What is It Wasn't Me?
'''“It Wasn’t Me''' is a 2000 single by [[Shaggy (singer)|Shaggy]] from his fifth album ''[[Hot Shot (Shaggy album)|Hot Shot]]''. It reached number 1 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1730365.stm </ref> It is a reggae song about a man who is caught [[Infidelity|cheating]] on his girlfriend. He asks his friend what to do, and his friend just tells him to deny everything by saying “it wasn’t me”. This obviously isn’t good advice since his girlfriend has lots of evidence against him, making the song’s story [[Humour|humorous]]. Besides the song’s success on the charts, it is also notable for inspiring “the Shaggy defense”, a term for when someone accused of something just says it wasn’t them, like the man in the song.<ref>http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2010/06/07/the_shaggy_defense_america_s_favorite_new_legal_term.html </ref> The term came into being when [[R. Kelly]] was involved in a sex scandal, where Kelly said he wasn’t the man in a video showing him [[Statutory rape|having sex with an underage girl]].<ref> http://www.slate.com/id/2191876/entry/2191877/ </ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{Shaggy singles}} [[Category:Reggae songs]] [[Category:2000 songs]] [[Category:Shaggy (singer) songs]]