The Story of 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' by Eiffel 65
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- When Eiffel 65 released 'Blue (Da Ba Dee),' it was a flop. They sold around 200 records, shrugged it off as a loss, and forgot about it. But in a wild turn of events, the track got picked up by a small local station before getting airplay on one of the biggest radio stations in Italy-and within days, it was steamrolling its way to becoming one of the biggest hits of the late 1990s, taking the electronic music group touring around the world as their song shot up the charts.
We met up with the members of Eiffel 65-Jeffrey Jey, Maurizio “Maury” Lobina, and Gabry Ponte-to find out the origin story behind "Blue," and hear what it was like to become international superstars in the blink of an eye.
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What were the actual lyrics?
I'M BLUE DABADI DABADY
Oo e oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang
The old Lance Stewart vine says it all 😂
I'm blue, I will bleed I will die, I'm blue I will bleed I will die. swear to god thats it
HE JUST FUCKIN EXPLAINED IT TO YOU GUYS
The documentary nobody needed, but everyone wanted.
Gabe Brusky facts haha
hahahahaha
RIGHT
we do need this
Great Comment!
1503: Leonardo paints the Mona Lisa
1998: The Planet’s national anthem is born
lmao
HAHAHAHA
Nahhh that’s darude sandstorm
Since Earth is also called the blue planet, this one is really spot on...
*YO LISTEN UP HERES A STORY..*
I was born 1990 and this song was a big part of my childhood! Thanks for this cool video about them.
Same! 90 baby here too.
Me too
What's up dude!
same age as you, this was my favorite song when it came out
:( da ba deer okey no dee
The melody is timeless. Anyone who knows anything about melodies, chord progression, and even the average listener could understand how and why this song became so big. It only makes sense. The melody is BRILLIANT!
Jajajajjajajajaa your so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same Level as "A Thousand Miles".
Hahaha! What?
Totally. The melody is massive.
Well said bruv. If you don’t like the melody, you have a block to ur emotional level
Wonder if James Cameron heard this song and made Avatar.
most unappreciated comment here :P
#longstorySHORT !
@FromTheChi Tothe305 and raping the planet and it's inhabitants in the process with weird clone bodies... yuch!
@FromTheChi Tothe305 r/woooosh
😂
Vice 2012: Cannibalism
Vice 2019: I'M BLUE DA BA DEEE
General Butt Naked
Lol
Ok?
Link to the cannibalism one please :)
@@antomat85 I found this, there's more tho: ruclips.net/video/ZRuSS0iiFyo/видео.html
Let’s get a documentary about darude sandstorm now
Already happened
Youre not gunna believe this
yes they ALREADY made it
Lemme tell ya somethin-
IT ALREADY HAPPENED?!?
This track comes from legends and this song lives forever. Eventhough being remixed recently by David Guetta, it can never beat the original that got so many emotions in it.
Yeah I liked D Guetta's stuff back in the early 2000's, now most of the music is just resampling someone else's work... not just him, but many 'artists'. 95 -2010 was an amazing time for euro electronic dance music. With very few exceptions, music is stale now.
@@kleetus92 Agreed 100%
@@kleetus92 music is not stale you just need to find it
@@vv6152 K.... where?
@@vv6152 if I had a penny for every time someone says yUo JuST NeeD to LoOK 4 TeH MUSic when someone else says music isn't good nowadays.
Not everyone has all day to be searching for great music hidden somewhere on soundcloud among a billion other tracks. The whole point of inventing radio and music TV was that people could discover new music outside of their local area. People shouldn't be looking for music, someone else should be making a name for themselves as a great curator and broadcaster of unknown music.
I love how absolutely nobody asked for this and honestly it probably was a big risk and a lot of money but vice said “you know what let’s do it” and we all just love it lol. Nostalgia of us internet kids.
Taye Purks how is it nostalgia for internet kids when us 90’s kids didn’t have or care about the internet?
Loved this video but I dislike Vice 💩 have NO idea why this is in my front page👀
Mike Hunt What’s with you 90s kids and never shutting up about growing up in the 90s? Nobody will like you or the 90s if you act like a conceited douchebag about it. Grow up and deal with the fact that 1990 was 30 years ago.
