Babe It's Up to You explained

Babe It's Up to You
Type:	single
Artist:	Smokie
Album:	The Other Side of the Road
B-Side:	"Did She Have To Go Away"
Released:	19 October 1979^[1]
Length:	3:43
Label:	RAK
Producer:	Smokie
Prev Title:	Do to Me
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	San Francisco Bay
Next Year:	1979

"Babe It's Up to You" is a song by the British rock band Smokie from their 1979 studio album The Other Side of the Road. It was the album's second single.

Background and writing

The song was written by Gloria "Glo" Macari and Roger Ferris and produced by Smokie. It samples the piece Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour from The Tales of Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach in the chorus of the song.

Commercial performance

The song reached no. 8 in Germany.

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	60
Germany^[3]	8

Cover versions

Chris Norman included his solo cover of the song on his 2000 studio album Full Circle.^[4]

External links

Smokie — "Babe It's Up to You" (1979) at Discogs

Notes and References

Web site: Music Week. 34.
Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 279.
Web site: Smokie - Babe It's Up To You. Spanishcharts.com . October 20, 2017.
Web site: Chris Norman - Full Circle. Spanishcharts.com . October 20, 2017.