Anybody Seen My Baby?

Infobox Single
Name = Anybody Seen My Baby?


Artist = Rolling Stones
from Album = Bridges to Babylon
Released = September 22, 1997
Format = CD
Recorded = March - July, 1997
Genre = Rock
Length = 4 min 31 s
Label = Virgin
Writer = Jagger/Richards/lang/Mink
Producer = Don Was, The Dust Brothers & The Glimmer Twins
Reviews =
Last single = "Like a Rolling Stone"
(1995)
This single = "Anybody Seen My Baby?"
(1997)
Next single = "Saint of Me"
(1998) |

"Anybody Seen My Baby?" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones featured on their 1997 album "Bridges to Babylon".

Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the song also carries writing credits for k.d. Lang and Ben Mink. The song is known for its chorus, which sounds strikingly similar to lang's 1992 hit song "Constant Craving". Though claiming to have never heard the song before, when they discovered the similarity prior to the son's release, Jagger and Richards gave lang credit, along with her co-writer Mink, for the song in order to avoid any possible lawsuits. Afterwards, Lang said she was "completely honored and flattered" by receiving the songwriting credit.

"Anybody Seen My Baby?" is a typical song from the" Bridges to Babylon"-era Stones. It features wide-ranging inspirations, including sampling of hip-hop artist Biz Markie, making it one of the few songs by The Rolling Stones to include sampling (Bridges to Babylon is the only Rolling Stones album to include sampling). Bass and keyboards on the song is performed by Jamie Muhoberac while Waddy Wachtel performs acoustic guitar. The song has a distinctive R&B feel, driven by Muhoberac's bass. Jagger, Richards, and Wachtel perform electric guitars.

The song was a worldwide hit in 1997, reaching Top 20 in Europe and #3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks. Angelina Jolie appears in the video as a stripper who leaves mid-performance to wander New York City.

"Anybody Seen My Baby?" would go on to be the only track from "Bridges to Babylon" to appear on the Stones' 2002 career retrospective "Forty Licks".