"Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was released as the fifth single from her fourth studio album Up! on August 11, 2003. It was one of two singles, along with "Ka-Ching!", to be exclusively released to Europe. The song was written by Twain and her then-husband Mutt Lange. It was announced onstage by Twain that "Thank You Baby!" would be the next single from Up! at her Kilkenny concert, her first concert since the Come On Over Tour ended in December 1999.
Composition "Thank You Baby!" is performed in the key of G major in compound quadruple () time with a tempo of 114 beats per minute. Twain's vocals span from G3 to E5.
Critical reception About.com called the song a "nice mid-tempo ballad", while Rolling Stone magazine noted it conveyed "motherly intimacy and an undeniable pop sense".Shania Twain: Up! : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone
Chart performance "Thank You Baby!" debuted at its peak of number 11 in the UK. It entered the chart on September 6, 2003, and remained on the chart for seven weeks.Official Charts Company In Scotland, the song peaked at number 10. The song also charted in Austria and Germany. It peaked at number 23 on the Eurochart Hot 100.
Music video The music video for "Thank You Baby!" was exclusively released in Europe on July 28, 2003; in the US, it was added to CMT's playlists for the week of October 26, 2003. It is set in an art gallery, with three four-sided TVs stacked on top of each other in the middle of the room. Twain is singing on the TVs (her head on the top screen, her torso in the middle and her legs on the bottom), while the people in the gallery start noticing her and crowd around the TVs to watch. Paintings of an orchestra come to life to play along to the song. The video is available on select CD singles. It was uploaded to YouTube in October 2009.
Track listings
UK CD single - Part 1 "Thank You Baby!" (Red) - 4:04 "From This Moment On" (Live) - 4:15 "Thank You Baby!" (Green) - 4:03 "Thank You Baby!" (Almighty Radio Edit) - 3:09
UK CD singles - Part 2 "Thank You Baby!" (Red) - 4:04 "Thank You Baby!" (Almighty Mix) - 6:34 "Any Man of Mine" (Live) - 4:09 Enhanced: "Thank You Baby!" music video
Europe CD Maxi - Part 1 "Thank You Baby!" (Red) - 4:03 "Forever and for Always" (Red) - 4:46 "Any Man of Mine" (Live) - 4:20 "You're Still the One" (Live) - 3:26
Europe CD Maxi - Part 2 "Thank You Baby!" (Red) - 4:03 "Thank You Baby!" (Almighty Mix) - 6:35 "Thank You Baby!" (Green) - 4:04 Enhanced: "Thank You Baby!" music video
Germany 3" CD single "Thank You Baby!" (Red) - 4:01 "Forever and for Always" (Red) - 4:44
Europe and France CD single "Thank You Baby!" (Red) - 4:01 "Thank You Baby!" (Almighty Mix) - 6:30
Charts + Chart (2003–2004) Peak position Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 23 Romania (Romanian Top 100) 53
Release history + Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Germany August 11, 2003 CD Mercury United Kingdom August 25, 2003
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