"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. 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 time with a tempo of 114 beats per minute. Twain's vocals span from G♭3 to E♭5.

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".

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.

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. 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 UK CD singles - Part 2 Europe CD Maxi - Part 1 Europe CD Maxi - Part 2 Germany 3" CD single Europe and France CD single

Audio versions

Charts

Release history