@@CrustyUgg this is the reason us internet kids hate the 90's kids. All you complain about is "how hard it is to live in the 90's we don't experience the things you have done." Nobody cares, asshole. You don't see the generations older than you complaining right? Why can't you just grow up and shut the fuck up about 'how hard and how good the 90's were'. Shut the fuck up douchebag.
@@CrustyUgg no one asked
Now i can finaly die in peace.
Amen brother.
Only if you're green.
Still up there?
Same here.
Where did you land bro?
Now this is my kind of VICE documentary
Yeah vice has really gotten way off track between trans b.s. and weed.
Nothing but facts
I am from Egypt and this song was massive in my country back in the day. Crazy how music can unite the world!
same, I still remember when my friend made me listen to it in 2001 (a bit late, I know).
Send all the hot egyptian women to me please!
FINALLY A VICE DOCUMENTARY I CAN GET DOWN AND FUNKY WITH
Shakalkg you must have missed the sandstorm doc...
@@smoothoperator9901 the WHAT documentary? Brb
I can get funky to this shity
@Big Rock, yes but only because shrek
Band name: French
Band musicians: Italian
Song language: English
States where the song is known: WORLD
The state world??? NO WAY 😳😳😳
Literally every eurodance and bubblegum dance song in a nutshell
che onore
Mr. Worldwide
GERMANY should be a BLUE WORLD!
It's not about writing a song in 2 hours. It's about making a life that leads you to those 2 hours
i like this guy give him a beer
Damn so true
That one phrase made me rethink the meaning behind songs like Everlong, Teen Spirit, The Pretender, Under Pressure, No Rest for the Wicked...
Wow. I hope someday I can experience a moment like that.
this comment blew my mind
Damn that's the best way to look at it
Its sad too see that big groups like this didnt accualy get along all that well. But its really what happens with these one hit-groups, the song blew up out of nowhere and suddenly people start fighting over who did what and forget that it matters they even got the oppertunity to get this big. Nonetheless absolute timeless classic :)
Eiffel 65 also had Move Your Body so they WEREN'T a one-hit wonder :)
@@beckybecky125 Oh wow found out about that song not too long ago!
@@bve7397 and ''Heaven'', which was also big and in my opinion even better than the "Blue"
@@petkokrushev3840 and Living in a Bubble was a great track too!
@@petkokrushev3840 too much of Heaven
the way they dressed in the video is exactly what h&m and forever 21 sell right now
They were ahead of their time
You mean the astronaut clothes?
It's more like 90s chic is in.
Really? I still dress normal so I do not know nothing about those stores.. and I'm 22.. lol
Travis you are very right . The whole Miami vice theme is coming back .
I think the piano melody is very pretty, and I'd love to hear a full orchestral piece developed from the original.
A full orchestral Rolf....
There's a good piano cover of it by radio --> piano.
done
x100
this one has a beautiful Piano track in the background:
ruclips.net/video/fdpjmvet1Gw/видео.html
This song to me is nothing but a time machine to beautiful memories. Priceless.
Please rise for the National Anthem
Buusack Noodle international anthem
Anthems are great
Better listen to Buk Lau, kids....
As Finnish I'll raise as soon as they play Sandstorm
🤦♂️
This song was miles ahead of its time. That melody on the piano was beautiful.
The most beautiful melody ever made and to be made in my opinion.
i could listen to the piano alone on a 3hr loop honestly... then id throw in Blue as is again xD
That really is a gorgeous melody and I'd love it if someone did their own song to it as well. They'd be interesting, just to hear alternate takes.
@@lasekerhovd I think that's a bit of a stretch when you take into account the piano pieces in classical music
John Lennon Imagine is far better .... real musicians. Not someone that took a melody.
I love this series! So many classics!
There need 2 b way more episodes. _Stat_ !
This is not a classic
@@z3bv1onm17 Their Multi-Platinum plaques say otherwise lol
@@stevezac_cptlpnshmnt from overseas where they listen to anything lol
Classics? Wtf
When he played the piano in the beginning it struck something in my heart from when i first heard the song as a kid. You know you've made something special when music makes you feel a certain way.
One of the highlights of human history.
I mean they had an Italian named Jeffrey, how could they not be destined for immediate success?
😂
You must not know much of human history C,even though it’s a good 90’s song
Timothy Clift nah man, it’s great because it fuccin bumps and brings people together.
I'm blue in color, will I remember?
