Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)

"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.

"Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)"
Single by Shania Twain
from the album Up!
B-side	"From This Moment On" "Forever and for Always" "Any Man of Mine" "You're Still the One"
Released	August 11, 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Dance-pop pop rock baroque pop world
Length	4:01
Label	Mercury Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange Shania Twain
Producer(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Shania Twain singles chronology
"Forever and for Always" (2003) "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" (2003) "She's Not Just a Pretty Face" (2003)
Music video
"Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" on YouTube

The European single was released on August 11, 2003, and the UK single on August 25, 2003.

Twain performed the song on the Up! Tour and the Queen of Me Tour.

Composition

"Thank You Baby!" is performed in the key of G♭ major in compound quadruple (¹²
₈) time with a tempo of 114 beats per minute. Twain's vocals span from G♭₃ to E♭₅.^[1]

Critical reception

About.com called the song a "nice mid-tempo ballad",^[2] while Rolling Stone magazine noted it conveyed "motherly intimacy and an undeniable pop sense".^[3]

Music video

Shania on TV screens in the "Thank You Baby!" 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[6] In Scotland, the song peaked at number 10. The song also charted in Austria and Germany. It peaked at number 23 on the European Hot 100 Singles chart.

Track listings

These are the formats for major releases.

UK CD single - Part 1 "Thank You Baby!" (Red) - 4:04 "From This Moment On" (Live) - 4:15 "Thank You Baby!" (Green) - 4:03 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

Audio versions

• Red Album Version (4:01)
• Green Album Version (4:01)
• Blue Album Version (4:01)
• Almighty Mix (6:36)
• Almighty Dub (6:33)
• Live from Up! Live in Chicago (4:12)

Charts

Chart (2003–04)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7]	17
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[8]	23
France (SNEP)[9]	72
Germany (GfK)[10]	20
Ireland (IRMA)[11]	23
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[12]	53
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13]	48
Scotland (OCC)[14]	10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15]	35
UK Singles (OCC)[16]	11

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)"

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
Germany	August 11, 2003	CD single	Mercury	[17]
United Kingdom	August 25, 2003	CD single cassette single		[18]

References

1. Twain, Shania (17 March 2003). "Shania Twain "Thank You Baby!" Sheet Music in F Major - Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
2. CD Review: Up – Shania Twain – By Matt Bjorke
3. Shania Twain: Up! : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone
4. "Video Monitor" (PDF). Billboard. November 8, 2003. p. 49.
5. Shania Twain - Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon) (Official Music Video), retrieved 2023-08-11
6. Official Charts Company
7. "Shania Twain – Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
8. "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. September 13, 2003. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
9. "Shania Twain – Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
10. "Shania Twain – Forever and for Always" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
11. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Thank You Baby". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
12. "Arhiva romanian top 100". SC Vento Consultanta. Archived from the original on May 14, 2005. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
13. "Shania Twain – Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
14. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
15. "Shania Twain – Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
16. "Shania Twain: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
17. "Thank You Baby: Amazon.de: CDs & Vinyl". Amazon Germany.
18. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. August 23, 2003. p. 23. Retrieved September 8, 2021.