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{{Short description|2000 single by Shaggy featuring RikRok}}
{{About|the song by Shaggy|the song by Solé|It Wasn't Me (Solé song)|the song by Chuck Berry|Fresh Berry's}}
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{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2024}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = It Wasn't Me
| cover         = Shaggy-wasn't-me.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] featuring RikRok
| album         = [[Hot Shot (Shaggy album)|Hot Shot]]
| B-side        = [[Dance & Shout / Hope|Dance & Shout]]
| released      = {{start date|2000|11|7|df=y}}
| studio        = Ranch ([[Valley Stream, New York]])
| genre         = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres -->[[Reggae]]<ref name= "Billboard Pop 500">{{cite magazine|last= Billboard Staff|title= The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List|magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url= https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/|date= 19 October 2023|accessdate= 11 February 2024|quote=  One of the most enduring songs about cheating — specifically the denial of it — and another early ‘00s reggae crossover smash...}}</ref>
| length        = 3:47
| label         = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| writer        =
* [[Shaggy (musician)|Orville Burrell]]
* Rickardo Ducent
* [[Shaun Pizzonia]]
* Brian Thompson
| producer      = Shaun "Sting" Pizzonia
| chronology    = [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]
| prev_title    = [[Luv Me, Luv Me]]
| prev_year     = 1998
| next_title    = [[Angel (Shaggy song)|Angel]]
| next_year     = 2001
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist         = RikRok
 | type           = single
 | title          = It Wasn't Me
 | year           = 2000
 | next_title     = Your Eyes
 | next_year      = 2004
 }}
}}
"'''It Wasn't Me'''" is the first single from Jamaican-American [[reggae]] musician [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Hot Shot (Shaggy album)|Hot Shot]]'' (2000). The song features vocals from British-Jamaican singer RikRok (credited as Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent). The lyrics of the song depict one man (portrayed by RikRok) asking his friend (Shaggy) what to do after his girlfriend caught him [[Infidelity|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.

"It Wasn't Me" was serviced to American [[contemporary hit radio]] on 7 November 2000 and has been regarded as Shaggy's breakthrough in the pop market. The single topped the charts in Australia, [[Flanders]], France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was the best-selling single of 2001 in the UK, selling over 1.15 million copies that year<ref name="UK year-end"/> and over 1.42 million {{as of|2017|lc=y}}.

==Background==
The lyrics of "It Wasn't Me" depict one man asking his friend what to do after his girlfriend catches him having sex with another woman. His friend's advice is to deny everything, despite clear evidence to the contrary, with the phrase "It wasn't me." Ultimately, the narrator says that the advice "makes no sense at all" and decides to confess and apologize. It is written in the key of [[C major]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0137223|title=It Wasn't Me|website=Musicnotes.com|date=23 October 2014|id=MN0137223|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> 

The song was inspired by a bit called "No Loyal Men," performed by [[Eddie Murphy]] in his comedy special ''[[Eddie Murphy Raw|Raw]]'' (1987).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y81Y655C2LU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Y81Y655C2LU |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=How I Wrote That Song: Shaggy "It Wasn't Me"|date=23 April 2015|publisher=[[YouTube]]|access-date=12 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In an interview in February 2016, [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] acknowledged an [[Interpolation (popular music)|interpolation]] of the [[War (band)|War]] song "Smile Happy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/music/2016/02/shaggy-it-wasnt-me-15-year-anniversary-top-of-charts|title = You Can't Deny It: How Shaggy Pioneered Reggae's Pop Crossover with "It Wasn't Me"|website = [[Complex Networks]]}}</ref> The connection is further supported by two later songs that are based on "It Wasn't Me": British singer [[Liam Payne]]'s 2017 debut single "[[Strip That Down]]" (featuring [[Quavo]]) from his album [[LP1 (Liam Payne album)|''LP1'']], which interpolates the song,<ref name="Liam"/> and the 2019 song "[[China (Anuel AA song)|China]]" by Puerto Rican rappers [[Anuel AA]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] and Colombian singer [[Karol G]] with Puerto Rican singer [[Ozuna]] and Colombian singer [[J Balvin]] from the album ''[[Emmanuel (album)|Emmanuel]]'', which samples the song.<ref name="China">{{cite magazine|last1=Cobo |first1=Leila |title=Anuel AA Taps Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Ozuna and Karol G For 'China': Watch |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8520773/anuel-aa-china-video-daddy-yankee-j-balvin-ozuna-karol-g |magazine=Billboard |access-date=29 July 2019}}</ref> Both of these songs credited Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), the others writers of "It Wasn't Me", and members of War (despite their song not appearing on either track) as co-songwriters.<ref name="Liam">{{cite news|url=https://genius.com/a/liam-payne-interpolates-a-shaggy-classic-on-his-new-single-strip-that-down-featuring-quavo|title=Liam Payne Interpolates A Shaggy Classic On His New Single "Strip That Down" Featuring Quavo|last=Mench|first=Chris|date=19 May 2017|work=[[Genius (website)|Genius]]|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/liam-payne-insists-not-rip-11096834|title=Liam Payne insists he did not 'rip off' Shaggy song for new track as he gave singer credit|last=Rainbird|first=Ashleigh|date=1 September 2017|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="China"/>

