"Baby Can I Hold You" is a song by American contemporary folk musician Tracy Chapman, released in October 1988, by Elektra and Asylum Records as the third and final single from her debut album, Tracy Chapman (1988). The song reached the top 50 in the United States, peaking at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was her last US top-50 hit until 1996's "Give Me One Reason". Worldwide, the song entered the top 40 in Canada and New Zealand, while in Brazil and Portugal, it peaked at number one. Chapman re-released the song in 2001, in support of her first greatest hits album Collection.