I'm Just Too Shy

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"I'm Just Too Shy"
Single by Jermaine Jackson
from the album I Like Your Style
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
Genre R&B [1]
Length3:45
Label Motown
Songwriter(s) Jermaine Jackson [1]
Producer(s) Jermaine Jackson [1]
Jermaine Jackson singles chronology
"You Like Me Don't You"
(1981)
"I'm Just Too Shy"
(1981)
"Paradise In Your Eyes"
(1982)

"I'm Just Too Shy" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Jermaine Jackson, a former member of The Jackson 5. It was released as the first single from his 1981 album, I Like Your Style , in September of that year. [1]

Record World said that "Jackson's fragile falsetto skips lightly over q delicate, mid-tempo rhythm while high harmonies carry the hook." [2]

Charts

Chart (1981–82)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 60
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles [4] 29

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References

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  2. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. October 17, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  4. "Hot Black Singles". Billboard . Retrieved 2019-11-03.