Despite its commercial success, the song has been criticized for its maudlin sentimentality.
and perceived sexist undertones, .
and has appeared in many "worst songs" lists.
It was voted the #1 "Worst Song of All Time" in a poll conducted by CNN.com in 2006.
Peter Reilly, in a February 1975 review of the album from which it originated, for what was then known as Stereo Review, stated that the song "defeats critical evaluation with the same brashly sure grasp of the popular mood as his equally dismal "Diana" of years ago.
Everybody knows Anka can do better (he proved it easily with "My Way"), but he still composes and sings as if he were working on his first million and his fondest wish was an appearance on Dick Clark's show.
'(You're) Having My Baby' is (really) The Worst.
He grunts out the unforgettable lyrics,
'Yuh're havin' muh baybee/Whad a lovely way of sayin' how much yuh love me . . . Oh the seed inside you baybee/Do you feel it growin'?' in an Elvis-like roar "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(You%27re)_Having_My_Baby
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i HAD to look up Paul Anka. "Eye of the Tiger" was on the jukebox, an elderly friend kept mispronouncing Paul Anka, a Laotian elderly friend. It sounded like "Manhattan" no, no, no. Is he having a heart attack?
I did it My Way, I'd come across that trivia before. What a crock of shit, stone soup.
Not that it's an okay tune.
Survivor, I say. Not Paul Anka.
Quit eating white claws and drinking cuttlefish with Coors backs.
So I found this gem. Maybe Dave Reisch knows it.
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