"Mollie's Song" is a ballad performed by British singer Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven

Beverley Craven is a British singer-songwriter best known for her 1991 UK Top 5 hit single "Promise Me". Her most recent album, Close To Home, was released in 2009...

, from her second album Love Scenes

Love Scenes (Beverley Craven album)

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The song was written about Craven's eldest daughter Mollie, born in 1992, and the lyrics talk about the joy of motherhood and the lifelong duties to it. Craven has cited this song as her favourite among all the ones she's written. The song was included on Craven's 1993 album Love Scenes, and was released as the album's second single in November 1993.

It was released as a two-part CD single. CD 2 included the b-side only track "Call Me", and both CD1 and CD2 included as a b-side the traditional lullaby Hush Little Baby

Hush Little Baby

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, which was recorded for an episode of the BBC

BBC

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 TV programme Challenge Anneka

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, aired September 23, 1992, in which Anneka Rice organized the release of an album (titled Tommy's Tape), whose royalties would be donated to Tommy's Campaign, for research into premature births at the Children's Intensive Care Unit in St Thomas' Hospital

St Thomas' Hospital

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 in London. The tape was produced by George Martin

George Martin

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 and Craven's recording of the lullaby was included in it.

All the royalties from the sale of the Mollie's Song single were also donated to Tommy's Campaign.

The single peaked at #61 for two weeks in the UK charts.

Track listings

CD Single Part 1

1. "Mollie's Song" 4:46
2. "Hush Little Baby" 1:35
3. "Lost Without You" (Live) 4:34

CD Single Part 2

1. "Mollie's Song" 4:46
2. "Hush Little Baby" 1:35
3. "Call Me" 3:15
4. "Promise Me" (Live) 3:39

Cassette single

1. "Mollie's Song" 4:46
2. "Hush Little Baby" 1:35

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	61