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Fuck Was I
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Wikipedia article
'"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?"[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], at 'LA Weekly'; published May 6, 2009; retrieved July 11, 2017
Youngs wrote it "between (her) junior and senior years at SUNY Purchase".[https://www.autostraddle.com/annotated-jenny-owen-youngs-fuck-was-i/ Annotated: Jenny Owen Youngs Fuck Was I], at 'Autostraddle'; published June 28, 2016; retrieved July 11, 2017 She is accompanied by Dan Romer (organ) and Patrick Petty (cello).[http://www.popmatters.com/review/jenny-owen-youngs-batten-the-hatches1/ Batten the Hatches], reviewed by Michael Metivier, at 'PopMatters'; published July 5, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017
Reception
'Spin' called it a "stand-out"[http://www.spin.com/2007/04/jenny-owen-youngs/ Spotlight: Jenny Owen Youngs], at 'Spin'; published April 10, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017 an opinion shared by 'Autostraddle', who also called it a "stirring anthem for the regretful".[https://www.autostraddle.com/jenny-owen-youngs-is-super-gay-the-autostraddle-interview/ Jenny Owen Youngs Is Super Gay: The Autostraddle Interview], at 'Autostraddle'; published June 12, 2013; retrieved July 11, 2017 'MusicOMH' considered it "rueful",[https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/jenny-owen-youngs-batten-the-hatches 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' 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'".
References
Category:2005 songs
Category:2007 singles
Category:Nettwerk Records singles
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