"So Anxious" | ||||
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Single by Ginuwine | ||||
from the album 100% Ginuwine | ||||
Released | June 1, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Length | 4:35 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Timbaland | |||
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"So Anxious" is a song by R&B singer Ginuwine. It was written by Static Major, Benjamin Bush, and Timbaland for his second studio album 100% Ginuwine (1999), while production was helmed by the latter. The song describes the narrator anxiously waiting on his lover all night to return his calls so that she can meet him for romance. Released as the album's third single, "So Anxious" became Ginuwine's second top 20 pop hit. It also reached number two on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The music video was directed by Chris Robinson.
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "So Anxious" | Timbaland | 4:37 | |
2. | "Toe 2 Toe" |
| Timbaland | 2:13 |
3. | "Medley" (What's So Different?"/"Final Warning"/"Wait a Minute"/"No. 1 Fan) | 8:14 |
Credits and personnel[edit]
Credits lifted from the liner notes of 100% Ginuwine.[2]
- Benjamin "Digital Black" Bush – writer
- Jimmy Douglass – mixing engineer
- Stephen Garrett – writer
- Ginuwine – vocals
- Timbaland – mixing engineer, producer, writer
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Cover versions[edit]
- Drake sampled "So Anxious" in the songs "Legend" and "Madonna" on his 2015 mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late.[8]
- R&B singer August Alsina covered the song in March 2015, however it was not released as a single.
- The Sunday Service Choir, a gospel group led by Kanye West, interpolates "So Anxious" in the song "Soul's Anchored" on their 2019 debut album Jesus Is Born.
References[edit]
- ^ Amazon.com: Ginuwine: Music amazon.com. Retrieved October 18, 2008
- ^ 100% Ginuwine (booklet). Ginuwine. Epic Records. 1999.
{{cite AV media notes}}
: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved August 28, 2010.
- ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1999". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
- ^ "Drake's 'Legend' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.