The Story of 'It Wasn’t Me' by Shaggy
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- When Shaggy recorded his Hot Shot album, containing “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel”, the label dismissed it as a throw-away album with “no hits”. “It Wasn’t Me” wasn’t even released as a single. But a series of happy accidents, some illegal downloading, and sheer determination, propelled “It Wasn’t Me” to become one of the first viral crossover hits. VICE met up with Shaggy on the 20th anniversary of Hot Shot which coincides with the release of his brand new Hot Shot 2020 album.
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These days more and more men are feeling that way...
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Again. The documentary nobody asked for but, everyone wanted
Best comment here
I know right
I love your hair Phil Spectorr!!!! LMAO I was in Pulp Fiction!!! LOL
LOL Right I clicked on this out of curiosity. LOL
I’m sure some folks asked for this one lol
Chill guys he wasn’t cheating. He was in an entanglement
fresh prince is not happy with that comment
@@Parmindersingh-rk8cd if he questions him he'll just say "it wasn't me"
The way I SCREAMED 😂😂😂
ahhhh, thas hot
- Will Smith
Parminder singh Petty!! lol 😆
Watching the story behind this song makes me think about how many great songs went unreleased in the past because of the people from record labels. Now, thanks to the internet, these artists can release anything they want for people to hear.
The beauty of the net now, you dont need a label. Someone will find you.
My jaw actually fell down when he said that nobody at the label who listened to Angel liked it or thought it was a single. They played that song so much on the radio here and I still love it
You heard that too mind blowing
The way I audibly gasped. 😂😂
Goes to show you some record label folks have little clues
@@rodsean ikr I wonder how many angels they let go 🤔
Racist execs😮
Makes you wonder what other great music is sitting on a shelf somewhere never to be heard because of some corporate decision.
I asked myself the same question. Not everyone gets to have a happy accident like them.
and also wonder...
@lulu belle fixed. and lol as well
The odds are that what would be your favorite song is out there, unreleased or at least unheard by you.
I have always said that if I found a magic lamp and had 3 wishes, one of them would be to have every song that I really like, including ones I have never heard or don't remember, given to me.
That. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤬
The guy who put that song on Napster smiles in the dark still to this day.
Underrated comment
Haha it was the FIRST song I ever downloaded!
It wasn't him
I wonder if the guy would even remember
Bump lol
It's like Shaggy acts his singing voice. The talking pitch is far from his singing one. It's awesome whenever he switches the voice. Legend
It’s not Shaggy singing, that’s Rikrok. Shaggy does the dancehall verses
a lot of singers did. Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, etc etc. Its in order to create a signature voice that people recognize instantly
He used to have a think accent too 😅
@@mwaijamu2964 I thought Esteem meant Shaggy's normal, interview voice vs the one he uses for his songs.
@@mengmao5033 maybe but i’m almost certain he’s talking about in song. The “singing voice” as in the chorus and “talking voice” the verse bc he then goes on to say it’s awesome whenever he switches, as in between the two. Also it’s just a common mistake i grew up listening to the song and only realized the person singing wasn’t Shaggy in my 20s, and I was thinking the same thing lol
My biggest take away is how nice those two guys are. So humble, respectful and polite.
Apart from the swearing
@@voice.of.reasonthat's completely unrelated lmao
Moral of the story: pirated music can save a musicians career, how ironic
Not really ironic at all. The most organic and longest lasting hits.artists have generally been via artist to listener, sampling, and piracy which all worked hand in hand to create whole subcultures and today's current streaming methods. People think that James Brown has always been this super popular and well respected artists. Which isn't entirely the case. The distinct practice and art of theft in music when done with reverence and honest intentions has helped to start, save, and immortalize various careers of countless artists. Some artists have even openly told their fans to pirate their music, others still make it free on purpose knowing two important things. It'll probably spread faster, and in turn generate potentially larger audiences at shows. As an added bonus it does the job of directly market testing every song to see what is a real "hit," and thus, which ones deserve financing further for videos and other promo. Even in the practice of film making, leaks have led to movies being greenlit. One of the most recent examples being Deadpool. The moral of the story is.... Sail responsibly, my friends.
Yes. Napster saved Shaggy Career
For once Napster did something for the history!
Same thing happened with Breaking Bad lol. The people dictate success - rarely ever the execs.
@@OgIKidd Exactly. Its more about bringing music to the masses and generating popularity, some share the music illegally so some can hear and buy. Everybody wins. Some cannot afford to buy even.
