Sugar Baby Love

"Sugar Baby Love", recorded in autumn 1973 and released in January 1974, is a bubblegum pop song, and the debut single of The Rubettes. Written by Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington and produced by Bickerton, engineered by John Mackswith at Lansdowne Recording Studios, and with lead vocals by Paul Da Vinci, "Sugar Baby Love" was the band's one and only number one single in the UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks at the top of the chart in May 1974. The song was covered in Japanese by Wink in 1988 and Yoko Ishida in 2001, the latter for the anime series A Little Snow Fairy Sugar; an English version by Ishida also appeared as a bonus track on the US version of her CD Sweets.

Lyrics (English)
Sugar baby love, sugar baby love

I didn't mean to make you blue

Sugar baby love, sugar baby love

I didn't mean to make you blue

Sugar baby love, sugar baby love

I didn't mean to hurt you

All lovers make

Make the same mistakes

Yes they do

Yes, all lovers make

Make the same mistakes

As me and you

Sugar baby love, sugar baby love

I didn't mean to make you blue

Sugar baby love, sugar baby love

I didn't mean to hurt you

People, take my advice

If you love someone

Don't think twice

Love your baby love, sugar baby love

Love her anyway, love her everyday