"Be My Baby Tonight" is the title of a song written by Richard Fagan

Richard Fagan

Richard Fagan is an American songwriter and musician. He has had six top ten singles and 18 charted singles on the Billboard Country charts...

 and Ed Hill and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist John Michael Montgomery

John Michael Montgomery

John Michael Montgomery is an American country music artist. He has produced more than thirty singles on the Billboard country charts, including two of Billboard’s Number One country singles of the year: "I Swear" and "Sold "...

. It was released in May 1994 as the third single from Montgomery's 1994 album Kickin' It Up

Kickin' It Up

Kickin' It Up is the second studio album by American country music artist John Michael Montgomery. The album was released by Atlantic Records on January 25, 1994. On February 19 of the same year, the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200...

. It reached number one on the United States and Canada country charts in August 1994.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine reviewed the song, saying that while Montgomery, "handles this one with ease", she considers it just "a notch above ordinary."

Chart performance

"Be My Baby Tonight" debuted at number seventy one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of May 7, 1994.

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	73
Canadian RPM Country Singles	1