Rocktober '70s Song #1: "Head First" by The Babys (1979)

Since this is the first song post of this Rocktober, it seems fitting that I'm going with a song called "Head First."  The Babys were a mainly British power pop band that put out five studio albums between 1977 and 1980.  They had middling success, with 8 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, including three that hit the Top 40 and two that hit #13 ("Isn't It Time" and "Every Time I Think of You").  I have the band's 1981 Anthology collection, and it's pretty good.  There seems to be some tension between harder rocking songs and more polished pop-oriented songs.  

The Babys are perhaps most famous because several of their members went on to larger fame after the band broke up in 1981.  Lead singer John Waite became a solo star in the '80s, hitting #1 in 1984 with "Missing You."  Keyboardist Jonathan Cain, who joined the band in 1978, left in 1981 to join Journey (and play, among other things the legendary intro to "Don't Stop Believin'").  Waite, Cain, and bassist Ricky Phillips would reunite in the late '80s, along with Journey guitarist Neil Schon and rock drummer Deen Castronovo, to form hair band supergroup Bad English.

My favorite song by The Babys is the title track off of their third album, Head First.  It didn't light up the charts by any means, topping out at #77 on the Billboard Hot 100, but it's a damn good power pop song.  The song starts off with a driving beat and a nice little riff, and then Waite shows his vocal prowess as a rock singer.  While the video below is "live" on some TV show filmed two days after my wife was born, the song itself that is played is the studio version.