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"So Anxious"
"So Anxious"
Single by Ginuwine
from the album 100% Ginuwine
Released	June 1, 1999
Recorded	1998
Length	4:35
Label	550 Music; Epic;
Songwriter(s)	Stephen Garrett; Benjamin Bush; Timothy Mosley;
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

CD single^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"So Anxious"	Stephen Garrett Benjamin Bush Timothy Mosley	Timbaland	4:37
2.	"Toe 2 Toe"	Elgin Lumpkin Mosley	Timbaland	2:13
3.	"Medley" (What's So Different?"/"Final Warning"/"Wait a Minute"/"No. 1 Fan)			8:14

Credits and personnel

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[4]	2
US Rhythmic (Billboard)^[5]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	80
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[7]	24

Cover versions

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

^ 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.

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[1] Amazon.com: Ginuwine: Music amazon.com. Retrieved October 18, 2008

[liner_notes-2] 100% Ginuwine (booklet). Ginuwine. Epic Records. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sc_Billboardhot100_Ginuwine-3] "Ginuwine Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Ginuwine-4] "Ginuwine Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

[sc_Billboardrhythmic_Ginuwine-5] "Ginuwine Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2023.

[6] "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved August 28, 2010.

[7] "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1999". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2021.

[8] "Drake's 'Legend' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.