"We wrote the song in two hours." I love how he means that like, can you believe it? Yes. Yes, I can believe that.
I’m blue da ba dee da ba da... okay guys, we still have 2 hours left to write this song, what next? 😄
@Lubabalo Mahlombe so are most the greatest songs ever. Except for In My Life, that is the song of all fucking songs. Who'd've thought 4 young lads from liverpool could create the best thing the human race has ever created
@Caleb Edwards 😂
If you didn't hear him he said i wrote 3 versions in 30-40 minutes
The whole song was constructed in 2 hours
23:02 The best quote of the whole documentary: "I don't remember how many singles I made and failed before blue. You have to mention them to understand how we wrote a song in 2 hours. it's not a question of 'we made a song in two hours'. But its 'we make a life that leads you in those two hours to make a song.'
Well according to Gabry, he did some "tweaks" which nobody noticed. lol But after all if it's a band everyone should be included, regardless of how much they've done.
Not only the best quote but when the song starts afterwards it gives me chills every time
@@rcran2491 Ponte keeps leaving and rejoining so I don't blame him.
Andrea M 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
PlayerCompare what do you mean he didn’t do anything? For blue?
A memory of this song I’ll never forget:
I was in elementary school (born in ‘90) and my bus was just pulling into school in the morning for drop off. This song comes on the radio. The entire bus load of kids-were talking 30-40 kids-was singing along to this song. Every single kid. That’s how big of a deal this song was back in the day. No one could resist it, and no one tried. God the 90s were great 💙
Just came across an old vhs of us skating at the rink in 2000, and this song was playing.
The first song I ever liked as a child, I’m blue
Updated8SecondsAgo Facts!!!!
Same, amazing song
I'll be listening to this song right after this video
Big Fat Liar put me on that good good
same here, funny how it stood out to so many young people, i dont know if its the aliens in the video or what but this song is metaphysical
Next time pls make a “Darude : Sandstorm” documentary !
@@Bawbalicious Thank you for your service.
@@Bawbalicious Thank you!!!
@@Bawbalicious LMAO it's even in the description of the video. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who hits that down arrow to read it. 😄
@@Bawbalicious it's private, now ☹️ I really want to see it though!
They made it and its a stolen song.
nobody:
vice: lets make an Eiffel 65 documentary
Lol Problem? And look how bloody good it is
[Everyone liked that]
Omg I'm crying
Exactly my thought when I saw this was a thing
Oh, lighten up. It's part of a series, they also did Darude Sandstorm!
Shout out to Eiffel 65. My mother bought Euro Pop for me in 2000 when I was 8 years old. Looking back, I had no idea what the genre of music was, but it was something that was completely different then was on the radio in America at the time. Fast forward to 2010, I picked up Hardstyle and techno. Again, nothing like it in America. Now I look back on those days and I smile. Great times. I still listen to some Hardstyle every now and then. My daughter is a huge EDM fan now. She loves Techno. I played her some tracks from Euro Pop and she loved them. It made me smile. The music I listened too and loved as a child is now the same music my daughter listens to. So special
20 years later, We still play this song in the clubs. There are many remixes but the original version has stood the test of time. One of the greatest pop/dance records ever created.
Fab Funty shit attempt at trollin
@Flamez Kush Actually some discos meant for older people play this, at least in tourist places😄
@@FabFunty - 98 it was😂😂😂
Yes I’m still 💙
@@SanoAnniVaan your right !
don't remember who gave me that drink last night but it was blue🙄😜🤣 ,
so I'm better going to delete my comment,
thx for notification of my stupidity
who else had goosebumps when he suddenly played the "Im Blue" melody on the piano at the very beginning?
i did
I still love that part
Me @24.00 too
The piano part just makes it amazing
Damn you got me
Please make the story of "Dragostea din tei" by O-Zone
I must agree, because i personally think it's nostalgic to me and i like it
YES!
@@isaac4273 I second the motion
Yes, yes, yes. Shoutout to Vice.
Lol I was thinking about that same group/song the whole time I was watching this. Thanks for making me not to be felling crazy Hahaha
This was so fun to watch! I blast the whole album with my 6 year old daughter and she loves it! Greetings from Chicago!