The clean version of the song replaces 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" and "Saw me banging on the sofa" with "Saw me kissing on the sofa".

"It Wasn't Me" was originally never intended to be released as a single. Before the original version of ''[[Hot Shot (Shaggy album)|Hot Shot]]'' was released in August 2000, Hawaiian DJ Pablo Sato downloaded the album from "a [[Napster]] like MP3 site he won't name" and discovered that "It Wasn't Me" was "the album's standout cut." He played the song on American radio the next day, and in an interview, claimed, "The phone lines lit up right away. Within a couple of days, it was our number-one requested song."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Jan/18/118islandlife13.html |date=18 January 2001 |publisher=Gannett Co., Inc. |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |title=Isle deejay takes credit for Shaggy hit |first=Derek |last=Paiva |access-date=22 February 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010222232247/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Jan/18/118islandlife13.html |archive-date=22 February 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNqgWvHa3LQ|title=The Story of 'It Wasn't Me' by Shaggy|author=VICE|date=10 July 2020|via=YouTube|access-date=4 March 2025}}</ref> The song was released to radio on 7 November 2000,<ref name="usrel">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-11-03.pdf|title=CHR/Pop: Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1375|page=48|date=3 November 2000|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> then was given a retail release on 6 February 2001 following its airplay success.<ref name="silvio">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-02-10.pdf|title=Hot 100 Spotlight|last=Pietroluongo|first=Silvio|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=113|issue=6|page=89|date=10 February 2001|access-date=11 October 2020}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
"It Wasn't Me" was Shaggy's first number-one hit in the United States. The song reached number two on 23 December 2000.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2000-12-23/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=23 December 2000|access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref> On 30 December, it was bumped down one position to number three.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2000-12-30/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=30 December 2000|access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref> It moved back up to the number-two spot on 13 January 2001, then, on 3 February, it ascended to number one, replacing [[Destiny's Child]]'s "[[Independent Women Part I]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2001-01-13/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=13 January 2001|access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2001-02-03/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=3 February 2001|access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref> The song remained at number one for two weeks and spent 25 weeks on the chart altogether.<ref name="hot100"/>

The song also reached number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on 4 March 2001, selling 345,000 copies, making the song a transatlantic chart topper.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/shaggy/6752|title=SHAGGY RETURNS IN STYLE|date=4 March 2000|work=[[NME]]|access-date=28 October 2015}}</ref> It also reached number one in Australia on 1 April 2001. It is also the [[List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (century) in the United Kingdom|11th biggest selling single of the 21st century in the United Kingdom]],<ref name="UK sales">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-official-chart-millionaires-revealed__20459/|title=The UK's Official Chart 'millionaires' revealed|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=19 September 2017|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> with sales of over 1.42 million as of September 2017.<ref name="UK sales"/>

As of August 2014, it is the 49th-best-selling single of the 21st century in France, with 399,500 units sold.<ref name="CIF">{{cite web |title=Top 100 des singles les plus vendus du millénaire en France, épisode 6 (50-41) |url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-93207.html |publisher=Chartsinfrance |date=16 August 2014 |access-date=27 August 2014}}</ref>

==Music video==
The music video was directed by Stephen Scott.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} It begins with RikRok running to Shaggy's mansion to explain to him what has just happened. RikRok tells him that he cheated on his girlfriend and got caught. Shaggy tells him to tell her that "It wasn't me." The video then cuts into a flashback to earlier that day. RikRok has been caught sleeping with another woman, and his girlfriend is outside the apartment in her convertible when two women pull up next to her on their sport bikes.

