"Stop Calling Me" is a song written by Reno Nicastro, Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, produced by Nicastro for Australian music duo

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's first album, ''

'' (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

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. It became Shakaya's most successful single in Australia, peaking at number five on the Australian

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. Its

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was well received.

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."Shakaya interview with Girl"
''Girl''. Retrieved 8 October 2007. 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.
''Rollercoaster''. Retrieved 7 October 2007. 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."

Promotion and chart performance

Promotion for the song included being a support act with

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and

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on their World Tour in Australia and New Zealand."Shakaya On The Up And Up"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 7 October 2007. 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. They also performed the song on the Australian

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The Panel on 17 April, participated in online web chats and performed at the

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on 11 May."Shakaya Tackle The Panel"
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''. Retrieved 7 October 2007."Shakaya Chat"
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''. Retrieved 7 October 2007."Shakaya At Fashion Week"
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''. Retrieved 7 October 2007. They also did an instore appearance in

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, at the Miranda Westfield shopping centre."Shakaya Instore"
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''. Retrieved 7 October 2007. The song debuted on the Australian

on 28 January 2002 at number 45; it went on to peak at number five and spend 17 weeks in the top 50. "Stop Calling Me" was accredited platinum by

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and was the 43rd-highest-selling single for 2002. In 2002 the song was nominated for an

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for "Highest Selling Single" but lost to "

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" by

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."Shakaya Award History"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 8 October 2007.

Music video

The

for the song was filmed at

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'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.""Shakaya interview with Nzgirl"
''Nzgirl''. Retrieved 7 October 2007. It was released in January 2002 and shows a man stalking Stacey and Wenitong. The video opens up to an

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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 # "Stop Calling Me" (radio edit) # "Stop Calling Me" (house mix, Mobin Master & Dj Hess) # "Stop Calling Me" (Nurban mix, New Breed) # "Stop Calling Me" (Gomez mix)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control 2001 songs 2002 debut singles Columbia Records singles Shakaya songs