Next up: *Crazy Frog*
After: *The Gummy Bear Song*
Funny thing is my.son loves all of these 😂 just like we all did growing up
I vote for Gigi D'agostino or Aqua
The golden age of youtube :,)
@@Pinkie007 i absolutely HATE these songs I found them scary
Yesss
Holy shit this song was literally ahead of its time when it released, that’s crazy that it took a year for it to blow up.
That's Italy.... ;)
I was about to say it was light years ahead of its time
Yeah thats why most of people on there place didnt like it i think the trends of the in edm music in there is much Probably techno or hardcore...
@@joebermuda6452 light years don't meassure time, they meassure distance, in case you didn't know.
Dude I loved and still love all of their Europop album. Way ahead.
*VICE PLEASE MAKE MORE DOCUMENTARIES ON POPULAR 90s MUSIC*
facttttttttttsss
Alice Deejay please
Vengaboys ,aqua
The whole Europop Album was perfection. I still have it to this day. Absolutely timeless.
I still have my original copy too. It’s been bumped over and over so many times even in recent years that I am surprised it still plays 😂
I love how none of them are pretentious artists or even your regular industry people, they're literally what happens when unnoticed producers make it big for some reason. Even their boss is cool
we are Italian man: we always do things with style :P
is really strange to read "unnoticed" in a sentence related to GABRY PONTE. lol
Ozzy Man Diaz did you not watch at 20:30 how he tries to passive aggressively take credit for making the song, by saying his name was in the credits and people must have forgot what "actually" happened with time, and how he split from the rest of the group to go on his own career.
RunTo7thst I can't tell if you're either too young or too socially inept to read his attitude when he says, everyone forgets who's name is on the original, but it was a team effort. He says it was a team effort after criticizing the true origins of the song as to avoid any negative comments.
nah man, at least a couple of the people showing up in the video are all but unpretentious... Gabry Ponte first of all, for what I have seen and heard and read around he's a massive diva. Jeffrey and Maury seem to be more down to earth.
Bro it’s crazy some people will never know how crazy this song was😂😂
This song literally defined so much of my childhood because it was on ALL the time. Omg and that music video was so cutting edge at the time, amazing to think lmao.
This and the thong song! 😂😂
I was born in the late late 90's. I wasnt really there when it blew up since i was a kid but this song still somehow made my childhood and party life. To this day it comes on parties nonstop. And everybody knows and loves it. Its like it unites people in a different level, young and old. And that makes it so beautiful
@@Silagane dude your reaching hella hard
Its so weird because that song was never not on lol u turn on the radio, tv, go to a mall, annnnyywhere and it was on. Then the ongoing debates on what the dude is sayin 😂
A good documentary from Vice? What is this? 2015?
Truuuuu
*2010
*2012
I miss 2015
LOL!!!! So true.
Amazing story about one of my favorite childhood songs! It’s still catchy after all these years!
6:58 "They trust me, I don't know why."
Relatable every day at work
true, sometimes i get scared about others trusting me but fail them...
@@paulvincentarriesgado3323 yep
Flowmasta Flam your good and I now about the story I wish luck and I want you to read this please😊😂😂
7:02 ?
Listen on spotify to get it back on the charts one more time
6BRENO6 lets do it chief
Backed!
im down
Already on it. Lately I've been channeling my inner Millennial child self, listening to nostalgic music from the 90s. Dance pop being club music with pop lyrics, European dance music meeting USA electronic music, it all makes sense now why I like party music and EDM today. I also reactivated my boy band dancing skills. Is that something I should be embarrassed about though. lol
Who’s ready to play this song at Area 51?
😂 💀
I came here for this comment
Talking Parrot, Me (I literally named my channel after the song)
Yep my bois is Giving me
*kiss*
@@SuperPrudo me 2
In 1999 I was 5 years old. And "I'm blue" was one of the first songs I absolutely loved. It really stands out. Still love it!
This is a documentary I didn't know I needed. This song always brings me back, love it.
Definitely didn’t need it. Buncha fatcats rich off garbage music
This is a song from my childhood
I literally thought this same thing. Scrolled down once on my mouse and landed on your comment. WOW!!!!!!!!!
@@CANControlGRAFFITI dude. U listen to rap by any chance?
