"Don't Call Me Baby" is a song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 by Madison Avenue

Madison Avenue (band)

Madison Avenue was an Australian house music duo consisting of writer-producer Andy Van Dorsselaer and singer-lyricist Cheyne Coates. Madison Avenue is best known for the song "Don't Call Me Baby", which peaked at number two on the Australian singles charts in 1999.- History :Before joining Madison...

 released in 1999. The song is the band's biggest hit

Hit single

A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...

, reaching number one in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and soon after topping the New Zealand

New Zealand

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 chart. The song was the 31st best selling of 2000 in the UK. The song features a bass line sample from Ma Quale Idea by Italo Disco

Italo disco

Italo disco encompasses much of the dance music output in Europe during the 1980s. It is one of the world's first forms of mostly electronic dance music and evolved during the late 1970s and early 1980s in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and other parts of Europe...

 artist Pino D'Angiò

Pino D'Angiò

Pino D'Angiò is a noted Italo disco artist. He is perhaps best known for his hit 1980 song, Ma Quale Idea, which sold over 2 million copies in Europe.-Sources:* * * *...

http://www.sevenmag.com/savvy/body991121.html which in turn is based on "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is a disco song performed by R&B duo McFadden & Whitehead from their debut album, McFadden & Whitehead. They wrote and produced this along with keyboard player Jerry Cohen. Released from their self-titled debut album in 1979, the song spent a week at number one on the R&B...

" by McFadden & Whitehead

McFadden & Whitehead

McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"...

. In 2009, Shanadoo

Shanadoo

Shanadoo is a Japanese Eurodance group formerly produced in Germany and now produced in Japan. The majority of their recorded works have been Japanese covers of a German dance act, E-Rotic....

 recorded a Japanese

Japanese language

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 version of the song for their album Launch Party!!!.

Track listing

Australian/New Zealand single

1. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Original 7" mix)
2. "Don't Call Me Baby" (12" mix)
3. "Don't Call Me Baby" (dub)
4. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Alexander Purkart Meets the Plastic Park remix)
5. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Dronez Old School vocal mix)

UK single

1. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Original Mix Edit)
2. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Armin Van Buuren's stalker mix)
3. "Don't Call Me Baby" (Madison Babe from outta space remix)

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Singles Chart	2
Irish Singles Chart	4
New Zealand Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	88
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	4
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	22
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	17
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	20

End of year charts

Year	Country	Position
1999	Australia	7
2000	Australia	83
2000	UK	31
2000	New Zealand	37