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Pulp's 'Babies' unfolds as a suburban coming-of-age narrative, told from the perspective of a teenager whose desire hardens into obsession. The song traces a trajectory from innocent eavesdropping on an older sister to voyeurism to a final act of infidelity, each stage marked by the refrain "I want to take you home, I want to give you children". The lyrical specificity, Stanhope Road, the garage, the wardrobe as hiding place, grounds the fantasy in a recognisable world of provincial adolescence, where desire and shame become inseparable. The track is poppier and lighter than much of Pulp's earlier material, a shift in tone that throws the song's darker emotional content into sharper relief. Originally released as a single in 1992, the song failed to chart in its initial form. A remixed version later appeared on the album, sharpening the production without softening the subject matter. What emerges is a song that wears its accessibility lightly, the bright arrangement a kind of mask for the narrator's unravelling justifications and the peculiar logic of adolescent transgression.
"Babies" is a single by Pulp, from the album His ’n’ Hers, released 17th April 1994. The track is 4:05 long. It's filed under Rock. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Pulp.
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