After watching this i went and found my old MP3-player, packard bell FunKey 512 MB (that's *M*), plugged it in and sure enough, Blue (Da ba dee) was on it. Date modified: 15-7-2004. Holy shit lol
I had got the same MP3 player and a cd with "I'm blue" ;) memories
Eaglewilliamjohn dang what a blast from the past hahaha
That's gonna be a relic of history, if it isn't already. Packard Bell, holy crap.
ive never been so excited for a video. my childhood has been completed
Vice likes pretty girls
Jays adventures well ty
@@jaysoddfutr1136 Vice are trying to get laid
💯
nope
Excellent documentary! It’s mind blowing to see the creative process behind music and so disheartening when it doesn’t become successful. We are all so lucky that it eventually got it’s well-deserved break.
I love how down to Earth they all seem even after all these years. Congrats to them for continuing to live their dream
Watch the the other episodes of this series
Atleast its not as sad as the 303 story. Out for more than a years. Out of production for 10 years. Blew up big after 10 years. Never came back to production.
Every 90's kid needs to watch this
Already on it.
97' here, love it :D
91 baby
Checking in for duty
I was born in 04 but I remember this by heart
Can we get a video on Aqua - Barbie Girl, Vengaboys - Boom Boom Boom Boom, and La Bouche - Be My Lover 😁 great tracks from the 90’s
but la bouch singer is dead
OMG lol, you just took me back. Might have to drink a 40 oz and listen to all those
Why is that music better than today's music?
@@unkono who said better? who compared it to today's music? that's all you! we are just celebrating the music of our youth
Those songs weren't as big as this one.
I need more stories about 90's songs
There are netflix
@@pandaprod2360 what documentary is on Netflix?
Which one?
Yea like Rick astley never gonna give you up
Check out the channel called "Todd in the shadows" and his one hit wonders series, it's pretty interesting.
This is proof that simplicity is sometimes the best option
New Years 1999/2000 when this song came on, man I was just a kid then, but I’ll never forget
Exactly. I was only 6 and I remember clear as day. This song was/is HUGE. It's every 90's kid "it" childhood song.
Same. I was 9. Blew my mind. Such a beautiful melody and the hook catches you way off guard
Old Skool 😎
I wasn't born yet...
I was a freshmen in high school, this was the first mp3 I ever heard at the time
"Overnight success takes years."
@That Guy true, true, but he's right, in this day and age now you make one banger and it just suddenly gains traction over night and no one knows who sings that song until later on you other more two song coming the same yeard
WHY did they release this video on March 21, 2019 when they could have waited less than two weeks and released it on the 20th anniversary of the day the song took off, April 1, 1999?
yooo, i hope when april 1st 2020 we can can have the ultimate anniversary
funny because my birthday in on 21st of march lol
theyellowking and mine 20th haha, loads of hit songs seem to be released in March :)
May May tomorrow
Because on 26 the remix came out search Auto Blu somewhere
No jokes, my mom would play this in the car on my way to school. She had the CD. Which these days is rare. This is like late 90's early 2000. What a beat. I still listen to it and it never gets old. The funny thing is that the while album was good, not just this song.
Because their name was Eiffel 65, I just assumed everyone in the band was French until today.
I think also because of the daft punk, french house style robot vocals :)
LMAO
Nikki Berry oh no 👎
The name was created in a totally random way with a nickname software
And I thought they were German because of the Eifel region in Germany. So why are they named Eifel 65?
please do a documentary on Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours
YES.!!!!
The original "Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours" was not nearly as popular as Blue. You just know it cause of the remix. But the original Blue is immensely popular on its own.
@@Mr30friends what remix? how old are you? we used to hear both songs on the radio everyday around 1999/2000 along with songs like Cotton Eye Joe, Better Off Alone, Freestyler and One More Time. In fact Gigi had many other popular songs - La Passion, The Riddle, Bla Bla etc. while Eiffel 65 only had Move Your Body other than Blue.
Si cazzo
Gigi D’Agostino in general
I remember listening this in 1999, I was 14... and I was like - wow. This is the song of the millennium. The future is now. Lol
This is a typical "im only 14 years old" comment, bet you ain't born in 1999, you are just looking for a comment that would get alot of likes 🤡🤡🤡
Ramon 7 born in 1999? she didn’t say that. you’re obviously like 12. foh.
