Problems playing this file? See media help. Lyrics and compositionĪ 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)" also just called Blue, is a song by Italian music group Eiffel 65.
1998 single by Eiffel 65 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)"