People need to realise this song is STILL the biggest selling dancehall song of ALL TIME.
☻
woah really? With how fired up Sean Paul came with the songs in that Trinity album arguably the best album to ever exist. I really wouldn't have guessed this to be honest. But can't argue against it because I do stream the song from time to time.
Still love this song and blasting it
@@RealLaone trinity album sold 2.5m worldwide ,Hot shot 10m worldwide you really cant compare.....but then trinity had some big songs.....we be burnin,temperature ,the keyshia cole collabo etc which did well in the charts
So this is dancehall?
I’m 26 years old but I can still say that this song was a damn hit definitely a part of my childhood those two are legends
I’m also 26 and I remember you could not turn on the radio without hearing this song, along with Shaggy
Facts
Yup I’m 18 and believe me this song will hit for many generations to come but who would’ve thought that we were the ones who put it up like whaaaa
27 and every cookout/party/get together/event played this song. i couldn't help but dance to it. looking back now i used to wonder why the adults would laugh when id sing this song lmao
I’m 26 also and I’m Nigerian born and raised so that should tell u how far that song went.😅
These documeries made me just realize nothing comes easy withut rejection at first! When i heard these tracks i used to think 2 ppl just got together made a song and got lucky and thats it! But watching this made me understand it takes courage, hard work and just abit of luck. Thanks vice
i need this word man
not a bit of luck. A lot!
That one random guy who uploaded the album online literally made shaggy successful. Yet he's still anonymous. Hats off .
It wasn't me though 🙄
They guy who off loaded it and PLAYED it is THE GUY that sparked it. They both deserve credit!
That is weird, like how did that guy even get the album? lol. It be even funnier if he was just one of those guys who just uploaded whatever album he could get ahold of and he probably has no idea he was the one who uploaded shaggy.
I see what u did there. Lol
probably shaggy
They send out 250 demos to radio stations. It's not uncommon something gets leaked
When I was a kid, I always assumed that Shaggy talked the way he sings.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
We are Jamaicans... We have a different voice for evert occasion 🇯🇲🔥😂
YESSSSS WTHH
Until 20 mins ago when this video started I thought he talked like he sings 🥴🤷🏾♂️
Same lol
These songs hit even hard when you learn how they were created 💯🔥🔥🔥
-er?
That's a Fact 💯
I grew up in Hawai'i and this song was HUGE. We already loved reggae though so it was an easy sell. This was such an incredible and heart warming story.
Thank you Hawaii!
Haha, elementary school kids were signing this on the islands.
@@IkaikaArnado lol it was me
i don't think ppl outside of hawai'i really understand how important shaggy's music was to our local culture... had every kānaka, sole, pakē, kama'aina, haole, etc., singing along to every piece of his music throughout the 2000's. a treasure for hawai'i frl!
Yup I went to his concert in kauai and everybody jumped the fence when that song came on Hawaii loves reggae! Inner circle was playing too.
Guy who uploaded Shaggy's album to Napster was found out. When confronted, he said, "It Wasn't Me!"
LMAO
Napster fucked this guy
😂😂
Damn it!
What does RikRok mean? How did the singer get this name together? Can someone who truly knows explain this to me because nowhere can I find this information of how the artist put this name together. Thanks.
Pirating music illegally caused the record label and artists to make millions.
How so? Im curious
@@abc123hshdhd8w when a song is pirated and easily downloaded with a few clicks it makes the song accessbile by millions of people that would have otherwise never heard it. this is why today music is free on youtube, while 20 years ago it was paid
@@abc123hshdhd8w did you watch the fucking video???? a hawaiian dj pirated it and launched the song.
That how some you tubers musicians got sign on major records too cause their song is easily obtained
Oh the irony
I just watched the story of "get busy" and now this one, who produced this series?! It is simply amazing, I am going to watch everything this guy produced.
When he said it was written 20 years ago, I died inside.
That caught me like wow
Is anyone else seriously surprised by Shaggy's speaking voice?
Not surprised.
it wasn't me
Not really, Jamaicans households tend to place a very high value on proper communication, grammar, education and things like that.
@@dtone63 I think what he’s saying is if you’ve never heard him speak before(like myself) we kinda expected him to sound like he does in the song
Yeah I was like whey d jamaican accent
Moral of the story:
Corporate suits know nothing about music.
