Rockabye (song)

"Rockabye"
Single by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie
from the album What Is Love?
Released21 October 2016
Recorded2016
Studio
GenreDance-pop
Length4:11
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Clean Bandit singles chronology
"Tears"
(2016)
"Rockabye"
(2016)
"Symphony"
(2017)
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Crick Neck"
(2016)
"Rockabye"
(2016)
"No Lie" / "Tek Weh Yuh Heart"
(2016)
Anne-Marie singles chronology
"Catch 22"
(2016)
"Rockabye"
(2016)
"Ciao Adios"
(2017)
Music video
"Rockabye" on YouTube

"Rockabye" is a song by British electronic group Clean Bandit featuring English singer Anne-Marie and Jamaican singer and rapper Sean Paul. It was released on 21 October 2016 and was their first single since Neil Amin-Smith's departure from the group and it serves as the lead single from their second studio album, What Is Love? (2018).[1][2] The song is about hardships of single mothers and alludes to the nursery rhyme and lullaby, Rock-a-bye Baby. "Rockabye" is included on the deluxe edition of Anne-Marie's debut studio album, Speak Your Mind.

The song became 2016's Christmas number one on December 23, 2016, beating the likes of Rag'n'Bone Man, Little Mix, Zara Larsson, Mariah Carey, Matt Terry and Louis Tomlinson & Steve Aoki to the Christmas number one spot. It is the first song in chart history to become Christmas number one after already being at the top of the charts for six weeks.[3] In total, the song spent 9 weeks at the summit of the UK Singles Chart while also topping the charts in over 28 other countries. It is certified Triple Diamond in Poland, Diamond in France, Nine-Times Platinum in Canada, and Multiplatinum in twelve additional countries.

  1. ^ White, Jack (21 October 2016). "Clean Bandit announce Neil Amin-Smith's departure from the band". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference new song was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Savage, Mark (23 December 2016). "Clean Bandit land Christmas number one with Rockabye". BBC News. Retrieved 23 December 2016.