Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs, 1944–2005.
magazine "awarded" Anka their "Male Chauvinistic Pig of the Year" award. The National Organization for Women gave Anka (and, for the unrelated album Unborn Child, Seals and Crofts) the "Keep Her in Her Place" award during "its annual putdown of male chauvinism" in the media on Women's Equality Day. There are those who can't cope, and it's not in the cards for them to have kids. I am into the antihuman thing, and I do understand the other side of it. The libbers will get on me I can't help that. He also explained in 1974, "what I'm saying in the song is that there is a choice. In response, Anka said the song was "a love song". Wade Supreme Court ruling), she had not because it was "a wonderful way of showing how much she loves him". Others criticized a line stating that while the woman could have "swept it from life" (a euphemism for having an abortion, which had recently been legalized across the United States through the Roe v. While reviewing a 2005 concert, Dan MacIntosh of PopMatters noted that while Anka had "covered most of his career highlights", he had "wisely neglected to include 'You're Having My Baby.'" It's not a male ego trip- my baby." Anka did sometimes sing the line as "you're having our baby" while performing in concert. I could have called it 'having our baby', but the other just sounded better. Anka defended his choice in a 1974 interview, saying, "it's not meant to alienate anyone. The song was also criticized for declaring the child was the man's, rather than the couple's. All of which probably proves that Anka has some powerful natural gift of communication no matter how much one objects to the message."
Yet I'll admit, dammit, that after hearing it only once I caught myself vacantly humming it, exactly as I did years ago with "Diana". Oh the seed inside you baybee/Do you feel it growin'?' in an Elvis-like roar while what sounds like Mantovani's orchestra swoons around him. He grunts out the unforgettable lyrics, 'Yuh're havin' muh baybee/Whad a lovely way of sayin' how much yuh love me. '(You're) Having My Baby' is (really) The Worst. Everybody knows Anka can do better (he proved it easily with " My Way"), but he still composes and sings as if he were working on his first million and his fondest wish was an appearance on Dick Clark's show. Peter Reilly, in a February 1975 review of the album from which it originated, for what was then known as Stereo Review, stated that the song "defeats critical evaluation with the same brashly sure grasp of the popular mood as his equally dismal " Diana" of years ago. It was voted the #1 "Worst Song of All Time" in a poll conducted by CNN.com in 2006. A follow-up single "One Man Woman/One Woman Man", reached the Top 10 in early 1975.ĭespite its commercial success, the song has been criticized for its maudlin sentimentality and perceived sexist undertones, and has appeared in many "worst songs" lists. Released in late June 1974, "(You're) Having My Baby" climbed the chart and became Anka's third No. Upon suggestion by United Artists recording executive Bob Skaff, the song became a duet. The song was going to be a solo effort by Anka, but the unknown Coates, whom Anka had met while on tour, was at the studio during the recording session. Anka, whose last chart-topping hit had been 1959's "Lonely Boy", had written the song for his wife and their four daughters while appearing at Lake Tahoe.
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