They know nothing about anything lol 😂
Yep 👍 and they still got a piece 🤷♂️
corporate suits are run and owned by those who want to control a certain narrative.
It's no accident that today's rap is violent and angry and in turn, the population is turning that way.
The 90s were nothing but good vibes and in turn, everyone was chill in the 90s.
just dig deep, google the label names, CEOs etc.. see what their ethnic/religious backgrounds are, you'll start connecting the dots. ;)
@@CinHalCedHerChance yeah no that's definitely not true for the 90's.
Also Rap has never been as diverse and as popular as it is now.
Rap in the early 90's was good vibes and gangster rap and the closer the 2000's got the more gangster rap has gotten.
If you look at the last decade, rap "tackles" all sorts of issues, starting from social injustice to mental disabilities/illnesses. And still there are a lot of artists that keep sending out good vibes, it's just that there's a lot of rap-artists to choose from.
Music from the last decades gets romanticised, but there was a lot of garbage. Only the best prevail and will be remembered, so naturally almost anything we hear from the 90's is a classc.
@@NYJWR07 "a lot of artists to choose from".. BUT, which ones are getting the proverbial limelight? The negative ones.
Tekashi 🤡, lil UZI (need I say more about the name)?, The gate files, anger stuff is taking over and leading... And there are so many little one hit wonders, where they plump out a hit and you don't hear much from them after.
Have to disagree, but no heat in this discussion.
The 90s rap and r&b were on point. 🔥
112, Nelly, Nas, R.Kelly, N.E.X.T.... damn good times and flow.
Miss that energy.
But it's all about a certain group that controls the narrative now, creating the divisiveness.... Sadly, it's working.
This is one of the most timeless songs in history. Will still be a banger 500 years from now.
No pun intended
It will still be a banger 3000-999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 years from now
Iconic song. Still sounds fresh over 20 years later.
"11 people bought houses and started their life out of this record" that was a humble statement ❤️
That part went over a lot of persons heads ‼️
@@carlosstanton1410 yeah I didn't get it, could you explain?
@@StealthCampingShorts 11 people that were involved in the production of the track became financially stable enough to be able to buy a home and start a new life.... As rich motherfuckers.
The whole team eats that’s love. Fr fr
The most poignant thing about this, and it was all enlightening and inspirational, was when Shaggy said “11 people bought homes and started their lives from that record.” That’s powerful!
record companies are full of idiots who know nothing about music and have never written a song in their life. stop signing to idiots who want to steal your money
This statement shows just how humble he is, you can tell that je and the people around him view it as a job and that they did so well that I changed people's lives so much. The thing he is most proud of is people starting their lives because he succeeded. Not that I am the best in the world mentality, but rather we all did well enough to were people started their lives. Such a powerful, humbling statement
what does he mean by that?? is he talking about his team that made the song?? or is he talking about the executives that didn't give a damn
Perfect tight circle💯
@@mmmodafoca I believe Shaggy is including those execs that didn't give a damn.
For those of you who don't know how legendary this song is, let me add this. This song actually has a usage and became a legal term in the U.S "shaggy defense." This defense was famously used in R. Kelly's first trial and it was successful.
What does this defense mean? I do not understand military terminology
@@AnnaCarter18 in u.s law the shaggy defense is to deny what took place no matter how guilty you look or how overwhelming the evidence is.
The specific case involving R. Kelly I referenced was him peeing on a teenage girl.
*infamously
Wow I had to Google this to make sure it was legit. Thanks for sharing.
@@april-m5837 Lmaooo criminal justice was my major that's why I know this. But I respect that you did your own research.
This song defined the early 2000's. It's phenomenal.
Damn what a story
Hiiii kuya wiiiiil
Wil you should visit romblon for your next youtube content
Aye will is here
Heey it wasn't wil
Mark
Moral of the story: Don't allow others to tell you what your dreams are worth. Believe in yourself
No matter how many times u fail dust ur self off and try again we never know what's around the corner.. God bless
There's another moral. Don't ever get yourself in a situation where a label can decide not to promote your work and hold you under contract by your balls.
A common trend with these hits is the challenges the artists faces in getting their music accepted. Just shows you that you need to have confidence and resilience in this business
This was incredible! Shaggy really helped to marry Pop, R&B, Dancehall, and Hip Hop with this joint. This is definitely a defining mega-hit for the 2000s. This proved he was more than Mr. Boombastic, he is a whole innovator! I loved this so much. RikRok was so adorable and the producer has no filter lol. Shout out to Hawaii too!
