“Baby I” is the second single off Ariana’s album Yours Truly. In this song Ariana Grande is trying to explain to the boy she loves him. Even though she has these strong feelings for him, she can’t get her thoughts and words together to express this to him.

Popsugar rated this track 4.5/5 and stated:

“Baby I” has a mid-’90s R&B diva vibe, with a smidge of ’70s disco energy — think Mariah Carey gone retro. Sure, Mimi is always the obvious comparison when it comes to Grande, since they both know how to tackle those octaves, but Grande does hold her own and exercises taut control over that voice of hers.

Ariana told Complex that Mac Miller encouraged her to release this as her second single and that the track was originally written for Beyoncé.