the charts in the Netherlands throughout the 70s and in Sweden from 1975 onward.

              After a disco and new wave period in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stewart's music turned to a soft rock/middle-of-the-road style, with most of his albums reaching the top ten in the UK, Germany and Sweden, but faring less well in the US. The single "Rhythm of My Heart" was a top five hit in the UK, US and other countries, with its source album, 1990's Vagabond Heart, becoming, at number ten in the US and number two in the UK, his highest charting album in a decade. In 1993, he collaborated with Bryan Adams and Sting on the power ballad "All for Love", which went number one in many countries. In the early 2000s, he released a series of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook.

In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most              successful artist on the "Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists". A Grammy and, Brit Award recipient, he was voted at No. 33 in Q Magazine's list of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and he was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces.

Baby Jane don´t leave me hanging on the line
I knew you when you had no one to talk to
Now you´re moving in high society
Don´t forget I know secrets about you
I used to think you were on my side
But now I´m no longer sure
I wish I knew what I know now before

When I give my heart again
I know it´s gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it´s gonna last forever

Baby Jane don´t it make you feel sad
Just when I thought that we were winning
You and I were so close in every way
Don´t time fly when you´re loving and laughing
I´ve said goodbye so many times
The situation ain´t all that new
Optimism´s my best defense
I´ll get through without you

When I give my heart again
I know it´s gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it´s gonna last forever
I won´t be that dumb again
I know it´s gotta last forever
When I fall in love again
I know it´s gonna last forever

Baby Jane I´ve said all I want to say
Go your own way don´t think twice about me
Cause I´ve got ideas and plans of my own
So long darlin´ I´ll miss you believe me
The lesson learned was so hard to swallow
But I know that I´ll survive
I´m gonna take a good look at myself and cry

When I give my heart again
I know it´s gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it´s gonna last forever
When I fall in love next time
I know it´s gonna last forever
I won´t be that dumb again
I know it´ll last forever