"Fuck Was I" is a song by
Jenny Owen Youngs
Jenny Owen Youngs (born November 22, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released three albums and a handful of EPs both independently and via Nettwerk Records, and has toured worldwide. Youngs is also a songwriting collaborator whos ...
, from her 2005 album ''
Batten the Hatches''. Its name refers to the phrase "What the fuck was I thinking?"
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at '' LA Weekly''; published May 6, 2009; retrieved July 11, 2017
Youngs wrote it "between (her) junior and senior years at
SUNY Purchase".
[Annotated: Jenny Owen Youngs “Fuck Was I”]
at ''Autostraddle
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''; published June 28, 2016; retrieved July 11, 2017 She is accompanied by
Dan Romer
Dan Romer is an American film composer, music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles.
Career
As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominated ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', '' Beasts of No Nation'', '' Chasing Coral' ...
(
organ) and Patrick Petty (cello).
[ Batten the Hatches]
reviewed by Michael Metivier, at ''PopMatters
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''; published July 5, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017
Reception
''
Spin'' called it a "stand-out"
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at '' Spin''; published April 10, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017 — an opinion shared by ''
Autostraddle
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'', who also called it a "stirring anthem for the regretful".
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at ''Autostraddle
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''; published June 12, 2013; retrieved July 11, 2017 ''
MusicOMH'' considered it "rueful",
[Jenny Owen Youngs – Batten The Hatches]
by Andy Jex, at '' MusicOMH''; published September 24, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017 while ''
LA Weekly'' described it as an "antilove song" that evinces Youngs' "unexpectedly wicked sense of humor".
[ '']Pop Matters
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'' 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''".[
]
Track listings and formats
* CD singleMorgan Page
Morgan Wolf Page (born May 31, 1981) is an American DJ and music producer. His tracks include "The Longest Road", "Fight for You" and "In the Air". Page has received two Grammy Award nominations; a personal nomination for best remix with Nadia ...
remix edit) – 3:49
# "Hot in Herre" – 4:18
# "Fuck Was I" (Morgan Page remix) – 6:47
Credits and personnel
Credits and personnel are adapted from the ''Batten the Hatches'' album liner notes.Jenny Owen Youngs
Jenny Owen Youngs (born November 22, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released three albums and a handful of EPs both independently and via Nettwerk Records, and has toured worldwide. Youngs is also a songwriting collaborator whos ...
– vocals, writer
* Dan Romer
Dan Romer is an American film composer, music producer and songwriter based in Los Angeles.
Career
As a film composer, Romer's scores include four-time Oscar-nominated ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', '' Beasts of No Nation'', '' Chasing Coral' ...
– producer, engineering, mixing, arrangement, electric piano
* Andrew Futral – arrangement assistance
* Andrew Platt – bass
* Patrick Petty – cello
* Adam Christgau – drums
* Hawk – viola, voice
* Bob Pycior – violin
* Jay Newland
Jay Newland is an American music producer, engineer and mixer, perhaps best known for his work with Norah Jones on her 2002 debut album ''Come Away with Me'', one of the best-selling albums of all time, with 27 million units sold worldwide to dat ...
– mastering
References
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2005 songs
2007 singles
Nettwerk Records singles