Then, the three women go into the building. He then sneaks out the window, takes the motorcycle of one of his girlfriend's accomplices and leaves. The women come out and the girlfriend and one of her accomplices get in the convertible and the other gets on her motorcycle and they chase after him. From his mansion, Shaggy, using his futuristic technology, tracks down where RikRok is going and prepares an escape for him. RikRok then gets on a bridge over the highway when the accomplice rode on the bridge in front of him.

He then hits the brakes to stop while she stops her motorcycle. RikRok then hears a noise behind him and it is the other accomplices and the girlfriend driving the convertible on the other side of the bridge with the highway down below. An eighteen-wheeler drives by, and Shaggy leaves RikRok a text message telling him to look behind and he notices the truck and jumps off the side of overhead and lands on the truck. He is then dropped off at Shaggy's mansion, showing the same scene from the start of the video.

==Legacy==
"It Wasn't Me" was one of [[Michael Jackson]]'s favorite songs and he had Shaggy perform it at [[Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration|his 30th anniversary concert show]] in 2001. Shaggy later told the Hot Morning Crew radio show that when the two met, Jackson told him the song sounded like something he would write, which prompted Shaggy to quip, "So you be bangin', huh?"<ref name="w170">{{cite web | last=Locker | first=Melissa | title=The Moment Behind That Enthusiastic Michael Jackson Reaction | website=TIME | date=2017-09-26 | url=https://time.com/4957712/michael-jackson-reaction-song/ | access-date=2025-06-30}}</ref>

The lyrical content of "It Wasn't Me" inspired ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' writer [[Josh Levin]] to coin the term the "[[Shaggy defense]]" to describe [[R. Kelly]]'s defense at his 2008 [[child pornography]] trial stemming from the production of a [[sex tape]]: "I predict that in the decades to come, law schools will teach this as the 'Shaggy defense'. You allege that I was caught on camera, butt naked, banging on the log cabin floor? It wasn't me."<ref>Josh Levin. 21 May 2008. "[http://www.slate.com/id/2191876/entry/2191877/ Dispatches From the R. Kelly Trial]".</ref> R. Kelly was ultimately found not guilty on those charges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1956/r-kelly-found-not-guilty|title=R. Kelly Found Not Guilty!|date=13 June 2008|website=E! Online}}</ref> Levin repeated the term on [[NPR]],<ref>NPR. 23 May 2008. "[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90755482 Trapped in a Courtroom: The R. Kelly Trial]".</ref> and "Shaggy Defense" entered common use to describe a defendant flatly denying guilt despite overwhelming evidence against them.

The song was spoofed by [[Bob Rivers]], as "Caught Me One Handed", and makes a reference to the ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'' character, [[Shaggy Rogers]]. The video focused on him being caught [[masturbating]] (about the girl next door) by his mother.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyzKfk-kRgA|title=Caught Me One-Handed|date=22 January 2009 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=12 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> The song was also spoofed on ''[[Svengoolie]]''. On ''[[The Chris Moyles Show]]'', the song was used as a prank call with "Shaggy" (actually impressionist [[Jon Culshaw]]) trying to book a taxi, with the final line being "Can you drop me off at ''The Chris Moyles Show'' on [[BBC Radio 1]]?, 97 to 99 FM".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxdOhC1R0t8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/yxdOhC1R0t8 |archive-date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Shaggy - Taxi|publisher=YouTube|date=28 April 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Track listings==
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* '''Jamaican 7-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=[[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]]|year=2000|type=Jamaican 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=[[MCA Records]]|id=O88155800-7}}</ref>
:A. "It Wasn't Me"
:B. "It Wasn't Me" (club mix)

