"O Baby" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was produced by John Cale

John Cale

John Davies Cale, OBE is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground....

 and released as the first single from the band's eleventh studio album The Rapture

The Rapture (album)

The Rapture is the eleventh and final studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees. The songs with cello arrangements, including the title track plus "Fall from Grace" and "Not Forgotten", were produced by the band on their own in 1993...

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The song is much different musically and lyrically than almost all of Siouxsie and the Banshees past releases. It is an up-tempo track with a skipping rhythm, light guitar work and straightforward, cheerful lyrics by Siouxsie Sioux ("...the cracks in the ground grin up at me / Even the creases in my shoes smile up at me..."). "O Baby" is a love song.

"O Baby" was the last Banshees single to hit the top forty, peaking at number thirty-four in the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. It was also their last entry on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...

chart, where it reached number twenty-one.

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
UK Singles chart	34
U.S. Modern Rock Tracks	21