Format CD Length 3:38 | Genre Pop, r&b Label Columbia | |
Released 18 January 2002 (2002-01-18) Recorded 2001 at Megatrax Studios, Cairns | ||
"Stop Calling Me" is a pop, r&b song written by Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, produced by Nicastro for Shakaya's first album Shakaya (2002). The song is about relationships, about "boyfriends who keep calling after the relationship is over". It was released as the album's first single on 18 January 2002 as a CD single. It became Shakaya's most successful single in Australia peaking in the top five on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, and its music video, was well received.
Contents
The song is about real-life experiences Stacey and Wenitong have had, and states that it is basically talking about boyfriends who keep calling after the relationship is over. They wrote the song when they were discussing with friends about stories of how to get unwanted attention away from ex-lovers, so they thought it would be fun to write a song about it. Stacey states "The message in this song is also about being straight up with people and just simply saying 'Look mate, just stop calling me' instead of leading a person on. This goes out to guys and girls."
This is considered to be Shakaya's signature song.
Music video
The music video for the song was filmed at Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman’s ex-penthouse in Sydney, Australia. Stacey states "We were looking around to see if they left anything behind. It was a beautiful apartment and we pretended it was ours for the day." It was released in January 2002 and matched the song well showing a man stalking Stacey and Wenitong. The video opens up to an answering machine saying "you have fifty-seven messages" then the number of messages on the phone keeps going up. It shows Stacey and Wenitong dancing in a house, on a couch and laying on a bed while a man keeps ringing the doorbell holding flowers and chocolates. By the end of the music video the messages on the answering machine stops at ninety-nine messages and the man stalking the girls gives up and drops the flowers on a cleaner lady's trolly, the cleaner lady thinks it's for her so she calls him ending the video.
Promotion and chart performance
Promotion for the song included being a support act with Human Nature and Destiny's Child on their World Tour in Australia and New Zealand. The duo claim that supporting Destiny's Child was "a spin out" because the band shook their hands and welcomed the duo to the tour and thanked the girls for joining them. They also performed the song on the Australian chat show The Panel on 17 April, participated in online web chats and performed at the Australian Fashion Week on 11 May. They also did an instore appearance in Sydney, at the Miranda Westfield shopping centre.
Track listing
- "Stop Calling Me" (radio edit)
- "Stop Calling Me" (House mix, Mobin Master & Dj Hess)
- "Stop Calling Me" (Nurban mix, New Breed)
- "Stop Calling Me" (Gomez mix)