* '''US 7-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=MCA Records|id=088 155 800-7}}</ref>
:A. "It Wasn't Me" (album version) – 3:48
:B. "It Wasn't Me" (vocal club) – 4:10

* '''US CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=MCA Records|id=088 155 782-2}}</ref>
# "It Wasn't Me" (album version)
# "It Wasn't Me" (Squeaky version)
# "It Wasn't Me" (instrumental version)
# "It Wasn't Me" (Sports version)

* '''US 12-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=US 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=MCA Records|id=088 155 782-1}}</ref>
:A1. "It Wasn't Me" (vocal 12-inch mix) – 3:49
:A2. "It Wasn't Me" (vocal 12-inch mix instrumental) – 3:49
:B1. "It Wasn't Me" (Punch remix) – 3:54
:B2. "It Wasn't Me" (album version) – 3:47

* '''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=MCA Records|id=155 803-2}}</ref>
# "It Wasn't Me" (radio edit) – 3:43
# "It Wasn't Me" (vocal 12-inch mix) – 3:49
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* '''UK CD single and Australian CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=UK CD single & Australian CD1 liner notes|publisher=MCA Records|id=155 802-2}}</ref>
# "It Wasn't Me" (radio edit) – 3:43
# "It Wasn't Me" (vocal 12-inch mix) – 3:49
# "[[Dance & Shout / Hope|Dance & Shout]]" (Pussy 2000 club mix edit) – 8:07
# "It Wasn't Me" (enhanced video)

* '''UK 12-inch single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=MCA Records|id=MCST 40247, 155807-1}}</ref>
:A1. "It Wasn't Me" (radio edit) – 3:43
:A2. "It Wasn't Me" (album version) – 3:47
:B1. "It Wasn't Me" (12-inch vocal) – 3:49

* '''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=MCA Records|id=MCSC 40247, 155807-4}}</ref>
# "It Wasn't Me" (radio edit) – 3:43
# "It Wasn't Me" (album version) – 3:47

* '''Australian CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=It Wasn't Me|others=Shaggy|year=2001|type=Australian CD2 liner notes|publisher=MCA Records|id=155 800-2}}</ref>
# "It Wasn't Me" (radio edit) – 3:43
# "It Wasn't Me" (vocal 12-inch mix) – 3:49
# "It Wasn't Me" (Crash & Burn remix) – 5:37
# "Dance & Shout" (Pussy 2000 club mix edit) – 8:07
# "Dance & Shout" (Kulb Kings club mix) – 6:30
# "It Wasn't Me" (enhanced video)
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==Credits and personnel==
Credits are taken from the ''Hot Shot'' album booklet.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Hot Shot|title-link=Hot Shot (Shaggy album)|others=Shaggy|year=2000|type=US CD album booklet|publisher=MCA Records|id=088 112 096-2}}</ref>

'''Studios'''
* Recorded and mixed at Ranch Recording Studios ([[Valley Stream, New York]])
* Mastered at [[Sterling Sound]] (New York City)

