Fuck Was I Explained

Fuck Was I
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Jenny Owen Youngs
Album:Batten the Hatches
B-Side:
  • "Hot in Herre"
Genre:Folk rock
Label:Nettwerk
Producer:Dan Romer
Chronology:Jenny Owen Youngs
Next Title:Things We Don't Need Anymore
Next Year:2007

"Fuck Was I" is a song by Jenny Owen Youngs, from her 2005 album Batten the Hatches. Its name refers to the phrase "What the fuck was I thinking?"[1]

Youngs wrote it "between (her) junior and senior years at SUNY Purchase".[2] She is accompanied by Dan Romer (organ) and Patrick Petty (cello).[3]

Reception

Spin called it a "stand-out"[4] — an opinion shared by Autostraddle, who also called it a "stirring anthem for the regretful".[5] MusicOMH considered it "rueful",[6] while LA Weekly described it as an "antilove song" that evinces Youngs' "unexpectedly wicked sense of humor".[1] Pop Matters described it as "attention-grabbing" and "charming at first", but faulted it for being "a little too self-conscious" with some lyrics that are "overwrought", judging that it was "an example of all that is both right and wrong with Batten the Hatches".[3]

Track listings and formats

  1. "Fuck Was I" (uncensored) – 3:32
  2. "Fuck Was I" (Morgan Page remix edit) – 3:49
  3. "Hot in Herre"  – 4:18
  4. "Fuck Was I" (Morgan Page remix) – 6:47

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel are adapted from the Batten the Hatches album liner notes.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.laweekly.com/music/rock-picks-iron-and-wine-mika-miko-the-vaselines-extra-golden-2159684 Rock Picks: Iron & Wine, Mika Miko, the Vaselines, Extra Golden
  2. https://www.autostraddle.com/annotated-jenny-owen-youngs-fuck-was-i/ Annotated: Jenny Owen Youngs “Fuck Was I”
  3. http://www.popmatters.com/review/jenny-owen-youngs-batten-the-hatches1/ Batten the Hatches
  4. http://www.spin.com/2007/04/jenny-owen-youngs/ Spotlight: Jenny Owen Youngs
  5. https://www.autostraddle.com/jenny-owen-youngs-is-super-gay-the-autostraddle-interview/ Jenny Owen Youngs Is Super Gay: The Autostraddle Interview
  6. https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/jenny-owen-youngs-batten-the-hatches Jenny Owen Youngs – Batten The Hatches
  7. Fuck Was I. Jenny Owen Youngs. 2007. European CD single liner notes. Nettwerk. 5 037703 220324.
  8. Jenny Owen Youngs. Batten the Hatches. 2007. CD liner notes. Nettwerk. 0 6700 30648 2 8.