Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Critical Reception

Critical Reception

The song received mixed reviews from critics. Entertainment Weekly positively reviewed the song, calling the song "a fleeting, feel-good foot-tapper" and gave the song a rating of B-. Sputnikmusic reviewer Dan Katz also reviewed the song positively, describing it as "a really great song." He noted the song has a "fairly cool bass line and a great piano loop set over a pulsing dance beat house the vocals that everyone knows." He also said while the vocals are not at its best, they fit the song well. He concluded his review of the song by describing it as "being the epitome of a good European dance track." 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."

Rolling Stone, however, in their review of Europop, gave the song a negative review, stating that the song "blends Cher-esque vocoder vocals, trance-lite 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," reaching #14.

Most recently, Matthew Wilkening of AOL Radio ranked the song at #41 on the list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever, stating that the entire song "is like one big ringtone that never... ever... ends. Answer the phone! Answer the phone!"