'''Personnel'''
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* [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] – writing (as Orville Burrell)
* Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent – writing (as Rickardo Ducent)
* [[Shaun Pizzonia|Shaun "Sting" Pizzonia]] – writing, background vocals, drums, production, recording, mixing
* Brian Thompson – writing
* [[Brian and Tony Gold]] – background vocals
* Robert Zapata – guitar
* Nigel Staff – keyboard
* Jerry Johnson – brass
* Kevin Batchelor – brass
* Gwen Laster – violin
* [[Chris Gehringer]] – mastering
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==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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!Chart (2000–2001)
!Peak<br />position
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{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Australiaurban|1|url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue578.PDF|urltitle=Issue 578|rowheader=true|access-date=2 January 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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{{single chart|Austria|3|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
|-
!scope="row"|Canada ([[Canadian Singles Chart|Nielsen SoundScan]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/shaggy/chart-history/cns/|title=Shaggy Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=5 July 2018}}</ref>
|18
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!scope="row"|Canada CHR ([[Nielsen BDS]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2001.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 2001|website=Cross Canada Countdown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407223203/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2001.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2005|access-date=15 July 2024}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Croatia ([[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|title=HR Top 20 Lista|publisher=[[Croatian Radiotelevision]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413072524/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|archive-date=13 April 2001|access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Denmark|2|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hits of the World: Eurochart Hot 100 (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 04/07/01|magazine=Billboard|issn=0006-2510|volume=113|issue=14|page=73|date=7 April 2001}}</ref>
|1
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{{single chart|Finland|11|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true}}
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{{single chart|France|1|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Germany|4|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|songid=4622|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2018}}
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!scope="row"|Hungary ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Mahasz]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-06-23.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=19|issue=26|page=16|date=23 June 2001|access-date=9 June 2020}}</ref>
|8
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{{single chart|Ireland2|1|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2018}}
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{{single chart|Italy|2|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Dutch40|1|year=2001|week=8|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2018}}
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{{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2018}}
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{{single chart|New Zealand|6|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Norway|2|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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!scope="row"|Poland (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-03-31.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay – Week 14/2001|magazine=Music & Media|volume=18|issue=14|page=31|date=31 March 2001|access-date=17 January 2024}}</ref>
|1
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!scope="row"|Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-09-22.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=Music & Media|volume=19|issue=39|page=13|date=22 September 2001|access-date=24 May 2020}}</ref>
|3
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{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20010310|rowheader=true|access-date=5 July 2018}}
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{{single chart|Spain|13|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Shaggy feat. RikRok|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|UK|1|date=20010310|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|UKrandb|1|date=20010310|rowheader=true|access-date=2 June 2022}}
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Shaggy|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010|refname="hot100"}}
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{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|3|artist=Shaggy|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Billboardrapsongs|1|artist=Shaggy|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2020}}
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{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Shaggy|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=14 November 2010}}
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{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|1|artist=Shaggy|song=It Wasn't Me|rowheader=true|access-date=9 June 2020}}
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===Year-end charts===
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!Chart (2000)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=[[Airplay Monitor]]|volume=8|issue=51|page=56|date=22 December 2000}}</ref>
|50
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2001)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2001/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2001|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Urban (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-singles-2001.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End of Year Charts – Urban Singles 2001|publisher=ARIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415012807/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-urban-singles-2001.htm|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2001|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2001|language=de|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|25
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2001|title=Jaaroverzichten 2001|publisher=[[Ultratop]]|language=nl|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2001|title=Rapports annuels 2001|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Brazil ([[Crowley Broadcast Analysis|Crowley]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/2001/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 2001|date=3 April 2018|publisher=[[Crowley Broadcast Analysis]]|access-date=30 January 2022}}</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles2.html|title=Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001 (200–101)|publisher=[[Jam!]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020726120310/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles2.html|archive-date=26 July 2002|access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref>
|113
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100page2_2001.html|title=BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020726115818/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100page2_2001.html|archive-date=26 July 2002|access-date=26 March 2022}}</ref>
|82
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2001/MM-2001-12-22.pdf|title=Year in Focus – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2001|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=18|issue=52|page=14|date=22 December 2001|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-singles-annee/?annee=2001|title=Tops de L'année {{!}} Top Singles 2001|publisher=[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]]|language=fr|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Media Control)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2001|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2001|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|20
|-
!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#verticalTab16|title=Best of Singles 2001|publisher=[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]]|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%202001.pdf|title=Single top 100 over 2001|publisher=Top40|language=nl|access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>
|7
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2001&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2001|publisher=[[MegaCharts]]|language=nl|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2001&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2001|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=sv|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|25
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2001|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2001|language=de|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|17
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="UK year-end">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1730365.stm|title=Shaggy's single is UK's best-seller|date=27 December 2001|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=16 June 2015}}</ref>
|1
|-
!scope="row"|UK Urban (''[[Music Week]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-01-19.pdf|title=Top 40 Urban Tracks of 2001|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=26|date=19 January 2002|access-date=4 August 2023}}</ref>
|37
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/2001-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 2001|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|12
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA22|title=The Year in Music 2001: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=52|page=YE-44|date=29 December 2001|access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref>
|34
|-
!scope="row"|US Hot Rap Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBIEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA24|title=The Year in Music 2001: Hot Rap Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=113|issue=52|page=YE-46|date=29 December 2001|access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2001|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=9|issue=51|page=60|date=21 December 2001}}</ref>
|18
|-
!scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Rhythmic Top 40 Songs of 2001|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=9|issue=51|page=48|date=21 December 2001}}</ref>
|17
|}

