Trouble with My Baby
"Trouble with My Baby" is a song by English singer Paloma Faith. It was released on 11 August 2014 as the third single to promote her third studio album, A Perfect Contradiction.
Background
In an interview, Faith revealed that the song was inspired by a relationship she had at the time. She described the man behind the song as her best friend, though their closeness had become romantically complicated. According to Faith, he drained her energy by constantly leaning on her for emotional support and borrowing money, ultimately adding to the stress of her already demanding life as a musician. She wrote the track as a pointed message to him, expressing frustration at how he had become a burden. These sentiments are reflected in the opening lines of the verses: "Well you ask for money..." and "You got problems with emotion...".The song was originally written with Steve Robson in synchronisation with Faith's sophomore studio album Fall to Grace, but was considered by Faith as "inappropriate" or "misfitting" in regards of that album's theme. As a result, the song was saved for a later album, specifically A Perfect Contradiction.