I Was Only Joking

"I Was Only Joking"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free
B-side "Born Loose"
Released April 1978 (U.S.)
Format 7" single
Length 4:50 (single version)
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart
Producer(s) Tom Dowd
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Hot Legs"
(1978)		 "I Was Only Joking"
(1978)		 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
(1978)

"Hot Legs"
(1978)		 "I Was Only Joking"
(1978)		 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
(1978)

"I Was Only Joking" is a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it as a track on his 1977 album, Foot Loose & Fancy Free.[1]

When released as a single, the song performed well, becoming a top 40 hit in various countries, including #5 in the UK and #22 in the US. In the United Kingdom, "I Was Only Joking" charted as part of a double A-side with "Hot Legs".[2]

The song is one of Stewart's most loved songs, containing some of his finest sets of lyrics. A heartfelt tale of youth, looked on from a now-mature perspective in regret and sorrow. A long guitar solo features, starting with acoustic then moving to electric. It is seen as one of the best guitar solos in classic rock.

Chart performance

References

  1. ↑ "I Was Only Joking". allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1978.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4638b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4638b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4638b
  4. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4596&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4596.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4596
  5. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780701.html
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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