That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby)

"That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby)" is a limited edition single by The Residents, released July 24th 2023, as a bonus item with copies of the limited edition coffee table art book The Residents: A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 2 by publisher Melodic Virtue.
The single features the group's previously unheard version of the Buddy Holly song of the same name, supposedly recorded in the mid-1980s as an "early demo" for an unfinished entry in the American Composers Series titled Sons of the South: Buddy and Sonny, pairing the work of Holly with that of avant-garde jazz composer Sun Ra."That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby)" liner notes, 2023 The song (as heard on the single) closes with a short excerpt of the 1980s outtake "Siren Song (of the Shrunken Head)".
The standard edition of the book featured the song on a 7" black vinyl single, whereas the deluxe and super deluxe editions feature the track on a 7" picture disc. It is the second single in the book series featuring previously unheard material, following "Nobody's Nos".
==Track listing==
#That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby) (2:54) (Allison/Holly/Petty/Residents)
==Liner notes==
"That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby)" was an early demo for Sons of the South: Buddy and Sonny, an unfinished American Composer Series release featuring the songs of Buddy Holly and Sun Ra.
==See also==
*A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 2
*The American Composers Series
*Buddy Holly
*Sun Ra
*"Nobody's Nos"
==External links and references==
*"That'll Be the Day (Baby Baby)" at Discogs
Category:The American Composer Series
Category:A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 2
Category:A Sight For Sore Eyes
Category:Melodic Virtue
Category:EPs and singles
Category:Sun Ra
Category:Buddy Holly