===Decade-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (2000–2009)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/documents/2000sDecadeChartssingles.pdf|title=2000sDecadeChartssingles.pdf|publisher=ARIA|access-date=2 July 2018}}</ref>
|62
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=s&dec=00|title=Decennium Charts – Singles 2000–2009|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=3 May 2022}}</ref>
|29
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="chart">{{cite magazine|title=The Noughties' Official UK Singles Chart Top 100|magazine=Music Week|location=London, England|page=17|date=30 January 2010}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs|title=Hot 100 Songs – Decade End Charts|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020173024/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs|archive-date=20 October 2012|access-date=22 June 2016}}</ref>
|81
|}

===All-time charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/top_twenty/toptwenty.htm|title=Top 20 of All Time|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602203810/http://irishcharts.ie/top_twenty/toptwenty.htm|archive-date=2 June 2009|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|12
|-
!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-best-selling-singles-of-all-time-on-the-official-uk-chart__21298/|title=The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart|last=Myers|first=Justin|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=14 February 2020|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
|49
|}
{{col-end}}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|access-date=26 December 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=It Wasn't Me|artist=Shaggy|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musik.org/publikationer/guldplatin.htm|title=Guld og Platin 2001|publisher=[[IFPI Denmark]]|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021005180226/http://www.musik.org/publikationer/guldplatin.htm|archive-date=5 October 2002|access-date=14 July 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=It Wasn't Me|artist=Shaggy|type=single|award=Gold|id=7735|relyear=2001|certyear=2018|refname=DNKstreaming|access-date=26 July 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Gold|note=since 2009|relyear=2001|certyear=2019|access-date=26 December 2019|id=6903}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|nosales=true}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|access-date=26 December 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|artist=Shaggy|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Shaggy ft Rikrok|title=It Wasn't Me|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2001|certyear=2023|id=3404-3219-1|access-date=21 April 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Region
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" rowspan="3"|United States
|7 November 2000
|[[Contemporary hit radio]]
|rowspan="6"|[[MCA Records|MCA]]
|align="center"|<ref name="usrel"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Gavin Top 40/Rhythm Crossover: Impact Dates|magazine=[[Gavin Report]]|issue=2329|page=7|date=3 November 2000}}</ref>
|-
|14 November 2000
|[[Urban contemporary]] radio
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2000/RR-2000-11-10.pdf|title=AddVance Notice|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1376|page=76|date=10 November 2000|access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
|7 February 2001
|[[Maxi single|Maxi-CD]]
|align="center"|<ref name="silvio"/>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|rowspan="2"|26 February 2001
|CD1
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue574.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue574.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2002|title=The ARIA Report: ARIA New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 26th February 2001|publisher=ARIA|page=23|date=26 February 2001|access-date=21 April 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2001/Music-Week-2001-02-24.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting February 26, 2001: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=24 February 2001|access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|Australia
|rowspan="2"|23 April 2001
|CD2
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue582.PDF|title=The ARIA Report: ARIA New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 23rd April 2001|publisher=ARIA|page=24|date=23 April 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue582.PDF|archive-date=20 February 2002|access-date=22 February 2025}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Alternative facts]]
* [[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 2001|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 2001]]
* [[List of best-selling singles and albums of 2001 in Ireland]]
* [[List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (century) in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom]]
* [[List of 2000s UK Singles Chart number ones]]
* [[Shaggy defense]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Refbegin}}
* ''The Billboard Book of Number One Hits'', fifth edition
{{Refend}}

==External links==
* [https://www.iamcreativ.com/blog/2017/everything-is-a-remix/ Everything Is A Remix] Shaggy is inspired by Eddie Murphy

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{{UK best-selling singles (by year) 1990–2009}}
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