Society's Child

"Society's Child"
Single by Janis Ian
from the album Janis Ian
B-side"Letter to Jon"
ReleasedSeptember 1966
RecordedAugust 3, 1965
GenreBaroque popprotest song
Length3:13
LabelVerve
5027
Songwriter(s)Janis Ian
Producer(s)Shadow Morton
Janis Ian singles chronology
"Society's Child"
(1966)
"Younger Generation Blues"
(1967)

"Society's Child" (originally titled "Baby I've Been Thinking") is a song about an interracial relationship written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian in 1965. According to Janis Ian, Atlantic Records refused to release it although the company had financed the recording; the artist took it to Verve Records who agreed to release it.