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+"'''So Anxious'''" is a song by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Ginuwine]]. It was written by [[Stephen Garrett|Static Major]], [[Playa (band)|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 (director)|Chris Robinson]].
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- | prev_track = [[In Those Jeans]]
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- | next_track = [[Differences (song)|Differences]]
-}}
-{{Extra track listing
- | album      = Playlist: The Very Best of Ginuwine
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- | prev_track = [[Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony]]
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- | next_track = [[When We Make Love (Ginuwine song)|When We Make Love]]
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-'''"So Anxious"''' is a song by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Ginuwine]]. It was the third single released from his second album ''[[100% Ginuwine]]''. Produced by [[Timbaland]] and written by [[Static Major]], "So Anxious" was Ginuwine's second Top 20 pop hit, and peaked into the Top 5 on the R&B charts. The song describes the narrator anxiously waiting on his lover all night to return his calls so that she can meet him for romance. The music video, directed by [[Chris Robinson (director)|Chris Robinson]], featured an appearance by rapper [[Solé]] and was known for changing Ginuwine's hairstyle from a baby afro to a cornrow fade. Ginuwine began dating Solé soon after the video was filmed and they wed in 2003. In the music video, Ginuwine drives a [[Lamborghini Diablo]] Roadster VT.
-==Samples & Covers==
+==Track listing==
+{{track listing
-[[Drake (rapper)|Drake]] sampled "So Anxious" in the songs "Legend" and "Madonna" on his 2015 [[mixtape]] ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]''.<ref>http://www.whosampled.com/sample/333415/Drake-Legend-Ginuwine-So-Anxious/</ref>
+| headline = CD single<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002NDQB Amazon.com: Ginuwine: Music] amazon.com. Retrieved October 18, 2008</ref>
+| extra_column = Producer(s)
+| title1 = So Anxious
-[[R&B]] singer [[August Alsina]] covered the song in March 2015, however it was not released as a single.
+| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Stephen Garrett]]|[[Playa (band)|Benjamin Bush]]|[[Timothy Mosley]]}}
+| extra1 = [[Timbaland]]
+| length1 = 4:37
+| title2 = Toe 2 Toe
-==Single track listing==
+| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Elgin Lumpkin]]|Mosley}}
-'''CD single'''<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002NDQB Amazon.com: Ginuwine: Music] amazon.com. Retrieved October 18, 2008</ref>
+| extra2 = Timbaland
-# So Anxious
+| length2 = 2:13
-# Toe 2 Toe
-# Medley: What's So Different?/Final Warning/Wait a Minute/No. 1 Fan
+| title3 = Medley
-==Charts==
+| note3 = What's So Different?"/"Final Warning"/"Wait a Minute"/"No. 1 Fan
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
+| length3 = 8:14
-!Chart (1999)
+}}
-!Peak<br>position
-|-
+==Credits and personnel==
-|align="left"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="Billboard">[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=so+anxious+ginuwine&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37 Billboard Music Charts] billboard.com. Retrieved October 18, 2008</ref>
+Credits lifted from the liner notes of ''100% Ginuwine''.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title=100% Ginuwine|others=Ginuwine|year=1999|publisher= Epic Records|type=booklet}}</ref>
-|align="center"|16
-|-
+*[[Playa (band)|Benjamin "Digital Black" Bush]] – writer
-|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]<ref name="Billboard"/>
+*[[Jimmy Douglass]] – mixing engineer
-|align="center"|2
+*[[Stephen Garrett]] – writer
+*[[Ginuwine]] – vocals
+*[[Timbaland]] – mixing engineer, producer, writer
+==Charts==
+{{col-begin}}
+{{col-2}}
+===Weekly charts===
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
+|-
+! Chart (1999)
+! Peak <br> position
+|-
+{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|16|artist=Ginuwine|accessdate=September 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
+|-
+{{singlechart|Billboardrandbhiphop|2|artist=Ginuwine|accessdate=September 13, 2021|rowheader=true}}
+|-
+{{singlechart|Billboardrhythmic|6|artist=Ginuwine|accessdate=January 14, 2023|rowheader=true}}
 |-
 |}
+{{col-2}}
 ===Year-end charts===
-{| class="wikitable"
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
-!Chart (1999)
-!Position
 |-
+!scope="col"| Chart (1999)
-|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999 |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1999 |accessdate=August 28, 2010}}</ref>
+!scope="col"| Position
+|-
+! scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999 |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1999 |accessdate=August 28, 2010}}</ref>
 |align="center"|80
+|-
+! scope="row"|US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1999|magazine=Billboard|date=2 January 2013|accessdate=September 13, 2021}}</ref>
+|align="center"|24
 |}
+{{col-end}}
-==References==
+==Cover versions==
+*[[Drake (rapper)|Drake]] sampled "So Anxious" in the songs "Legend" and "Madonna" on his 2015 [[mixtape]] ''[[If You're Reading This It's Too Late]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.whosampled.com/sample/333415/Drake-Legend-Ginuwine-So-Anxious/|title = Drake's 'Legend' - Discover the Sample Source|website = [[WhoSampled]]}}</ref>
+*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 music|gospel]] group led by [[Kanye West]], interpolates "So Anxious" in the song "Soul's Anchored" on their 2019 [[wikt:debut|debut]] album ''[[Jesus Is Born]]''.
+==References==
 {{reflist}}
-==External links==
-* {{MetroLyrics song|ginuwine|so-anxious}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
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 [[Category:550 Music singles]]
+[[Category:Epic Records singles]]
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v t e Ginuwine
Studio albums	Ginuwine... the Bachelor 100% Ginuwine The Life The Senior Back II da Basics A Man's Thoughts Elgin A Ginuwine Christmas
Collaborations albums	Three Kings (with TGT)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits I Apologize
Singles	"Pony" "Tell Me Do U Wanna" "When Doves Cry" "Holler" "Same Ol' G" "What's So Different?" "So Anxious" "None of Ur Friends Business" "There It Is" "Differences" "Just Because" "Tribute to a Woman" "Stingy" "Hell Yeah" "In Those Jeans" "Love You More" "When We Make Love" "I'm in Love" "Last Chance" "Get Involved"
Featured singles	"The Best Man I Can Be" "It Wasn't Me "You Owe Me" "Take Away" "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" "Pressure" "Please Don't Go (TGT Remix)"
Related articles	Discography Swing Mob TGT "Jump"