@@Aurora-rw9lplmao if im 12, you're prob 7
@@Aurora-rw9lp calls himself "bruhh" 🤣 clearly a sign of an underaged kid 🤡🤔🤫
Ramon 7 oh so we being racist now? “bruh” originated from black people. I’m a female. Don’t be racist 💕
1999: This Song Is So Good
2013: This Song Is So Good
2023: This Song Is So Good
3023: This Song Is So Good
4042: This Song Is So Good
5052: This Song Is So Good
9999: This Song Is So Good
ထ : This Song Is So Good
A Challenger appears: Lamour Toujours
cuz: This Song Is So Blue
Both songs are great
This might be the best video Vice has made. Something people actually give a shit about and very unexpected.
and something that defies politics that everyone can get behind
A ton of Vice's stuff is interesting and well done.
I know right, I never ever ever ever thought Vice would do this, to me this is quite special they were one of my cabo roten anda of all time, a big fan to say the least, I knew everything about them.
Now i can sleep easier at night.
Thank you Vice
😂
Yae One *starts to fade away
The late 90s/early 2000s had some really weird songs, but as a 30 year old I feel I grew up at the right time considering the music 🤘🏻
Hoss Cartwright amen. Of course I’m biased, but you had these dance tracks, and also alternative rock and rap/hip hop really all getting their stride at the same time. I’m trying not to turn into the bitter old man that hates the younger generations’ music, and there is SOME good stuff coming out, but the 90s-early 2000s was the sweet spot IMO.
Yeah I pooped too
JTD472 Just remember that a lot of music nowadays is ironic and not meant to be good. Seems like no one gets this
Hoss Cartwright fucking right bro! I was in 3rd grade when this song came out and we had a lil elementary dance thing? Lol but they played that song and 3rd grade me is going crazy watching this lol
Lola's theme
I remember April 1st, 1999 also. It was my 13th birthday. Absolutely loved this song when I first heard it. Still love it today.
Hello April 1st twin birthday! Lol
“If I was green I would die.”
No. Don’t keep the fire of fake lyrics going
"I'm in need of a guy."
Girolamo Esposito - 💀💀💀💀💀💀
“If I was gay, I would cry”
I believed I would die
It was in the middle... *WAS IN THE FACKING MIDDLE*
The meedel
"Why don't you just meet me in the middle?"
Shere Khan: "What about the middle?"
Kaa: "The middle? Oh, the middle."
"Why am I soft in the middle now, why am i soft in the middle? The rest of my life is so hard."
"It's too high to get over. You're too low to get under. You're stuck in the middle. And the pain is thunder."
Figuring out that he doesn’t say “if I was green I would die” shattered my entire existence
Zimbaa lmao
Going through this currently. All the times I argued with people about those lyrics. They were right.
“I would beat up a guy”
"i believe i will die"
somehow I figured this lyric fact out many years ago and I don't even know how I did.
It's great to see these "behind the music" for these 1 hit wonder songs I grew up with especially the European ones. I remember always wondering: where did this come from, who are these people, what is their story? And back then, it wasn't easy to find out at all. So I really find these so enjoyable as a kid who lived on VH1 and MTV lol
April 1999, the end of 8th grade... EVERYONE LOVED THIS SONG, you couldn't get away from it. I still love it and have listened to it many times after all these years 😁 My 13yo daughter started singing the song one day and I started singing along with them and they're like "you know this song??" And I'm like "child, let me tell you a story... About a blue guy..." 😂😂
🤣🤣🙌🏽👏🏽
A good take, but Eiffel 65 were not one hit wonders. Move your Body and Heaven were also very popular tracks.
April 1999 was when it was a hit in their home country in Italy, then Summer 1999 for Europe, September 1999 for UK, and February 2000 for USA
Nobody:
Vice: Let's do a whole peice on that "I'm blue" song!
Glad they did
they did a video about darude sandstorm as well, so...
Nobody:
Vice: Let's do a whole piece on that "I'm blue" song!
Everybody: _BUT WHAT DO THE LYRICS MEAN?!_
But as you can see there was a story behind it all a heart touching story
Just like a 1990 high school doccumentary video
A story on 7th Element by Vitas would be great..🤣🤣
Thanks for the likes ❤️
Lol I'd watch that
The perfect documentary
JKIZZLLE and with this, and darude sandstorm, it will be the Holy Trinity.
