Idlewild Blues

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“Idlewild Blue (Don't chu Worry 'Bout Me)”
“Idlewild Blue (Don't chu Worry 'Bout Me)” cover
Single by OutKast
from the album Idlewild
Released November 9, 2006 (U.S.)
Genre Blues
Length 3:24 ("Idlewild Blues")
4:29 ("She Lives in My Lap")
Label Sony BMG/ Zomba Records/ LaFace Records
Writer(s) Andre Benjamin
Producer Andre 3000
OutKast singles chronology
"Morris Brown"
(2006)
"Idlewild Blues"
(2006)
"Hollywood Divorce"
(2006)
Back cover
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"Idlewild Blues" back cover.

"Idlewild Blues", also known as "Idlewild Blue (Don't chu Worry 'Bout Me)," is the third single off OutKast's album Idlewild, and the first off the album that is sung by Andre 3000. Andre also plays the guitar for the song, using the standard 12-bar blues. The song tells the story of a character wishing to gain his independence by leaving the familiarity of his family, friends and town.

The video shows Andre playing in an old house during a thunder storm, with people dancing around him. The building slowly fills with rain water, and by the end of the video, everything in the house is underwater. Because of the proximity in which the video was filmed, many interpret the video to be a visual allusion to the New Orleans flooding following Hurricane Katrina.

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Promo

  1. "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)"
  2. "She Lives In My Lap" (feat. Rosario Dawson)

Maxi single

  1. "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" (Explicit)
  2. "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" (Instrumental)
  3. "Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)" (Clean)

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