"I Wasn't Kidding"
Single by Angie Stone
from the album Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone
Released2005
Length4:28
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Angie Stone singles chronology
"Stay for a While"
(2004)		 "I Wasn't Kidding"
(2005)		 "Baby"
(2007)

"I Wasn't Kidding" is a song by American recording artist Angie Stone. It was written by Andrea Martin and Adrian Austin for Stone's first compilation album Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone (2005), while production was overseen by Martin and Vada Nobles. The song is built around a sample from the 1984 record "Baby I'm Scared of You" as written and performed by Womack & Womack.

Background

"I Wasn't Kidding" was written by Andrea Martin and Adrian Austin. Inspired by Martin's wish to use the beat of the Womack & Womack song "Baby I'm Scared of You" (1984) in a new "break-up song,"[1] much of the lyrics were penned by Austin.[1]

Critical reception

Billboard felt that "Stone conjures the 1980s with the booty-bumping" song and declared "I Wasn't Kidding" a "fun track, a stellar vocal and deserving entry on Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone.[2] South African news website Independent Online called the song "a great old school jam."[3]

Track listing

Digital single[4]
No.TitleLength
1."I Wasn't Kidding" (radio edit)4:30
2."I Wasn't Kidding" (extended version)5:06
3."I Wasn't Kidding" (instrumental)4:31
4."I Wasn't Kidding" (tv track)4:31
5."I Wasn't Kidding" (acapella)4:19

Personnel

Charts

References

  1. 1 2 "Remembering Andrea Martin and "I Wasn't Kidding" With Adrian Austin". queuepoints.com. September 30, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Reviews: Singles". Billboard. 2005-12-10. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Very Best of Angie Stone". Independent Online. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  4. ↑ "I Wasn't Kidding". Spotify. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Angie Stone – I Wasn't Kidding" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  6. ↑ "Angie Stone – Global Dance Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Angie Stone Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Angie Stone Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  9. ↑ "2005 Urban top 40" (PDF). Music Week. January 14, 2006. p. 22. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
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