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Album Doolittle
No. 13 Baby by Pixies
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PixiesProduced by
Gil NortonWrited by
Frank BlackAbout
In a 1989 interview with NME, Black Francis said:
This is a collage of images of when I was growing up in Los Angeles. Number 13 traditionally means bad luck, but in America, especially in the 60’s among bikers and chicanos, the number 13 is the thirteenth letter of the alphabet: M for marijuana. I...
No. 13 Baby Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Got hair in a girl that flows to her bones
And a comb in her pocket if the wind get blown
Stripes on her eyes when she walks slow
But her face fall down when she go, go, go
[Chorus]
Black tear fallin' on my lazy queen
Got a tattooed tit say "No. 13"
Viva, don't want no blue eyes
La loma, I want brown eyes
Rica, I'm in a state, I'm in a state
I'm in a state, I'm in a state
I'm in a state, I'm...
[Verse 2]
Choir in the yard in the house next door
Where a grandma brought some songs from the shore
Six-foot girl gonna sweat when she dig
Stand close to the fire when they light the pig
[Chorus]
Standin' in her chinos, shirt pulled off clean
Got a tattooed tit say "No. 13"
Viva, don't want no blue eyes
La loma, I want brown eyes
Rica, I'm in a state, I'm in a state
I'm in a state, I'm in a state
I'm in a state, I'm...
Viva, don't want no blue eyes
La loma, I want brown eyes
Rica, I'm in a state
[Instrumental Outro]
No. 13 Baby Q&A
Who wrote No. 13 Baby's ?
No. 13 Baby was written by Frank Black.
Who produced No. 13 Baby's ?
No. 13 Baby was produced by Gil Norton.
When did Pixies release No. 13 Baby?
Pixies released No. 13 Baby on Tue Apr 18 1989.
What did Pixies say about "No. 13 Baby"?
Charles Thompson says in “Doolittle” by Ben Sisario: “The outro is a good example of us finding some good notes, just a few notes, that worked well together and occasionally tugged against each other in a slightly dissonant kind of way… That illustrates the skeletal sound of the Pixies very well. It...