Stop Calling Me

"Stop Calling Me" is a song written by Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, produced by Nicastro for Australian music duo 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 21 January 2002 as a CD single. It became Shakaya's most successful single in Australia, peaking at number five on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. Its music video was well received.

"Stop Calling Me"
Single by Shakaya
from the album Shakaya
Released21 January 2002 (2002-01-21)[1]
StudioMegatrax (Cairns, Australia)
Length3:38
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey, Naomi Wenitong
Producer(s)Reno Nicastro
Shakaya singles chronology
"Stop Calling Me"
(2002)		 "Sublime"
(2002)

Lyrical content

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.[2] 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.[3] 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."[3]

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.[4] 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.[3] 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.[5][6][7] They also did an instore appearance in Sydney, at the Miranda Westfield shopping centre.[8]

The song debuted on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on 28 January 2002 at number 45; it went on to peak at number five and spend 17 weeks in the top 50.[9] "Stop Calling Me" was accredited platinum by ARIA and was the 43rd-highest-selling single for 2002.[10][11] In 2002 the song was nominated for an ARIA Award for "Highest Selling Single" but lost to "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue.[12]

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."[13] It was released in January 2002 and shows 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.

Track listing

Australian CD single[14]

  1. "Stop Calling Me" (radio edit)
  2. "Stop Calling Me" (house mix, Mobin Master & Dj Hess)
  3. "Stop Calling Me" (Nurban mix, New Breed)
  4. "Stop Calling Me" (Gomez mix)

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[10] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 21st January 2002" (PDF). ARIA. 21 January 2002. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. "Shakaya interview with Girl". Girl. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  3. "Shakaya interview with Rollercoaster". Rollercoaster. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  4. "Shakaya On The Up And Up" Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Sony BMG. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  5. "Shakaya Tackle The Panel" Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Sony BMG. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  6. "Shakaya Chat" Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Sony BMG. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  7. "Shakaya At Fashion Week" Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Sony BMG. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  8. "Shakaya Instore". Sony BMG. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  9. "Shakaya – Stop Calling Me". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  10. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  11. "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002". ARIA. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  12. "Shakaya Award History" Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. ARIA Awards. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  13. "Shakaya interview with Nzgirl". Nzgirl. Retrieved 7 October 2007.
  14. Stop Calling Me (Australian CD single liner notes). Shakaya. Columbia Records. 2002. 672030.2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. "Issue 632" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
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