| "Beach Baby" | ||||
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| Single by The First Class | ||||
| from the album Beach Baby | ||||
| B-side | "Both Sides of the Story" | |||
| Released | 3 May 1974 | |||
| Genre | Bubblegum pop | |||
| Length | 3:11 (Single Edit) 4:53 (Single Version) 5:03 (Album Version) | |||
| Label | UK Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Carter and Gillian Shakespeare | |||
| Producer(s) | John Carter for Sunny Records Ltd. | |||
| The First Class singles chronology | ||||
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"Beach Baby" is a song by the British band The First Class. Written by John Carter and his wife, Gillian (Jill) Shakespeare, the song became the band's only substantial hit. The subject of the lyrics is not holiday love, but a broken love relationship between two high school students in Los Angeles in the 1950s.