Big Bang Baby
"Big Bang Baby" is a song featured on Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop, the third album by the band Stone Temple Pilots. It was the first single to be released from the album, followed by "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" and "Lady Picture Show." It reached #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It was also a rock hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.
"Big Bang Baby" | ||||
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Single by Stone Temple Pilots | ||||
from the album Tiny Music... Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | ||||
B-side |
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Released | March 23, 1996 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Rock, glam rock[1] | |||
Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Music: Robert DeLeo Lyrics: Scott Weiland | |||
Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien | |||
Stone Temple Pilots singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Big Bang Baby" on YouTube | ||||
Audio sample | ||||
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"Big Bang Baby" also appears on the greatest hits album Thank You.
Music video
The music video features the band performing in a white room. It was an intentional pastiche of videos from the early days of MTV, which were mostly shot on videotape rather than film, and most directly evokes the look of The J. Geils Band's "Freeze Frame."[2]
The video was shot at the former West Valley Studios (Stage 1) at 9260 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Chatsworth, CA 91311. The studio which was then owned by CVI (Cablevision Industries) and is now owned by Time Warner Cable. The studio was closed shortly after the merger from CVI to Time Warner Cable (Communications).
Charts
(1996) | Position |
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Canadian RPM Singles Chart | 18 |
UK Singles Chart | 154 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay[3] | 28 |
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks[4] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks[5] | 2 |
Track listing
- "Big Bang Baby"
- "Adhesive"
- "Daisy"
References
- Stone Temple Pilots - Thank You on AllMusic
- Beebe, Roger; Middleton, Jason (2007). "the+Stone+Temple+Pilots%27s+Big+Bang+Baby" Medium Cool: Music Videos from Soundies to Cellphones. Duke University Press. p. 308. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
- "Radio Songs – Stone Temple Pilots". Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- "Mainstream Rock Tracks – Stone Temple Pilots". Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- "Alternative Songs – Stone Temple Pilots". Retrieved 2013-03-08.