Something 'Bout You Baby I Like

"Something 'Bout You Baby I Like"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Never Too Late
B-side	"Enough is Enough"
Released	20 February 1981
Format	7 inch vinyl
Genre	Rock
Length	2:50
Label	Vertigo
Songwriter(s)	R Supa
Producer(s)	Status Quo and John Eden
Status Quo singles chronology

"Something 'Bout You Baby (I Like)" is a popular song written by guitarist Richard Supa in the early 1970s and sung by Tom Jones, which reached No. 36 in the UK in 1974, and Glen Campbell & Rita Coolidge, which reached No. 42 in the US in 1980.

Chart history

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[1]	36
UK (OCC)	36
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[2]	42
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	39

Status Quo cover

"Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1981. It was included on the album Never Too Late.^[3]

The version by Glen Campbell and Rita Coolidge prompted Rossi to cover the song. The picture sleeve for "Something 'Bout You Baby (I Like)" was available in three different colour schemes - full multi-colour, blue print and red print. The majority of the 150,000 sleeves printed were the intended 'full colour' print.

Track listing

"Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" (R Supa) (2.50)
"Enough Is Enough" (Rossi/Frost/Parfitt) (2.52)

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	9
Switzerland	10
Netherlands	15
Austria	12
Germany	45
Norway	9
Ireland	7
Australia	20

Other cover versions

Jerry Reed in 1977 on his album Rides Again
Billy Scott and Janice Barnett (Beach music artists) in 1995^[4]

References

↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-07-26. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
↑ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
↑ "R&B and Beach Music Artist Billy Scott Passes Away at 70". Vintage Vinyl News (VVN) Music. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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[1] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-07-26. Retrieved 2018-04-17.

[2] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[3] "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

[4] "R&B and Beach Music Artist Billy Scott Passes Away at 70". Vintage Vinyl News (VVN) Music. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

Status Quo
Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Alan Lancaster Jess Jaworski Alan Key John Coghlan Roy Lynes Rick Parfitt Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley
Studio albums (UK)	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic (Stripped Bare) Aquostic II: That's a Fact!
UK Top 20 singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Down the Dustpipe" "Paper Plane" "Mean Girl" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Again and Again" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Come On You Reds" "Jam Side Down" "You'll Come 'Round" "The Party Ain't Over Yet"
Other singles	"Black Veils of Melancholy" "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "In My Chair" "Tune to the Music" "Gerdundula" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Accident Prone" "She Don't Fool Me" "Who Gets the Love?" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "All Stand Up" "Thinking of You" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
Live albums	Live! Live at the N.E.C. Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC Back 2 SQ.1 - The Frantic Four Reunion The Frantic Four's Final Fling - Live at the Dublin O2 Arena Aquostic! Live at the Roundhouse The Last Night of the Electrics
See also	Status Quo discography Bob Young
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