Rolling Stone, however, in their review of Europop, gave the song a negative review, commenting that the song "blends Cher-esque vocoder vocals, trance-like synth riffs, unabashed Eurodisco beats and a baby-babble chorus so infantile it makes the Teletubbies sound like Shakespeare." The magazine also placed the song on their list of the "20 Most Annoying Songs," at No. Promis described the song as a "hypnotic smash" in his review of Europop. PopMatters reviewer Chris Massey, in his review of Europop, described his initial reaction to the song as being "really, really bad." However, he later stated in the review that after many repeated listenings of the song he "loved it." AllMusic editor Jose F. He also noted that "the key is the use of the voice synthesizer". The Daily Vault's Christopher Thelen described it as a "quirky little hit" with a "bouncy chorus". Daily Record said it is the "strangest-sounding Euro-club hit of the summer". Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that "the hook here, with its dancy but curiously compelling singsongy rhythm and lyric, is destined to react instantly with listeners far and wide." He also noted that it has a "euro sound", and "it's creative, it will affect listeners on both ends of the demographic spectrum, and it's anthemic." Entertainment Weekly positively reviewed the song, calling the song "a fleeting, feel-good foot-tapper" and gave the song a rating of B. The song received mixed reviews from critics. 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. 1998 single by Eiffel 65 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"
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