"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" is a 1967 song by Bob Dylan first released on John Wesley Harding. It features Pete Drake on pedal steel guitar.
The song has been covered by many artists, most notably by Robert Palmer and UB40 in 1990.
Robert Palmer and UB 40 version
In 1990, Robert Palmer and UB40 released a cover version of the song. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. It appears on Robert Palmer's albums Don't Explain and on the 1995 best of The Very Best of. The song was successful, particularly in Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Austria where it reached the top ten on the singles charts, and also secured a number six placing in the UK.
7" single
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:26
- "Deep End" — 4:33
CD single
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:26
- "Deep End" — 4:33
CD maxi
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:30
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (extended version) — 7:25
- "Deep End" — 4:33
12" single
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (extended version) — 7:25
- "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" — 3:30
- "Deep End" — 4:33
Maria Muldaur covered the song on the 1968 Jim Kweskin Jug Band single I'll Be Your Baby Tonight b/w The Circus Song
Burl Ives covered the song on his 1968 album The Times They Are A-Changin'
Ray Stevens covered the song on his 1969 album Have a Little Talk with Myself
Emmylou Harris covered the song on her 1969 album Gliding Bird
Noel Harrison covered the song on his 1969 album The Great Electric Experiment Is Over
The Hollies covered the song on their 1969 album Hollies Sing Dylan
Anne Murray covered the song on her 1969 debut albumThis Way Is My Way
Linda Ronstadt covered the song on her 1969 solo debut album Hand Sown ... Home Grown
Maria Muldaur covered the song on the 1969 Geoff & Maria Muldaur album Pottery Pie
Toni Williams covered the song as the A side on his 1969 single, released on the Zodiac label.
Bobby Sherman covered the song on the ABC TV series The Music Scene in 1970
George Baker Selection covered the song on their 1970 album Little Green Bag
Rita Coolidge covered the song on her 1972 album The Lady's Not for Sale
Shaw, Allen, Shaw on their debut album "This Side - That Side" in 1972.
Lee Hazlewood and Ann-Kristin Hedmark covered the song on Hazlewood's 1973 album I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Larry Jon Wilson covered the song on his 1979 album The Sojourner
Lester Flatt covered the song
Graham Bonnet covered the song on his 1978 album No Bad Habits
Maureen Tucker of the Velvet Underground released a bizarre version of the song on her 1982 solo debut Playin' Possum
Judy Rodman released her cover version on her 1987 album, A Place Called Love, and also issued it as a single, which peaked at number five on the Hot Country Songs chart
Kaʻau Crater Boys covered the song on their 1993 album Valley Style
Bobby Darin covered the song live at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas (1971). The version was published in the 2004 albums Beyond the Sea, the Very Best of Bobby Darin and Aces Back to Back
Ian Gillan covered the song for his 2006 album Gillan's Inn
Curtis Stigers recorded a jazzy version of the song on his 2007 album Real Emotional
Norah Jones covered the song for her 2008 album Limited Edition Greatest Hits
Donna Loren covered the song on her 2010 album Love It Away
