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"Stuttering"
"Stuttering"
Single by Fefe Dobson
from the album Joy
Released	September 7, 2010
Recorded	2010; Germano Studios,; (New York City, United States)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:09
Label	21 Music; Island;
Songwriter(s)	Fefe Dobson; Claude Kelly; J. R. Rotem;
Producer(s)	J. R. Rotem
Fefe Dobson singles chronology
Music video
	"Stuttering" on YouTube VEVO (FefeDobson Channel)

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"Stuttering" is a song by Canadian singer–songwriter Fefe Dobson from her second (released) studio album, Joy. It was produced by J. R. Rotem, and co-written by Dobson, Rotem, and Claude Kelly. The song was released as a single on September 7, 2010, by 21 Music and The Island Def Jam Music Group and officially impacted mainstream radio on October 12, 2010. The song has achieved success in Canada, becoming Dobson's first top ten hit on the Canadian Hot 100 and being certified Platinum by Music Canada. A remix featuring rapper Pusha T was released in November 2010.^[1]

Reception

"Stuttering" has garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. AllMusic's Matthew Chisling wrote that "Stuttering" "proves [Dobson is] on top of the pop market, with some immaculate writing and production".^[2] Complimenting Dobson's vocal performance, Sputnikmusic wrote, "she belts out impressively high and quick notes during the chorus with no real effort at all, because the girl can sing."^[3]

Chart performance

"Stuttering" has charted on the Canadian Hot 100, debuting at number 78 on the issue dated November 6, 2010. It ultimately peaked at number 10 on the chart, making it Dobson's first top ten on the new chart format and first top ten since 2004. It also is her highest-charting single from Joy, outpeaking the prior single, "Ghost", which peaked at number 14.

In the United States, the song peaked at number 65 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and at number 39 on the Pop Songs chart, marking her first entry on the latter since "Everything" in 2004.^[4]

Music video

The video was directed by Alan Ferguson.^[5] It premiered October 29, 2010.^[6] The video begins with Dobson questioning a hotel manager (a French cowboy) about her boyfriend and she thinks he is covering for him, she then sees a man she believes is him. As she walks to his hotel room she sings. Once she gets there she puts on a leather jacket (owned by the man's girlfriend), then the girlfriend comes into the room and the music stops while she says, "Who the hell are you!" and Dobson retorts, "Who the hell are you?" Just then the man gets out of the shower and Dobson realizes that she does not know him. She then proceeds to run out of the hotel room and takes off the jacket, when the French cowboy grabs her and yells at her for 'bringing a lot of business but not paying' and she starts to remember a party that she went to and cheated on her boyfriend. The video than flashes back to Dobson being in a car that crashed causing her to have amnesia. As she gets out of the overheated car and walks away, she talks about amnesia leading "to a really bad stomachache" and admits that she is the one "that needed to be held accountable".

Credits and personnel

Fefe Dobson – lead vocals, songwriting
J. R. Rotem – songwriting, production, instruments
Claude Kelly – backing vocals, songwriting, vocal production
Ben "Bengineer" Chang – recording
Serban Ghenea – mixing
John Hanes – mix engineer
Tim Roberts – assistant engineer
Emanuel Kiriakou – guitar

Source:^[7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
US Hot 100 Airplay (Billboard)^[8]	65

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[9]	10
Canada AC (Billboard)^[10]	16
Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)^[11]	7
Canada Hot AC (Billboard)^[12]	4
US Pop Airplay (Billboard)^[4]	39

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)^[13]	45

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[14]	2× Platinum	160,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	September 7, 2010	Digital download	Original	21 Music Island IDJMG	^[15]
United States	October 12, 2010	Contemporary hit radio	Original	IDJMG	^[16]
Various	November 24, 2010	Streaming	Pusha T remix	Unknown	^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "New Music Premiere: Fefe Dobson feat. Pusha T - 'Stuttering (Remix)'". Rap-Up. November 24, 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ Chisling, Matthew. "FeFe Dobson – Joy". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
^ "Fefe Dobson – Joy". Sputnikmusic. Sputnikmusic.com. January 1, 2011. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ "Stuttering Video Credits". Video Static. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Fefe Dobson - Stuttering. YouTube.
^ "Fefe Dobson: Fefe's Notes - The Complete Lyrics for Joy". BestFan. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
^ "Stuttering by Fefe Dobson". aCharts.co / Billboard. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ "Best of 2011: Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
^ "Canadian single certifications – Fefe Dobson". Music Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
^ "Amazon.com: Stuttering: Fefe Dobson: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2010.

