Jay Balfour from HipHopDX called it "a catchy piano-driven track with Pop appeal" and found Chance's verse on the song to be "personal and delightfully petty." Colin Fitzgerald of PopMatters put the track alongside "Easy Rider" as 'album highlights', saying that without them "the album's second half would seriously hinder the overall value of Mr. Pat Levy of Consequence of Sound praised Bronson's singing over the piano-heavy production but singled out Chance's verse as the highlight for his "laundry list of things he hopes will happen to the girl who romantically maligned him." Dan Weiss of Spin called it the standout of the album's suite, due in particular to Chance's absurdly dark and humorous lyrics. "Baby Blue" garnered positive reviews from music critics. Critical reception Ĭritics praised Chance the Rapper's verse in the song. Chance the Rapper, credited as a featured artist on the recording, explained to Complex that his verse for the song was inspired by an amalgam of various women he had previously encountered, while lending levity to the outcome of it all. The chorus to the song: "Why you gotta act like a bitch when I'm with you / Baby girl, I'm blue," was co-written by then- BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe, with Bronson providing vocals to it. The beat to Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz's " Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" (1997) was used as a reference by Ronson to come up with the song's opening. In an interview with Complex, Bronson explained that he wanted to put together a small musical with the three tracks he had within the album and found the ending to it as a kiss-off to a former flame and moving on from it.
It's about an elderly man who laments about a former love leaving the streets. It acts as a closer to a three-part suite set by "City Boy Blues" and "A Light in the Addict" that was preluded by the album's interlude, "Thug Love Story 2017 The Musical". The song was written by Ronson, Arian Arslani, Chancellor Bennett and Zane Lowe. "Baby Blue" was produced by Mark Ronson, who had previously produced for singers like Daniel Merriweather and Bruno Mars. Wonderful and showed which songs had collaborations to them. An accompanying music video for the song, directed by Lil Chris, was released on Bronson's YouTube page as part of the 2015 YouTube Music Awards and pays homage to the 1988 comedy film Coming to America.įollowing the album's first single "Easy Rider" (2014) and the digital release of "Actin' Crazy" (2015), Action Bronson revealed the track list for Mr. The song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), denoting sales of over 500,000 copies. It also charted at numbers 21 and 30 on the Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts respectively. "Baby Blue" was Bronson's first solo appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 91 for one week. The song received positive reviews from critics, who generally praised Chance's verse. A breakup song, "Baby Blue" ends a three-part suite started by "City Boy Blues" and "A Light in the Addict" that is preluded by the album's interlude, "Thug Love Story 2017 The Musical".
It was co-written by both artists, along with Zane Lowe, who did a punch-up to the chorus, and Mark Ronson, who also produced the song. It was released on Maby Atlantic and Vice as the fourth and final single from his second album Mr. " Baby Blue" is a song by American rapper Action Bronson with a guest appearance from fellow rapper Chance the Rapper.
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