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"I Was Only Joking"
Song
B-side	"Born Loose"

"I Was Only Joking" is a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart. Stewart released it as a track on his 1977 album, Foot Loose & Fancy Free.^[1]

When released as a single, the song performed well, becoming a top 40 hit in various countries, including #5 in the UK and #22 in the US. In the United Kingdom, "I Was Only Joking" charted as part of a double A-side with "Hot Legs".^[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles ^[3]	56
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary ^[4]	11
Germany	4
Ireland	4
Netherlands	8
New Zealand	35
UK	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[5]	22
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	31
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 ^[6]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[7]	144

References

^ "I Was Only Joking". allmusic. Rovi. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1978.shtml
^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4638b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4638b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4638b
^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4596&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4596.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4596
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780701.html
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

External links

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Discography
1970s	"It's All Over Now" (1970) "Reason to Believe"/"Maggie May" (1971) "Every Picture Tells a Story"/"Reason to Believe" (1971) Spain only "(I Know) I'm Losing You"/"Mandolin Wind" (1971) "Handbags and Gladrags" (1972) "You Wear It Well" (1972) "Angel" (1972) "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (1972) "Twistin' the Night Away" (1973, 1987) "Oh! No Not My Baby" (1973) "Farewell" / "You Send Me" (1973) "Mine for Me" (1974) "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything" (1974) Stewart/Faces "Sailing" (1975) "This Old Heart of Mine" (1975) "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (1976) "The Killing of Georgie" (1976) "Get Back" (1976) "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (1977) "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (1977, 1990) "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (1978) "Hot Legs" (1978) "I Was Only Joking" (1978) "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978, 1997) "Ain't Love a Bitch" (1979) "Blondes (Have More Fun)" (1979)
1980s	"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (1980) "Passion" (1980) "Somebody Special" (1981) "Gi' Me Wings" (1981) "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (1981) "Young Turks" (1982) "How Long" (1982) "Baby Jane" (1983) "That's What Friends Are For" (1983) "Infatuation" (1984) "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (1984) "All Right Now" (1984) "People Get Ready" (1985, 1991, 1993) Stewart/Beck "Love Touch" (1986) "Every Beat of My Heart" (1986) "In My Life" (1987) "Lost in You" (1988) "Forever Young" (1988) "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (1988) "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (1989) Stewart/Isley "Downtown Train" (1989)
1990s	"It Takes Two" (1990) Stewart/Turner "Rhythm of My Heart" (1991) "The Motown Song" (1991) "Your Song" (1992) "Ruby Tuesday" (1993) "Have I Told You Lately" (1993) "Reason to Believe" (unplugged, 1993) "All for Love" (1993) Stewart/Adams/Sting "Leave Virginia Alone" (1995) "Ooh La La" (1998) "Rocks" (1998) "Cigarettes and Alcohol" (1998) "Faith of the Heart" (1999)
2000s	"These Foolish Things" (2002) "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (2003) "Time After Time" (2003) "What a Wonderful World" (2004) "Blue Moon" (2004) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (2005) "I've Got a Crush on You" (2005) "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (2006) "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (2006)
2010s	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (2012) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (2012) "Everyday" (2015)

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