@@Cheezdealer true
@@Cheezdealer probably Ecuador by Sash!
metal gear solid influenced the music video, that's badass
That is something else pure 90s gold right there brother
Reminded me more of Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssey
If you listen to the album that had blue on it there was a song titled “my console” it’s all about the OG Playstation
MGS for life.. I'll never forget the music in the ps1 double disc set.. that starting music. still sends me back
They also say it in their playstation song
Wait what..My life is a lie.. It's not "If I was green I would die" 😮😮
What an honour to have watched this video. Europop was my very first album. I was 9 years old.
I was 15! 36 now and my 5 yr old son loves the song!! Will always be a classic for me.
@@sunhun same here, exactly same thing
Welcome to the club 💜
WOAH! exactly the same here! my mom let me buy a CD for an 12 hour road trip and this is what I picked...she was pretty fed up by the end of our journey
Same story for me :)
What's amazing is at 3:51 he says he 'wasn't able to find C on the keyboard'.... Then 'turns up for lessons at eight thirty the next morning' and makes the doorbell sound which is pitched exactly at middle C. Wonderful.
Holy crap dude, I wasn't sure so I just tested it and you are absolutely right. Good ear!
@Marina Betancourt wrong. its middle c
Marina Betancourt bby girl ur right i actually am a little tone deaf. but my daw told me that the exact pitch of the tone, is -0.377 off C, so it is perfectly understandable that ur amazingly giftet ear is hearing a B - but also, youre wrong.
Jeppe Fogh Poulsen it’s a b...
@@jeppefoghpoulsen355 It may not be a perfect B, but it's definitly not a C
Every millennial knows this song. It is hypnotic to the point of surrealism and was very groundbreaking for the time. Now, ironically, it embodies the spirit of an age that has been all but forgotten.
Don’t forget Gen X, I was 20 when it came out.
Wonderfully put
I bloody loved this song when it came out. Hearing it now gives me proper chills, it’s soooo nostalgic and brings back so many memories! Ahh, the 90s.
This was my song for the year I lived in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for a year as a 17 year old. Brings back so many crazy memories of an exciting time in my life.
Now do Gigi d'agostino - L'amour toujours, Alice DJ - Better off alone and ATC - Around the World.
YEEEESSSS
My exact thoughts
Omg Gigiiiiii! He will always be the first Gigi for me. L'amour toujours is my favourite song of all time.
OH YES!! TOTALLY!!
BUT BUT BUT: My Gigi-wish (just me!) would be "Bla bla bla" - That track is bananas!!
-But anyone of the mentioned would make me darn happy still! :) :) :)
Don't forget Mooney- Dove
I tip my hat to Vice for this one. They made one hell of a good documentary here. Maybe I shouldn't skip their posts from now on. Cheers to Eiffel 65 too.
If you think about what the “dance” music actually is today, dance ‘90 looks like gold compared to it. That said, Eiffel 65 made a piece of art with Blue and that song (along with a few others of those years) will be never forgotten. It was such an important part of my childhood. So many amazing memories rush to my mind as soon as I hear the first couple of notes of the melody. That is exactly what good music is, that is exactly what art is. Thank you Eiffel!
If this series is still kicking, you guys should do one on Alice Deejay’s Better Off Alone and the mystery surrounding who the vocalist was.
I've never heard about that mystery. It was one of my go to track's in 99-01 that and white wave.
I thought the vocalist was Judith Pronk 🤔
The vocalist is Judith Pronk. She sang Better Off Alone a few months ago for the first time in 20 years
That song still jams! Lol
Doot do doot do do do do'doot doot doot doot do doot do do do do'doot doot doot...
It’s kind of sad the band didn’t really have a good relationship. That it was just business.
They had, until Gabry left the band. It seems like Maurizio got jealous after Gabry's solo career took off or he thinks Gabry took all the fame for Eiffel 65 and Blue.
MOst bands don't even make it thru the first record....
Was never given A name yea, weird, they were basically saying Gabry rode their coattails, like he didn’t help with the song
@@benz431 even if that's the case, maury seems to think that way, honestly as the bald guy said i forgot his fucking name, he doesn't what went on between which is honestly if you think about, i am willing to bet alot of people share that similar situation as well, gabry himself told them that he wanted to do something different which is good won't fight him for it, but if i was in a group like that yes i would fight and ask why and all that and just calm down, of course i would still hold some grudge against but i would still be happy for him, it is really sad that both of them ended it and poor guy was just in the middle of it
like the MythBusters
All throughout High School, my friends and I would argue over what they were saying in the chorus. I thought they said "I'm Blue if I were Green I would die."
