Baby, I Love You performed by Ramones is dedicated to Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes who died in January 2022. Phil Spector produced the Ramones' cover version of the song which appeared on their album, End of the Century (1980). The single reached number eight in the UK Singles Chart in 1980, their biggest UK top-ten hit.

In an incident at Phil Spector's Beverly Hills house, the producer held the Ramones hostage at gunpoint and made them listen to him play "Baby, I Love You" until 4:30 in the morning. Spector insisted that the Ramones recorded a cover of the song and got Joey Ramone to sing it with some session musicians, as none of the other members of the Ramones would play on it. Joey has said that "it didn't sound anything like the Ramones" and he hated the song. Mickey Leigh (Joey's brother) has said "it made me almost embarrassed", "with its gooey string section arrangement that sounded right out of Redbone's "Come and Get Your Love"".

Kurt Loder for the Rolling Stone described it as a "sludged-out rehash of the Ronettes antiquity" that was "a bad idea to begin with, and one that’s further burdened by the cheesiest string arrangement this side of the Longines Symphonette". Reviewing #Ramones album End of the Century retrospectively for Pitchfork, Evan Minsker wrote that "even with a full understanding of End of the Century’s context, “Baby, I Love You” is jarring" and "is a museum piece—a pound-for-pound attempt to relive Spector’s golden years."

Baby, I Love You was originally recorded by The Ronettes featuring #RonnieSpector in 1963. Billboard ranked the song as number 56 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. Included on The #Ronettes debut album Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes (1964), the song was written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector, and produced by Spector. Released in November 1963, The Ronettes' single reached number 24 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cashbox Top 100 charts and peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. Andy Kim also recorded a successful cover of #BabyILoveYou in 1969. Source: Wikipedia