Was a banger, still a banger...
100% infidelity
100% talent
0% was me
Most of us in Nepal just sang along with this song, without knowing much about what the lyrics meant. Some naughty motherfuckers even performed it in college programs and the people in charge didn't know what it meant, but just so groovy, lol. Shaggy and team definitely gave us some of the best memories as 2000s teens. (Ah... Ah.... Shaggy) 😂😎
But she caught you on the counter..
Riley Sanders wasn’t me
That song played in my middle school dance and It’s still a banger
@@nirvaya also performed it here in the philippines at 5th grade lmao
DJ: "Who put the album on the internet?"
Everyone: "It wasn't me."
@@averya322 it was the rat from Avengers Endgame
@@averya322 I have a feeling someone in the studio did to piss the executives off lmao
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Mad respect for all of these brothers. They preserved through all of the rejection and disappointment.
They sure did 💪. God gave them the strength they'd never imagined
The sad part is this has been Shaggy's constant struggle in the industry. Most record labels simply not believing in dancehall music selling records
labels are like high school cliques but they're genre cliques and you're adult competing with teenagers
situation is dumb as hell how are you gonna be like 30 hearing guys in suits talk about how cool you're not
luckily labels are becoming less of a thing with airplay being less important
@@ennenoire airplay is still quite important
@@chi8772 Like on the radio? You sure bruv 😂
@@ennenoire labels stay the same in the industry they already have too much money and power to loose any
imagine how many good songs buried by record management just because they don't like it.
Well if it sounds trash to me then no
Harsh but if they pay you, that's life
they don't know what they're doing.
most of the thing they're pushing now is garbage. I've always had to go out of my way to find good songs.
I was thinking the same thing.
True. And indie artists have to hustle even harder to be heard. Thank goodness for CZcams.
I never knew Shaggy served in the military that's wassup!!! Huge record back in 200-20001 & it was Michael Jackson's favorite song during that time too💯
I was hoping they would mention this. At his 30th anniversary concert he specially requested that they perform t. It was the only song on the show that wasn't one of Michael's!
For me, Shaggy is one of the artists that give you a nice tune and never gets old. I started listening to him from the Boombastic. English is not my mother tongue, so even though it has a short lyric, I will play it a few times what it said. That is why most shaggy songs get played repeatedly because they have a nice tune, and some people want to know what it is about. That is a good recipe for making a good song. Thank you, Shaggy
Shaggy’s normal voice is not at all how I imagined lol
He went from Shaggy to a David
This is actually beautifully edited
It really was
@Q Actual like legit editing. But for real I totally thought that before I literally read it here.
@Q I was actually literally concurring
@Q Literally literally literally.
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It's so fascinating to realize that one of your best childhood songs has such a remarkable story.
Cheers to all the Shaggy lovers 🍺🍻
Just discovered this series of Vice and its brilliant so far . Interesting and inspiring
This shows how much labels dont know. The people decide what's good
This just makes me remember the fake ass reason for the middle east(Dstorm/shield) war in the 90s.
Remember Sad Kuwaiti girl?
She was like the imaginary WMD of early 2000s but in the 90s.
Catalyst for justified war.
power to the people !
....and HAUNS!! 😄 Not everyone can recognize good music. That song was a BANGER!!
Right
That's because you're not thinking three-dimensionally
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Same
Same here
Same
@@AkoToMarjon hahaha.. same.. CZcams works in mysterious ways. hahaha
Same
Crazy how different countries/people can have such an impact. It was amazing here in the Caribbean then and still is to this day!Song was all over radio… music video was on TV, programmed at late night when us kids supposed to be asleep. It released when I was 3yrs old. Been listening to it & fumbling on the words for as long as I’ve known myself.
It Wasn't Me👊🏽🤙🏽
It Wasn't Shaggy
God Did🙏🏼
That Huawei dj needs some serious kudos! Fairplay to ya bro, shaggy you legend
IDK why but I busted out laughing reading Huawei DJ instead of Hawaii DJ 🤣
Gone are the days when a radio DJs would discover music for everyone. What a great story
Kinda sad they just play what's on the billboard
I'm glad those days are gone, I'm sure there are plenty more would-be hits that never will-be. Now if anyone can make a song that's good enough, the internet will do the rest. God bless SoundCloud
I’m going to try to bring “fun” back to music and radio
The radio is so incredibly repetitive and plays cringy music constantly, the way it is today is going to be the death of it.
