Anish Vij
Shaggy has revealed how his most famous song isn't about what you think.
The Jamaican-American reggae musician, whose real name is Orville Richard Burrell CD, is obviously known for his huge chart topper 'It Wasn't Me'.
The 2000 hit still gets played today and for even people who don't know Shaggy by name, they will probably be aware of that song.
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However, the artist, 55 - who recently left fans reeling after they heard his real voice - has since explained that the song isn't actually about cheating, like everyone thinks it is.
I mean, if you take a look at the lyrics, it's easy to understand why people got the wrong end of the stick.
And the music video full of thirsty women doesn't really help Shaggy's cause.
Here are the lyrics:
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"But she caught me on the counter (It wasn't me),
"Saw me bangin' on the sofa (It wasn't me),
"I even had her in the shower (It wasn't me),
"She even caught me on camera (It wasn't me),
"She saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn't me),
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"Heard the words that I told her (It wasn't me),
"Heard the scream get louder (It wasn't me)."
Only according to the man himself it's nothing of the sort, with Shaggy saying that it's actually 'an anti-cheating song'.
In an interview with to People last year, he said there were some things about the song he wanted to clear up because fans were getting it wrong.
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He said: "It was a big misconception with that song because that song is not a cheating song. It's an anti-cheating song. It's just that nobody listened to the record to the end.
"There's a part in the record where it's a conversation between two people and you have one guy, which is me at that point, giving that bad advice, like, 'Yo, bro, how could you get caught? Just tell her, ‘It wasn't me', and then at the end, the guy says, 'I'm going to tell her that I'm sorry for the pain that I've caused.
"'I've been listening to your reasoning, it makes no sense at all. Going to tell her that I'm sorry for the pain that I've caused. You might think that you're a player, but you're completely lost'.
"Nobody hears that part! That's what the song says."
So there you go, the tune from the year 2000 actually meant the opposite of what you thought all this time, who knew?
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Except Shaggy, obviously, he knew.