Baby Girl (Sugarland song)
# Baby Girl (Sugarland song)

"Baby Girl" is a debut song co-written and recorded by American country music group Sugarland. Originally released in 2003 as part of Premium Quality Tunes, it was re-released in July 2004 as the first single from the album Twice the Speed of Life. The single reached a peak position of number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in April 2005. The song spent a total of 46 weeks on the country music charts; setting a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan digital chart tabulation in 1990. In addition, "Baby Girl" became the highest-peaking debut single for a country music group in 14 years. It was written by group members Jennifer Nettles, Kristian Bush, and Kristen Hall, along with Troy Bieser.

## Chart performance

"Baby Girl" entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 56 on the chart week of July 24, 2004. The single reached its peak position of number 2 on the chart week of April 2, 2005, a position that it held for two weeks. "Baby Girl" became the highest-charting debut single for a country group since 1991. It also set a new record for the longest chart run since the inception of Nielsen SoundScan in 1990, spending 46 weeks on the charts. Joel Whitburn's book Hot Country Songs 1944-2008 contradicts this record, citing Gary Allan's "Right Where I Need to Be" as the record-holder for this era with a 48-week run. In the same book, "Baby Girl" is tied with Diamond Rio's 2002 single "Beautiful Mess" and Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" as the second-longest chart run in this era, Underwood's chart run having come in 2006 and 2007. The song has sold 827,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.

| Chart (2004–2005) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Canada Country (Radio & Records) | 1 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 2 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 38 |
| US Billboard Pop 100 | 64 |

### Year-end charts

| Chart (2005) | Position |
| - | - |
| US Country Songs (Billboard) | 7 |

## Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

* Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
* Brandon Bush – organ
* Kristian Bush – mandolin, background vocals
* Chad Cromwell – drums
* Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
* Kristen Hall – acoustic guitar, background vocals
* Greg Morrow – tambourine
* Jennifer Nettles – lead vocals, background vocals
* Glenn Worf – bass guitar