Someone else thought it was "I'm Bi I'm in need of a guy."
And one thought it was just the "I'm Blue Da Ba Dee Da Ba Die."
That's it thought. I only had 2 friends in High School.
Gianni Brown Holy shit it can’t be un heard now
Lmfao those are the same arguments I had with friends over this song. That's awesome.
My cousin insisted it was "I'm in need of a diet"
Italian Disco Music 90's is one of the Best music with melodies and fantasy
20 years later and still a banger, this is when you know you have succeeded
Wait... it's been TWENTY YEARS? Damn, getting old sucks!
LandonGendur Indeed 😭Spongebob is going on 20, I’m going on 20, Melee and Digimon are going on 20. It’s been so long yet feels so short
oow im getting older
NOW I CAN'T STOP SINGING / DANCING TO IT MAN !!!
Wow are you serious? 20 years? Then it means i was 3 when it happened...i still remember perfectly when the commercials on Tv showed this song.
Sucks that they aren't on good terms. But that's life.
Simon Johansson sounds like they didn’t want to pay the one guy who did minimal work. Understandable
All three have all played a key role in the song that's how I see it, but yeah it is disappointing.
efwefwef Gabry also played a part in their second and third album. I’m not sure why the both of them couldn’t get along.
yea it kind of seems like Vice dropped the ball on this.
Just go listen to radiohead.
It's unbelievable how this song holds up today. It has everything to be a hit even today if it was released . And it will definitely be a sure winner in the future. You can play it every time in the club and will be a god damn hit.
My 10 year old sister knows this song.(I’m 34, pops had her late lol) And it’s funny how I got this suggestion after she played this song on her iPad during my visit on Christmas
@@nate_p416 google listening bro
@@jeremiahfyan Ayo shhh we don't do that here
@@therealneji no its actually true tho
@@jeremiahfyan I know I'm trying to the you not to blow my cover
It's been exactly 20 years since the song was famous
Well, the song is still famous. It's been 20 years since it blew up.
this and better off alone by alice deejay ^^
@@subrotoxing8214 you mean Work hard, Play hard by David Guetta kappa
@@djcuetime ew
@@subrotoxing8214 that and Music Sounds Better With You by Stardust
We need the story of Around the World (La La La La La) by ATC
You may find it shocking but ATC's piece is actually the cover of "Pesenka" by the Russian band Ruki Vverh. Check it out.
YESSSSSSSSSS
Ik I absolutely love that song vice need to do a documentary on it
Swiatlocien Except atc’s version is english and sounds better with the pitch that gets higher at the end
*_Daft Punk_*
17:47 LMAO "I'm blue, If I was green I would die"
😂😂😂😂😂
ismopro I would pee on a pie
I mean well it should be part of the song lol
I heard that growing up too
YamiNoGame, Same, yo. lol 😆💀😆💀😸
1999 this song came on MTV. It gave birth to my love for dance music. I was 6 years old. :)
i agree who ever comment blu da ba dee is better than despasito
That’s kind of a dumb comment considering the huge difference between those songs
Fabian81 back then things didn’t go viral like they do now.
Imagine comparing blue with despashito what a dipshit
andrea vazquez everything is better than despacito lol
No contest
The Plot thickens because JEFFREY JEY the singer actually is Color Blind
BIGGEST PLOT TWIST OF 2020
wait so he actually does see things through a color filter I--
lOl
No he’s not lol
21:14
"I'm more focused on having my music more famous than me."
Ooooooooooooo
I don't think a song gets anymore 90's than this
Continue the story of other legendary songs, that's great. Such as : numa numa song
Definitely
Romainian song
Dota as well by basshunter
Song reminds me of the early 2000’s playing halo 2 and not having a care in the world watching early day RUclips memes. Good times.
foreal though
RUclips didn't go live until '05. I don't think that qualifies as early 2000s lol
RUclips wasnt memes until like 2008 bud.
@@P0k3D0nd3M4cG meh... it's pretty early.
@@MrPianoMan it was half over. And that was when RUclips launched. It didn't get poppin till like a year and a half later