They still do via CZcams.
Sad how no one believed in Shaggy before It Wasn’t Me was a hit. Shaggy paved the way and open doors for artists like Sean Paul.
Bruh Sean Paul was already famous back then he had this song called temperature.
@@properuser bruh do the math. Sean Paul’s first album came out in 2000. But his album that was a hit for him was in 2002. The song and album Temperature came out in 2005. It Wasn’t Me was way back when in 2000 that paved the way. Nice try though for not correcting me lol.
@@properuser Nope.
The industry is full of stories like this through. I mean, it took 1 year for Appetite For Destruction to be recognised. There wasnt a single band in the world with that sound. Could you imagine what the industry would have been like if Motley Crue were the best band of the 80s?
@@Badmansband or Nsync? Thanks to the Backstreet Boys we had Nsync. Thanks to Nsync we have Justin Timberlake today.
The hook takes me right back to the new millennium without fail. Hard to believe something so intrinsic almost didn't happen
God damn amazing documentary of an amazing song. So much nostalgia with this one. The song back in my college days sharing flat with a bunch of my friends we'd play this on loop.. So glad they shared the behind the song story here, the nostalgia feels emotional which is hard for these type of songs. Superv !
We were so close to not hearing this masterpiece.
Imagine how many amazing hits like this were actually lost like this one luckily wasn’t!
Damn. We almost didn't hear it!
@@anujasathischandra9897 it should of been lost
FBI: "Did you pirate this song and upload it to Napster?"
Guy who did it: "It wasn't me."
Nice
Lol
Damn, this videos are something else. Shows u the struggles and tribulation this artist go through.
Mad respect to the guy that uploaded the record on Napster.
Well done vice. We need more of this type of videos 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Oh man, these videos are just so damn great. I'm happy to hear the stories behind the tunes I have listened to for a long time.
Cant even imagine how many bops got dumped because of corny record labels.
LITERALLY
What's a bop
Bop sounds negative
@@phonzthezomb9907 bop is a club banger/hit
@@MrJrpimp it isnt negative. bop is good.
WAIT ... a dj in Hawaii who stole the song is the reason why it blew up!!! Holy F’IN plot twist.
most modern music is stolen in some way
The middle man is still the mysterious guy who somehow uploaded the song to Napster for the dj to steal 🤔
I know right, coincidence or not but what amazing Cinderella story. Love it!
I’m glad they gave him a chance to tell his story 💖
RERRY?
Whenever I get down I come here to watch this video. It always cheers me up, I'm a fan of this song since the day I heard it in the old days. Great song, great story, great Shaggy.
✨That's the real power of DJs. Playing new stuff, not following trends and curating good music for the people.
Imagine how many good gems are crushed by these “censorship” in label. Trying to play it safe.
That's why you can't trust the number of views/listens on music. It's just a matter of how hard do you want to look for new music.
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@@sshlept8070 A LOT of unheard artists out there are drowned out by the 'viral' thing that's been happening with music since the Beatles and Elvis.
@@ariadarabi Yes, but on the other hand, before them we had the blues which was played only in churches and bars. They made practically nothing, and we are still digging up tracks from almost a century ago.
Viral means nothing, besides a distraction from everything else. Good music will always prevail.
The average person who doesn’t know much about the business has no idea. There’s so much more to that 3 minute song you might like. It could’ve been done in a day.. could’ve taken months to complete and a few YEARS to come out. So just like you’re saying.. but think of all the gems that are just stored on someone’s computer, not even in the hands of a label. Songs that’ll never see the light of day! It can get even deeper than that. Music is amazing and it’s a language that will never die.!
When it comes on, the whole place STOPS.... then people start either dancing, singing or reminiscing. He killed it on that track.
I’ve watched this 4 times since it came out and it just gets better. Thank you to the producers.
Still bumping the song to this day
His voices are like 2 different personalities that’s crazy!
Yeah I’ve never heard him speak “normal” in my almost 30 years of living. 😅🤣
@@magnolia2 A*Ameerican english
I remember hearing shaggys normal voice shortly after the hit came out as a kid and was instantly disappointed
I never heard him speak until just now. LMFAO 20 years later. I was like "whaaaa? THAT'S how he sounds?" 😂😂
What? Thats how Carribean folk are LOL. You probably know a few that won't speak in their real voice or accent. Try pissing them off you will stare at them trying to understand what they are saying in their accent.