[rap_up-1] "New Music Premiere: Fefe Dobson feat. Pusha T - 'Stuttering (Remix)'". Rap-Up. November 24, 2010. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[2] Chisling, Matthew. "FeFe Dobson – Joy". AllMusic. All Media Network, LLC. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

[3] "Fefe Dobson – Joy". Sputnikmusic. Sputnikmusic.com. January 1, 2011. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

[Pop_Songs-4] "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[Music_Video_Director-5] "Stuttering Video Credits". Video Static. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2010.

[6] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Fefe Dobson - Stuttering. YouTube.

[Full_Credits_Joy_ALBUM-7] "Fefe Dobson: Fefe's Notes - The Complete Lyrics for Joy". BestFan. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2010.

[8] "Stuttering by Fefe Dobson". aCharts.co / Billboard. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[sc_Canada_Fefe_Dobson-9] "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[sc_Billboardcanadaac_Fefe_Dobson-10] "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canada AC)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[sc_Billboardcanadachrtop40_Fefe_Dobson-11] "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canada CHR/Top 40)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[sc_Billboardcanadahotac_Fefe_Dobson-12] "Fefe Dobson Chart History (Canada Hot AC)". Billboard. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[13] "Best of 2011: Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on May 17, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2019.

[CanadaFefe_DobsonsingleCertRef-14] "Canadian single certifications – Fefe Dobson". Music Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2022.

[15] "Amazon.com: Stuttering: Fefe Dobson: MP3 Downloads". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on November 30, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

[16] "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2010.

