The song received mixed reviews from critics. 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. 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 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)'

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