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| SinglebyAngie Stone | ||||
| from the album Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone | ||||
| Released | October 10, 2005 | |||
| Length | 4:28 | |||
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"I Wasn't Kidding" is a song by American singer Angie Stone. It was written by Andrea Martin and Adrian Austin for Stone's first greatest hits 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.
"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]
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]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 |
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| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United States | October 10, 2005 (2005-10-10) |
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