 " Baby I " was released to digital retailers by Republic Records on July 22 , 2013 , as the second single from the album . It was written and produced by Kenneth " Babyface " Edmonds , Antonio Dixon and Patrick " J. Que " Smith . The song sold 141 @,@ 000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , her second top 40 hit . It also debuted at number 6 on the Hot Digital Songs chart , making Grande the only woman to debut two songs in the top ten on the Digital Songs chart during the year 2013 . Filming for the song 's music video took place July 28 – 29 , 2013 . Grande hinted that the video would " travel " back to the 1990s and that there would be " lots of color " and " lots of baggy clothes . " 
