| "Oops (Oh My)" | ||||
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| Single by Tweet featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott | ||||
| from the album Southern Hummingbird | ||||
| B-side | "My Place" (album version) | |||
| Released | January 11, 2002 | |||
| Studio | Westlake Audio (West Hollywood, California) | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:58 | |||
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| Songwriters | 
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| Producer | Timbaland | |||
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| Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott singles chronology | ||||
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| "Oops (Oh My)" on YouTube | ||||
"Oops (Oh My)" is a song by American singer Tweet from her debut studio album, Southern Hummingbird (2002). It features vocals from American rapper Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott,who co-wrote the song with Tweet,while production was handled by Timbaland. The song was released on January 11,2002,as the album's lead single.
"Oops (Oh My)" was a commercial success in the United States,peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Additionally,it reached number five on the UK Singles Chart. English electropop band Ladytron covered the song on their 2003 compilation album Softcore Jukebox . [1]
"Oops (Oh My)" is an R&B song featuring a techno-reggae rhythm, [2] [3] built on a loop derived from sampling "Call Me On The Telephone" by Capleton. [4] Although the song is widely considered to be about masturbation, [3] [5] [6] [7] Tweet explained that "[p]eople can take their definition of what any song means to them,but for me,the song wasn't about masturbation—it was about self-love." She said she was inspired to write the song after watching an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show where a doctor advised people to look at themselves in the mirror naked in order to build self-acceptance. She added that it was "empowering" for her to write the song as she "felt like [she] didn't love [herself]" due to her skin color. [8]
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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Southern Hummingbird . [17]
| Weekly charts
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| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales | 
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| New Zealand (RMNZ) [44] | Gold | 15,000‡ | 
| United Kingdom (BPI) [45] | Silver | 200,000‡ | 
| United States (RIAA) [46] | Gold | 500,000‡ | 
| ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref(s) | 
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| United States | January 11, 2002 | [47] | ||
| February 5, 2002 | 12-inch single | [48] | ||
| March 3, 2002 | Contemporary hit radio | [49] | ||
| Australia | April 15, 2002 | CD single | Warner | [10] | 
| United Kingdom | April 29, 2002 | 
 | Elektra | [50] | 
| Germany | May 6, 2002 | 
 | Warner | [14] [15] [16] |