The song's hook is the sentence "I'm blue," followed by a repetition of the sounds "da ba dee da ba die", which the hook is based around. The song's lyrics tell a story about a man who lives in a "blue world." It also explains that he is "blue inside and outside," which, alongside the lyric "himself and everybody around 'cause he ain't got nobody to listen," and "blue are the feelings that live inside me" may indicate that the term blue represents his emotional state however, the song also explains that a vast variety of what he owns is also blue, including his house and his car ("a blue Corvette"): different blue-coloured objects are also depicted on the single's cover. "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is written in the key of G minor, with the vocal range spanning from C 3 to E ♭ 4, and is set in common time with a moderate tempo of 128 beats per minute. Problems playing this file? See media help.
Lyrics and composition Ī 30-second sample of Jeffrey Jey's vocals on "Blue (Da Ba Dee)." The song was one of the first ever popular tracks to use pitch correction. The pitch-shifted vocal effect used in the song was created with a harmonizer. Gabutti came up with the "da ba dee" hook. The colour blue as the main theme of the song was picked at random, with Lobina telling him to write nonsensical lyrics. Jey explained that his inspiration for the lyrics was how a person chooses their lifestyle. The producers of the song then came up with the idea for a dance song. Written by Eiffel 65 lead singer Jeffrey Jey, keyboardist Maurizio Lobina, and producer Massimo Gabutti, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" was inspired by Lobina's composed opening piano hook. The song also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 2001 Grammy Awards, two years after it was released.
In the United Kingdom, the song initially entered the top 40 purely on import sales it was only the third single to do this. The song is the group's most popular single, reaching number one in 17 countries, charting at number two in Italy, and peaking at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 2000. It is the lead single of their 1999 debut album, Europop. It was first released in October 1998 in Italy by Skooby Records and became internationally successful the following year. " Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a song by Italian music group Eiffel 65. Sampled In Sugar by Flo Rida (Ft. Diana Gordon), Superstar by Wiz Khalifa, Blue by UZi (Gab3 & Mik3), Blue by Jez Dior, Blue by CGB, I'm Good (Blue) by David Guetta (Ft. Bebe Rexha), Chanel by MC Igu, Piękne Chwile by Cypis, Holiday Again by Alkaline, EXTREME MEME MUSIC MEGAMASHUP 2 by DaymanOurSavior, Blue by Alex Christensen (Ft. Bars and Melody & Berlin Orchestra), Ellos by Ceky Viciny, SUPER MEME MEGAMIX ULTIMATE by Vincent Mashups, NIEBIESKIE ŚWIATŁO by Mafia Gang (Ft. Grymu MFG, Kolega MFG & Lylu MFG), Back To The Past by Pluffaduff, A Drum on Every Beat by Catface, Auto Blu by Shiva (Ft. Eiffel 65), Auto Blu - Remix by Shiva (Ft. Eiffel 65 & Gabry Ponte), Luci Blu (I'm Blue Remix) by Pensie Dalle Popo, Untitled "I'm Blue"/"In Bloom" mashup by Neil Cicierega, Bluer Than Me by DaytonaBandcamp, Cancello by Ilyas Maluma, Mashup Battle! by Pluffaduff (Ft. DaymanOurSavior), 2020blue by El Mini & ambeats, I'm Blue Too by Desiigner, AIAI by Aka Rasta, Fly Oota by 26AR, Blue (Prévia) by Yungbuda7k, Blue Flush by ThePoing, COWBOY BLUEBALLS by Softwilly (Ft.1998 single by Eiffel 65 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" Yo, listen up, here's the story About a little guy that lives in a blue world And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue Like him, inside and outside Blue his house with a blue little window And a blue Corvette and everything is blue for him And himself and everybody around 'Cause he ain't got nobody to listen (To listen, to listen, to listen) I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di I'm blue, da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di Da ba dee da ba di, da ba dee da ba di I have a blue house with a blue window Blue is the color of all that I wear Blue are the streets and all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue Blue are the people here that walk around Blue like my Corvette, it's standing outside Blue are the words I say and what I think Blue are the feelings that live inside me