"Baby Don't Hurt Me" is a collaborative single by French DJ
David Guetta with British singer
Anne-Marie
Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's "Rockabye (song), Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm (Anne-Marie song ...
and American rapper
Coi Leray. It was released on 6 April 2023 through What a DJ and
Warner UK. The song prominently interpolates "
What Is Love" (1993) by
Haddaway.
The single was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Pop Dance Recording at the
66th Annual Grammy Awards, the first nominations for Leray and Anne-Marie.
Background and composition
The song was co-written by
Ed Sheeran, who talked about the collaboration in an interview in March 2023. Guetta and Leray previewed the song at the
2023 Ultra Music Festival on 27 March 2023. The song was described as a "modern" reimagination of the 1993 song,
with Guetta having found a formula "that works for him when it comes to scoring new hits" and sticking with it.
For the song, Guetta utilised the "iconic" riff, melodies and a few lyrics from the original, putting a modern spin to it. The song release was accompanied by a lyric video.
Music video
A music video, directed by
Hannah Lux Davis, was filmed in late March 2023 and was released on 5 May 2023.
The video pays homage to ''
A Night at the Roxbury
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'' with characters dressed similarly to the Butabi brothers doing the head bob motion from the film in one scene.
Remixes
The song has received remixes by Hypaton &
Giuseppe Ottaviani,
DJs From Mars
DJs from Mars is an Italian DJ and production team. They are known for their mashups of popular songs turned into electro dance music.
Background
The project started in 2003 after the meeting of young producers Luca Emanuele Ventafridda (aka ...
, Borai & Denham,
Joel Corry,
Cedric Gervais,
Robin Schulz,
Sofi Tukker, and Ozone & Diagnostix.
Charts
Weekly charts
Monthly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2023 singles
2023 songs
Anne-Marie songs
Coi Leray songs
David Guetta songs
Song recordings produced by David Guetta
Songs written by Coi Leray
Songs written by David Guetta
Songs written by Ed Sheeran
Songs written by Johnny McDaid
Songs written by Steve Mac
Warner Music Group singles
Warner Records singles
Number-one singles in Russia