I Was Only Joking

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"I Was Only Joking"
"I Was Only Joking" cover
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free
B-side(s) "Born Loose"
Released 1978
Format 7" single
Length 6:02
Label Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s) Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart
Chart positions
Rod Stewart singles chronology
Hot Legs
(1978)
I Was Only Joking
(1978)
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
(1978)

"I Was Only Joking" is the name of a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it as a track on his 1977 album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. When released as a single, the song performed well, becoming a top forty hit in various countries. The song's lyrics are a reflection of the singer on his love life, detailing how he had been romantically active, but never to the point where he was ready for a serious relationship. Such literary devices as an allusion to Rudolph Valentino are used to support this idea. In the United Kingdom, "I Was Only Joking" charted as part of a double A-side with "Hot Legs."