"Baby"
Single by Clean Bandit featuring Marina and Luis Fonsi
from the album What Is Love? and Love + Fear
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Released2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)
Studio
  • Club Ralph, London
  • Metropolis Studios, London
  • RAK Studios, London
  • Westlake Studios, Los Angeles
GenreLatin pop[1]
Length3:25
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Clean Bandit singles chronology
"Solo"
(2018) 		"Baby"
(2018) 		"Mama"
(2019)
Marina singles chronology
"Disconnect"
(2017) 		"Baby"
(2018) 		"Handmade Heaven"
(2019)
Luis Fonsi singles chronology
"Imposible"
(2018) 		"Baby"
(2018) 		"Sola"
(2019)
Music video
"Baby" on YouTube

"Baby" is a song by British electronic music group Clean Bandit featuring Welsh singer Marina and Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, released as the fifth single from Clean Bandit's second album, What Is Love?, on 2 November 2018.[2]

"Baby" is Marina's first single where she is not credited as Marina and the Diamonds, a stage name she had used on prior releases. It is included on her fourth studio album, Love + Fear. A version without Fonsi appears on the album's vinyl release.

Composition

Baby is composed in the key of C minor. Lyrically, the song deals with a love triangle, with the singer telling somebody that they are "already someone else's".

The song has a tempo of 117 beats per minute, and has a time signature of common time. It also features a complete descending circle of fifths, which propels the music forward throughout the circle of fifths and back to C minor.

Promotion

On 29 October 2018, the group announced the release on Twitter and shared its cover art.[2] On 2 November 2018, the group performed on BBC Two's Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two.

Critical reception

Mike Wass of Idolator called the preview of the song a "sultry banger that already sounds like a hit", saying Marina "coos" the line "But I'm already someone else's baby" over Clean Bandit's "seductive, Latin-tinged house beats".[3] Billboard labelled "Baby" a "flamenco-infused track", opining that Fonsi's verse in Spanish provides it with a "distinctive Latin flare".[4]

Music video

Clean Bandit also released the video on YouTube on 2 November 2018.[5] The video features Fonsi, Marina, Grace Chatto, and Australian singer Starley.[6] Chatto portrays an unnamed bride who marries Fonsi's character as it is revealed via flashbacks that she had a thwarted relationship with another woman—now a wedding guest—while attending summer camp.[7]

Track listing

  1. "Baby" – 3:25
  1. "Baby" (acoustic) – 3:37
  1. "Baby" (Martin Jensen remix) – 3:02
  2. "Baby" (Sammy Porter remix) – 3:28

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Poland (ZPAV)[42] Gold 25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] Gold 400,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various 2 November 2018
Original Atlantic
Italy 9 November 2018 Contemporary hit radio Warner [44]
United Kingdom 16 November 2018 [45]
Various
  • Digital download
  • streaming
 Acoustic Atlantic [8]
23 November 2018 Remixes [9]

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