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It Wasn't Me by Shaggy

Artist Biography For Shaggy

Shaggy Is The Name Of At Least Two Artists.
1 Shaggy Born October 22 1969 In Kingston Jamaica As Orville Richard Burrell Is A Jamaican Reggae Artist Who Takes His Nickname From His Shaggy Hair. He Is Especially Notable For His Distinctive Sub-Baritone Voice. His Family Immigrated To The United States And They Settled In The Neighborhood Of Flatbush Brooklyn Located In New York City New York USA. In 1988 He Joined The United States Marine Corps And Served During Operation Desert Storm During The Persian Gulf War. On His Return From Iraq He Decided To Pursue His Music Career And His First Hit In 1993 "Oh Carolina" Was A Dancehall Re-Make Of A Ska Hit By The Folkes Brothers. The Same Year Shaggy Appeared On Kenny Dope's Hip Hop Album "The Unreleased Project". He Worked Together With Producers Such As Sting Intl. Don One Who Cut His First Track Lloyd 'Spiderman' Campbell And Robert Livingston. He Had Further Big Hits Including "Boombastic" In 1995. He Then Had A Major Comeback In 2001 Featuring Worldwide Number-One Hit Singles "It Wasn't Me" And "Angel " The Latter Of Which Was Built Around Merrilee Rush's 1968 Hit "Angel Of The Morning" Which Was Remade In 1981 By Juice Newton . The Album Hot Shot From Which Those Cuts Came Would Hit Number One On The Billboard 200. However His 2002 Release Lucky Day And The 2005 Album Clothes Drop Failed To Match Hot Shot's Success. Shaggy Performed The Theme For Showtime Film A 2002 Movie. 2 Shaggy A Swedish Rock/blues Rock Band From The 1970's. Released One Album "Lessons For Beginners"

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: It Wasn't Me

"It Wasn't Me" Is A 2000 Number One Hit Song By Reggae Artist Shaggy Featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent. It Achieved A Huge Success In Many Countries Topping The Charts In The US France UK The Netherlands Australia And Ireland. 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." 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. Two Versions Of The Song And Video Exist The Radio And Television Edit Version Replace The Lyric "Picture This We Were Both Butt-Naked Banging On The Bathroom Floor" With "Picture This We Were Both Caught Making Love On The Bathroom Floor." The Song Is Particularly Famous On The Case Western Reserve University Campus For Being Played Excessive Amounts Of Times On The Jukebox In The Leutner Commons Cafe. 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. Prior To This The Song Reached Number 31 On Import Sales In The UK Before Its Release.

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