Recorded 2000 (2000) | Genre R&B, hip hop | |
Released January 9, 2001 (2001-01-09) Length 3:53 (album version)
3:33 (single/radio edit) Writer(s) Ernest E. Dixon, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton Producer(s) Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, Teddy Riley | ||
"Stutter" is a 2000 song by American R&B singer Joe. The original version of the song was produced by Roy "Royalty" Hamilton and Teddy Riley and written by Roy "Royalty" Hamilton and Ernest E. Dixon. A remix by Allen "Allstar" Gordon Jr. (marketed as "The Double Take Remix", due to its appearance in the similarly titled 2001 film, Double Take) features rapper Mystikal, and was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States for four weeks in 2001. It was one of just three singles to have sold over 500,000 copies in 2001.
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Composition
The song samples Summer in the City by Quincy Jones. The remix samples "Passin' Me By" by The Pharcyde.
Music video
The song and video refers to Joe's girlfriend, who comes home early in the morning while he wakes up and they're discuss where she had been. She's "stuttering" because it seems she is lying to him about having an affair. Joe's close friend, portrayed by rapper Mystikal, follows and spies her while she sleeps with another man in a motel, called the "Easy Rest-In", taping it on video. After she leaves, she and Mystikal are driving next to each other on the road, while they discuss the bad situation. Arriving home, Joe's girlfriend notes the video in their television, turning out it was her evil twin sister having that affair. Both the girlfriend and the twin sister were played by actress Natashia Williams.