I just love watch people talk about what they love to do.
OMG same!
This comment is actually very wholesome. Most people naturally like to talk about themselves and can be instinctively selfish so, very sweet mindset to have :)
Why the hell do you have 150k subscribers with video making 300 views looool
Garth Brooks is the best I'm a black man who listening to Garh Brooks. My favorite song is The Dance.
Yes! I love seeing people looking passionate and having fun while talking. :) It’s great!
The song and the video are phenomenal. I never get tired of them
Love everything Shaggy does. ❤
What a dope and inspiring story. May God bless all the talented artists out there that don’t get their credit. 🙏🏼
Shaggy: has an accent when he raps but talks with an American accent.
Rik Rock: no accent singing but has an accent when he talks
Code switching
To clarify...the average Jamaican adjusts accents based on the location or person. Shaggy speaks Jamaican in Jamaica. He knows his Vice audience is international so he adjusts, plus he knows how since he lived in NY.
@@UXtatic Very true, but according to my grandma, my father always spoke like a posh Jamaican, but he moved to England as a teenager.
Rik Rock grew up in Britain and he is British born to Jamaican parents
Ozzys understandable when singing/ performing but when he's talking it's something else
Here in Africa, Shaggy was already a major star with his “Fantastc/Boombastic” song.. Which was playing everywhere for quite a while. “it Wasn’t Me” was only a natural progression
Classic song!
I remember bombastic being used on the levi advert
Yes boombastic was another major hit
Facts...that Bombastic remix was massive
same here in the Caribbean... he was already a big star with "Mr Boombastic" and with Maxi Priest in "That Girl"
Loved how he didn't want to brag but how many people bought their own home. That is something to be proud of! Great documentary showing talent from a few that still made it!
Shaggy is a Legend, loved his music since I was young
Big up👍
Dear VICE, this is the content I've been looking for.
Me too!Exactly this.
That Hawaiian guy needs a medal lol
The Hawaiian guy needs a house! Hope he was one of the 11 who got homes from the song.
Without the Hawaiian DJ and the unknown person that uploaded that cut to Napster, the world would've been void of a great song.
This song has such a beautiful, smooth flow. I can't describe it exactly but there's just something about the sound and rhythm that almost reminds me of like a classical song or something.
I was kid when this song came out, and I didn't have the slightest idea what that song meant. once i did figure it out, I loved it even more!! They sure don't make songs like this anymore! Glad i was able to grow up in a time when songs were actual art!!!
This story is jus AMAZING. To think that the song almost didn't see the light of day and thanks to Napster and a dj in Hawaii the song blew up is jus awsome.
Same thing happened with the song “I’m Blue” by Eiffel 65
@LosN Found Millenials defintely know about Napster.
_"The Brookings Institution defines the millennial generation as people born between 1981 and 1996"_
I was born within that time frame, and I remember hearing about Napster in 1997. I spent all my teen years downloading from LimeWire, FrostWire, ShareBear, iMesh, Shareaza, etc. And I was also lucky enough to step foot in a record store, albeit it was right around the time that all of them started disappearing.
Anyone born in 00's is considered to be a _generation Z._
It's crazy how if Eddy Murphy didn't have that joke, the song wouldn't have been.
Napster ooo the feels
@@nmeyers92 that's that ⛽
This song was so big, they even performed it at Michael Jackson's 30th Anniversary special. MJ loved this song!
I love MJ!! That’s so cool! I didn’t know that!!!!!
@@missmadalynmariei_am_so_bl4089 really u didnt watch MJ's special?
What’s the title of it? I’d like to! I don’t believe I had before! :) :) :)
@@missmadalynmariei_am_so_bl4089 30th anniversary 2001 at Madison Square Garden
yes he did!!!
Love the song, album, Shaggy and all the artists who made it happen!! More life to you all, cheers for bringing us this story!
I love my Jamaica culture 🇯🇲🇯🇲💪🏿shaggy you make me proud
I was 8 years old singing “saw me banging on the sofa, wasn’t me!” & I didn’t even know what that meant back then. Good times!
😂🤣
Likewise lol
Now that you are older I’m sure you won’t get caught 😉
Same! Past 20 years have been jamming this and I might not have known at 8 years old what I was singing but I was singing my heart out
😂😂 and now u do !!
