It Wasn't Me

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“It Wasn't Me”
Single by Shaggy featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent from the album Hot Shot
Released	2000
Format	CD maxi single
Genre	Reggae/R&B
Length	3:47
Label	MCA Records
Writer(s)	Orville Burrell, RikRok, Shaun Pizzonia, Braun Thompson
Producer	Shaun Pizzonia
Certification	Platinum (BPI)
Shaggy singles chronology
"Dance and Shout" (2000) "It Wasn't Me" (2000) "Angel" (2001) Alternate covers European CD single cover

"It Wasn't Me" is a 2000 number one hit song by reggae artist Shaggy, featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent.

The song was originally never intended to be released as a single, MCA Records wanted "Dance and Shout" to be the first single released from the Hot Shot album and didn't offer other tracks to DJs. Hawaiian DJ Pablo Sato downloaded the album from "a Napster-like MP3 site he won’t name" and discovered it "was the album’s standout cut." He played the song on the radio the next day. "The phone lines lit up right away. Within a couple of days, it was our number-one requested song."^[1]

The lyrics depict one man (Rikrok) asking his friend (Shaggy) what to do after his girlfriend caught him with another woman. Shaggy's advice is to deny everything with the phrase "It wasn't me", despite all evidence to the contrary. It may have been influenced by the 'It wasn't me' Sketch by Eddie Murphy during his 1987 Eddie Murphy Raw tour

Two versions of the song and video exist: the radio and television edit version replace the word "bangin'" with "making love".

The song was Shaggy's first number-one hit in the U.S., and the follow-up, "Angel," also reached number one. The single also reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 4 March 2001, making the song a transatlantic chart topper. It also reached number one in Australia on April 1, 2001. It is also the 4th biggest selling single of the 21st century in the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Music Video 2 Tracklist 3 Charts 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Music Video

The video starts out with Rikrok Ducent running to Shaggy's mansion to explain to him what just happened to him. Rikrok tells him that he cheated on his girlfriend and got caught and Shaggy tells him to tell her that, "It Wasn't Me" the video then cuts into a flashback to earlier that day. Rikrok got caught sleeping with another women, he escapes out the window and gets on his motorcycle and leaves. His girlfriend and two accomplices chase after him. Shaggy, from his house, and using his futuristic technology tracks down where he is going and prepares an escape for him. Rikrok then gets surrounded on a highway in the desert, on the highway down below, an 18-wheeler drives by and Shaggy leaves him a text message telling him to look behind and Rikrok notices the truck and jumps off the side of overhead and lands on the truck. Rikrok is then dropped off a Shaggy's mansion, showing the same scene from the start of the video.

[edit] Tracklist

1. "It Wasn't Me" (Radio Edit) (3:43)
2. "It Wasn't Me" (Vocal 12" Mix) (3:49)

[edit] Charts

Chart[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	1
Austrian Singles Chart	3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart	1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart	2
Danish Singles Chart	2
Dutch Singles Chart	1
Finnish Singles Chart	11
French Singles Chart	1
German Singles Chart	4
Irish Singles Chart	1
Italian Singles Chart	2
New Zealand Singles Chart	6
Norwegian Singles Chart	2
Singapore Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	2
Swiss Singles Chart	2
Turkey Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart1	31
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	1
US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	2
US Billboard Hot Canadian Digital Singles	18
US ARC Weekly Top 40	1

¹ Import

Preceded by "Music" by Madonna	United World Chart Single of the Year 2001	Succeeded by "Whenever, Wherever" by Shakira
Preceded by "Independent Women Part I" by Destiny's Child	ARC Weekly Top 40 number one single January 13, 2001 - January 27, 2001	Succeeded by "Love Don't Cost a Thing" by Jennifer Lopez
	Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 3, 2001- February 10, 2001	Succeeded by "Ms. Jackson" by OutKast
Preceded by "Puf / Schudden" by Def Rhymz	Dutch number one single March 3, 2001 - April 7, 2001	Succeeded by "Damn (I Think I Love You)" by Starmaker
Preceded by "Always Come Back To Your Love" by Samantha Mumba	Irish (IRMA) number one single March 3, 2001	Succeeded by "Uptown Girl" by Westlife
Preceded by "Whole Again" by Atomic Kitten	UK number one single March 4, 2001 - March 11, 2001
Preceded by "La Passion" by Gigi D'Agostino	Belgian (Flanders) number one single March 24, 2001 - April 14, 2001	Succeeded by "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus
Preceded by "Seul" by Garou	French (SNEP) number one single March 31, 2001 - June 2, 2001	Succeeded by "Hasta la vista" by MC Solaar
Preceded by "Case Of The Ex" by Mýa	Australian (ARIA) number-one single April 1, 2001 - April 22, 2001	Succeeded by "Me, Myself and I" by Scandal'us
Preceded by "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" by Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera	United World Chart number one single April 14, 2001 – May 5, 2001	Succeeded by "All for You by Janet Jackson

[edit] See also

• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2001 (USA)
• Top selling singles and albums in Ireland 2001
• Psychopathic Rydas
• List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)

[edit] References

1. ^ "It Wasn't Me", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 6, 2008)
2. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
4. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (1) Chartstats.com (2) (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
5. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)

• The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, fifth edition