Number one on 13 March 2001, Jonny's 36th birthday
It Wasn't Me
Shaggy featuring RikRok
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- Reached number oneweek ending 10 March 2001
- Weeks at number one1
- LabelMCA
- Decade2000s
The song
"It Wasn't Me" is the first single from Jamaican-American reggae musician Shaggy's fifth studio album, Hot Shot (2000). The song features vocals from British-Jamaican singer Rikrok. The lyrics of the song depict one man asking his friend (Shaggy) what to do after his girlfriend caught him cheating on her with "the girl next door". His friend's advice is to deny everything with the phrase "it wasn't me", despite clear evidence to the contrary.
Shaggy
Orville Richard Burrell, known professionally as Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae musician who scored hits with the songs "It Wasn't Me", "Boombastic", "In the Summertime", "Oh Carolina", and "Angel". He has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Reggae Album with Boombastic in 1996 and 44/876 with Sting in 2019, and has won the Brit Award for International Male Solo Artist in 2002.
This decade's look
The white iPod and the blue iMac: cool white, one hard blue, lime and orange, a techno display face and Verdana, the screen face of the decade.