“Rockabye” is a dancehall song about all of the single and struggling mothers in the world. The track is the second single released from Clean Bandit’s second studio album What Is Love?, and their first single as a trio after violinist Neil Milan left the band earlier in the same week. It features guest vocals from Jamaican rapper Sean Paul and English singer Anne-Marie.
The song’s lyrics describe how single mothers bear hardships to raise their children and give them the best possible life, and the upbeat music turns that theme into a motivational track.
“Rockabye” was leaked onto the internet prematurely on the 20th October and was officially released the day after.