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It Wasn't Me is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Eddie Murphy and War. Those roots explain a lot about how It Wasn't Me arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hey Ya!, Every Breath You Take, Genie in a Bottle, My Heart Will Go On and Break My Heart, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Daddy Yankee, Michael Jackson, J Balvin, Ozuna and Karol G, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around It Wasn't Me, reaching back through Eddie Murphy and forward to Daddy Yankee. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"It Wasn't Me" is the first single from Jamaican-American reggae musician Shaggy's fifth studio album, Hot Shot (2000). The song features vocals from British-Jamaican singer Rikrok. The lyrics of the song depict one man asking his friend (Shaggy) what to do after his girlfriend caught him cheating on her with "the girl next door". His friend's advice is to deny everything with the phrase "it wasn't me", despite clear evidence to the contrary.
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It Wasn't Me grew out of Eddie Murphy and War, shares an orbit with Hey Ya!, Every Breath You Take, Genie in a Bottle and My Heart Will Go On, went on to shape Daddy Yankee, Michael Jackson, J Balvin and Ozuna. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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