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 == Reception ==
-"Stuttering" has garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. [[AllMusic]]'s Matthew Chisling wrote that "Stuttering" "proves [Dobson is] on top of the pop market, with some immaculate writing and production".<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/joy-mw0001980932|title = FeFe Dobson – Joy|accessdate = April 6, 2014|website = AllMusic|publisher = All Media Network, LLC|last = Chisling|first = Matthew}}</ref> Complimenting Dobson's vocal performance, [[Sputnikmusic]] wrote, "she belts out impressively high and quick notes during the chorus with no real effort at all, because the girl can sing."<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/40998/Fefe-Dobson-Joy/|title = Fefe Dobson – Joy|publisher = Sputnikmusic.com|accessdate = April 6, 2014|website = Sputnikmusic|date = January 1, 2011}}</ref>
+"Stuttering" has garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. [[AllMusic]]'s Matthew Chisling wrote that "Stuttering" "proves [Dobson is] on top of the pop market, with some immaculate writing and production".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/joy-mw0001980932|title=FeFe Dobson – Joy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827150817/http://www.allmusic.com/album/joy-mw0001980932|archive-date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=April 6, 2014|website=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network, LLC|last=Chisling|first=Matthew}}</ref> Complimenting Dobson's vocal performance, Sputnikmusic wrote, "she belts out impressively high and quick notes during the chorus with no real effort at all, because the girl can sing."<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/40998/Fefe-Dobson-Joy/|title = Fefe Dobson – Joy|publisher = Sputnikmusic.com|accessdate = April 6, 2014|website = Sputnikmusic|date = January 1, 2011|archive-date = October 26, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231026194625/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/40998/Fefe-Dobson-Joy/|url-status = live}}</ref>
 ==Chart performance==
-"Stuttering" has charted on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], debuting at number 78 on the issue dated November 6, 2010. It ultimately peaked at number 10 on the chart, making it Dobson's first top ten on the new chart format and first top ten since 2004. It also is her highest charting single from ''Joy'', outpeaking the prior single, "[[Ghost (Fefe Dobson song)|Ghost]]", which peaked at number 14.
+"Stuttering" has charted on the [[Canadian Hot 100]], debuting at number 78 on the issue dated November 6, 2010. It ultimately peaked at number 10 on the chart, making it Dobson's first top ten on the new chart format and first top ten since 2004. It also is her highest-charting single from ''Joy'', outpeaking the prior single, "[[Ghost (Fefe Dobson song)|Ghost]]", which peaked at number 14.
 In the United States, the song peaked at number 65 on the [[Hot 100 Airplay]] chart and at number 39 on the [[Pop Songs]] chart, marking her first entry on the latter since "[[Everything (Fefe Dobson song)|Everything]]" in 2004.<ref name="Pop Songs"/>
 ==Music video==
-The video was directed by [[Alan Ferguson (director)|Alan Ferguson]].<ref name="Music Video Director">{{cite web|title=Stuttering Video Credits|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2010/10/shot-fefe-dobson-alan-ferguson-dir.html|publisher=Video Static|accessdate=2010-11-02}}</ref> It premiered October 29, 2010.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmb8_KsrNSQ</ref> The video begins with Dobson questioning a hotel manager (a French cowboy) about her boyfriend and she thinks he is covering for him, she then sees a man she believes is him. As she walks to his hotel room she sings. Once she gets there she puts on a leather jacket (owned by the man's girlfriend), then the girlfriend comes into the room and the music stops while she says, "Who the hell are you!" and Dobson retorts, "Who the hell are you?" Just then the man gets out of the shower and Dobson realizes that she does not know him. She then proceeds to run out of the hotel room and takes off the jacket, when the French cowboy grabs her and yells at her for 'bringing a lot of business but not paying' and she starts to remember a party that she went to and cheated on her boyfriend. The video than flashes back to Dobson being in a car that crashed causing her to have amnesia. As she gets out of the overheated car and walks away, she talks about amnesia leading "to a really bad stomachache" and admits that she is the one "that needed to be held accountable".
+The video was directed by [[Alan Ferguson (director)|Alan Ferguson]].<ref name="Music Video Director">{{cite web|title=Stuttering Video Credits|url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2010/10/shot-fefe-dobson-alan-ferguson-dir.html|publisher=Video Static|accessdate=2010-11-02|archive-date=2010-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007084553/http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2010/10/shot-fefe-dobson-alan-ferguson-dir.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It premiered October 29, 2010.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/cmb8_KsrNSQ Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20101105033401/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=cmb8_KsrNSQ Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmb8_KsrNSQ| title = Fefe Dobson - Stuttering | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The video begins with Dobson questioning a hotel manager (a French cowboy) about her boyfriend and she thinks he is covering for him, she then sees a man she believes is him. As she walks to his hotel room she sings. Once she gets there she puts on a leather jacket (owned by the man's girlfriend), then the girlfriend comes into the room and the music stops while she says, "Who the hell are you!" and Dobson retorts, "Who the hell are you?" Just then the man gets out of the shower and Dobson realizes that she does not know him. She then proceeds to run out of the hotel room and takes off the jacket, when the French cowboy grabs her and yells at her for 'bringing a lot of business but not paying' and she starts to remember a party that she went to and cheated on her boyfriend. The video than flashes back to Dobson being in a car that crashed causing her to have amnesia. As she gets out of the overheated car and walks away, she talks about amnesia leading "to a really bad stomachache" and admits that she is the one "that needed to be held accountable".
 ==Credits and personnel==
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 *[[Emanuel Kiriakou]] – [[Guitarist|guitar]]
-Source:<ref name="Full Credits Joy ALBUM">{{cite web|url = http://www.bestfan.com/viewblog.php?id=120|title=Fefe Dobson: Fefe's Notes - The Complete Lyrics for Joy|publisher=BestFan|accessdate=2010-11-10}}</ref>
+Source:<ref name="Full Credits Joy ALBUM">{{cite web|url=http://www.bestfan.com/viewblog.php?id=120|title=Fefe Dobson: Fefe's Notes - The Complete Lyrics for Joy|publisher=BestFan|accessdate=2010-11-10|archive-date=2011-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411110915/http://www.bestfan.com/viewblog.php?id=120|url-status=live}}</ref>
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-! scope="row"| US [[Hot 100 Airplay]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Stuttering by Fefe Dobson |url=https://acharts.co/song/58237 |publisher=aCharts.co / [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
+! scope="row"| US [[Hot 100 Airplay]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web |title=Stuttering by Fefe Dobson |url=https://acharts.co/song/58237 |publisher=aCharts.co / [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=January 6, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807185603/https://acharts.co/song/58237 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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+|Canada ([[Canadian Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/canadian-hot-100 |title=Best of 2011: Hot 100 Songs |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |accessdate=28 August 2019 |archive-date=17 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517002406/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/canadian-hot-100 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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+{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|artist=Fefe Dobson|relyear=2010|certyear=2022|access-date=November 16, 2022}}
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-| <ref>{{cite web |title=Top 40/M Future Releases |url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |website=All Access |accessdate=January 6, 2010 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5tR66j9As |archivedate=October 13, 2010}}</ref>
+| <ref>{{cite web |title=Top 40/M Future Releases |url=http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |website=All Access |accessdate=January 6, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204085030/http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |url-status=live |archivedate=December 4, 2010}}</ref>
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v t e Fefe Dobson
Discography
Studio albums	Fefe Dobson Sunday Love Joy Emotion Sickness
Singles	"Bye Bye Boyfriend" "Take Me Away" "Everything" "Don't Go (Girls and Boys)" "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" "Ghost" "Stuttering" "Can't Breathe" "Legacy"
Other songs	"Wavin' Flag (Haiti Mix)"