Baby blue ( George Strait song ) - Wikipedia Baby blue ( George Strait song ) `` Baby Blue '' Single by George Strait from the album If You Ai n't Lovin ', You Ai n't Livin ' B - side `` Back to Bein ' Me '' Released April 25, 1988 Format 7 '' single Recorded September 29, 1987 Genre Country Length 3 : 32 Label MCA 53340 Songwriter ( s ) Aaron Barker Producer ( s ) Jimmy Bowen, George Strait George Strait singles chronology `` Famous Last Words of a Fool '' ( 1988 ) `` Baby Blue '' ( 1988 ) `` If You Ai n't Lovin ' ( You Ai n't Livin ' ) '' ( 1988 ) `` Famous Last Words of a Fool '' ( 1988 ) `` Baby Blue '' ( 1988 ) `` If You Ai n't Lovin ' ( You Ai n't Livin ' ) '' ( 1988 ) `` Baby Blue '' is a song written by Aaron Barker, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in April 1988 as the second single from his album If You Ai n't Lovin ', You Ai n't Livin '. It was a number - one hit in the United States, while it peaked at number 3 in Canada. Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Chart positions 4 References 5 External links Content The narrator talks about a girl with baby blue eyes who had a profound impact on his life. She was in his life for a short time, but he still thinks of her often, especially when he sees the skies that her eyes matched in color. Though it has never been confirmed, it has long been thought that Strait sang this song for his daughter, Jennifer, who died at 13 in an automobile accident in San Marcos, Texas. Critical reception Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, calling it `` another one of Strait 's smoothest pop performances, with just enough country touches in the production to keep his traditionalist credentials intact. '' Coyne states that `` taken literally as a love gone wrong song, it 's a beautiful piece of work. '' Chart positions Chart ( 1988 ) Peak positions US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 336. ^ Jump up to : CountryUniverse.net Song review Jump up ^ `` George Strait Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Allmusic External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics George Strait 1980s singles Strait Country `` Unwound '' `` Down and Out '' `` If You 're Thinking You Want a Stranger ( There 's One Coming Home ) '' Strait from the Heart `` Fool Hearted Memory '' `` Marina del Rey '' `` Amarillo by Morning '' `` A Fire I Ca n't Put Out '' Right or Wrong `` You Look So Good in Love '' `` Right or Wrong '' `` Let 's Fall to Pieces Together '' Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind `` Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind '' `` The Cowboy Rides Away '' `` The Fireman '' Something Special `` The Chair '' `` You 're Something Special to Me '' # 7 `` Nobody in His Right Mind Would 've Left Her '' `` It Ai n't Cool to Be Crazy About You '' Ocean Front Property `` Ocean Front Property '' `` All My Ex 's Live in Texas '' `` Am I Blue '' If You Ai n't Lovin ', You Ai n't Livin ' `` Famous Last Words of a Fool '' `` Baby Blue '' `` If You Ai n't Lovin ' ( You Ai n't Livin ' ) '' Beyond the Blue Neon `` Baby 's Gotten Good at Goodbye '' `` What 's Going On in Your World '' `` Ace in the Hole '' `` Overnight Success '' This 1988 country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baby_Blue_(George_Strait_song)&oldid=847151240 '' Categories : 1988 singles 1987 songs Country ballads George Strait songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs in memory of deceased persons Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen MCA Records singles Songs written by Aaron Barker 1988 country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 June 2018, at 08 : 06 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang baby blue was the color of her eyes
Answer: George Strait