I was not expecting to watch more than a minute of this video. That 25 minutes went by quick.
same
I didn't realize is was 25 mins long until I saw your comment! lol. Felt like 10 mins
was literally just thinking the same thing....I just queued it up and was about to close the browser tab but never did. Guess this video and the song have something in common.
Literally
Same here
I love watching artist in their element behind the scenes. Watching him make the beat was sooo interesting.
As an "artist" or at least someone who has recorded a bunch of songs, what breaks my heart is the number of talented artist who were in the same position but didn't get that lucky (even though entirely deserved) break. It crushes me to think about every great songs we've missed.
SHAGGY is so bloody underrrated. This man was a hit-machine and still rocks every feature he does.
makes a song that _accidently_ becomes #1 in all countries. now thats one hell of an accomplishment
Tom Brady brought it back to life. The man can do anything.
He really have a great songs like Hey Sexy Lady and Angel.
I would have never thought that I would enjoy a mini shaggy documentary this much. Well done vice.
Please, make more of these videos👏👏
This video has it all...start with an absolute banger of a song that people still play to this day, great personalities behind it (I love the mischevious look Sting International has the entire time playing back the song), an absolutely improbable road for the song actually getting airplay, to the ultimate success and happy ending. It seems so easy to us in hindsight how much of an obvious hit this song is now. The video is amazingly edited too and it's just a great story.
Destiny works in Strange Ways....God Bless that DJ in Hawai !!!
Choices determine your destiny
And the uploader
Yeah the uploader is the real hero. Equivalent to the rat from endgame
I read that as "dentistry works in strange ways" I was like why tf does this comment have so upvotes
*Hawaii*
Everyone in that video is so friendly, likeable and not taking themselves too seriously :)
Everyone only focused on thier passion for music tjats all, while those exect just focus on money
Unlike a lot of artist in this generation.
The guy aka International way of talking is just captivating. If he had some podcast or commentary on something, he will be hilarious
You know shaggy is from scooby doo?
Shaggy :" wearly?"( scooby voice).
Beautiful story. This song always pulls me to a certain memory I had in 6th grade back in 2000. This song was playing through my headphones while me and my friends were making a run out of 3rd period to cut classes.
2022 - still in my playlist! I remember this song from early 2000s. Hooked since then. Pure art.
They say Pirating ruins a musicians career. In this case it saved his.
ive found similar results over the past few years.
Completely brought him back bro
Its a double edge sword. You got people like Justin Bieber who was made famous cause of the internet and a lot of artist are found over the internet. Than they have the nerve to bottle cap the very thing that made them famous.
Its about money. Has nothing to do whether people enjoy it or not. It dosnt ruin careers, it takes money away from people.
What does RikRok mean? How did the singer get this name together? Can someone who truly knows explain this to me because nowhere can I find this information of how the artist put this name together. Thanks.
The guy who shared it on Napster: "It wasn't me"
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@@jesilynesguerra3828 NO
LMAO
probly shaggy did it lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I still hear this to this day on Oahu and I always listen when it comes on.
I just heard It wasn't me on the radio for the first time in a really long time. Sang it out loud in my car driving around town. Laughed at myself bc I probably looked like a fool. But it's such a bangin beat that it's impossible not to still love this song and smile from it.
All humble men and it's beautiful! Even Shaggy's bragging about 11 people able to buy their houses and start their lives is the nicest non-bragging brag
I respect it tho, that song changed their lives forever. And they deserved it tbh 🍻
shaggy being reel i definitely believe it wasn't me was everyone's saving grace on that team and history was made it was interesting to see how it all came together
Especially in the music industry where 70% of people get screwed hard! And I ain't talking bout casting couch haha
Yes!!
how many houses did the executives at the record label buy from it with creative accounting
They deserve 100% of the profits and masters. MCA deserves nothing for trying to kill his career.
Unfortunately those nay sayers probably got the biggest boon from it.
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Record labels are evil. That's why I have no sympathy for the ruins they became after online file sharing.
They're no longer needed.
The worst part of the story was that they paid them $250,000 in order to have their album assessed.
For some, the artists only get about 10%, so the record labels always are the winners in these scenarios
This song will always stand the test of time. It’s instruments & harmony makes it so unique & rickardos voice was always so beautiful to me
Inspirational. I loved this song the first time I heard it. It’s crazy that music “execs” couldn’t see this was a hit.