Question 1

True or false: The music video for 'Blue' was entirely animated using early 3D computer graphics.

Accepted Answer

True. The video was made with 3D CGI by a small Italian studio. It featured a blue alien in a cyberpunk world, groundbreaking for a pop song in 1999.

Question 2

True or false: The song charted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks in 2000.

Accepted Answer

True. 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)' hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for six consecutive weeks, from September to October 2000.

Question 3

True or false: The lyrics 'da ba dee' were originally a placeholder that the band kept because they liked the sound.

Accepted Answer

True. The nonsensical hook was a temporary filler while the band wrote the real lyrics. They decided it was catchy and left it in the final track.

Question 4

True or false: The song's producer legally had to pay royalties to the band Kraftwerk for a sample.

Accepted Answer

False. No sample from Kraftwerk was used. The distinctive synth sound was created using a Roland JP-8000 synthesizer, not from any existing recording.

Question 5

True or false: Eiffel 65 broke up immediately after the success of 'Blue' due to creative differences.

Accepted Answer

False. The band did not break up right after. They released two more albums and continued touring. The breakup happened years later, in 2006.

Question 6

True or false: Eiffel 65 named the song 'Blue' because the singer's favorite color was blue.

Accepted Answer

False. The name came from the color of a character in a video game the band members were playing. The singer's favorite color is actually green.

Question 7

True or false: The song was banned from some radio stations because it was mistaken for a secret drug code.

Accepted Answer

True. A few US radio stations briefly banned the song in 2000, fearing 'da ba dee' was a coded reference to the drug ecstasy. The band denied this.

Question 8

True or false: Eiffel 65 originally recorded 'Blue' in Italian before the English version became a hit.

Accepted Answer

True. The band first recorded the song as 'Io Blu' in Italian. Their label insisted on an English version for international release, which became the global smash.

Blue (Da Ba Dee) Trivia Questions