"Fuck Was I" is a song by Jenny Owen Youngs, from her 2005 album Batten the Hatches. Its name refers to the phrase "What the fuck was I thinking?"Rock Picks: Iron & Wine, Mika Miko, the Vaselines, Extra Golden, at LA Weekly; published May 6, 2009; retrieved July 11, 2017
Youngs wrote it "between (her) junior and senior years at SUNY Purchase".Annotated: Jenny Owen Youngs “Fuck Was I”, at Autostraddle; published June 28, 2016; retrieved July 11, 2017 She is accompanied by Dan Romer (organ) and Patrick Petty (cello). Batten the Hatches, reviewed by Michael Metivier, at PopMatters; published July 5, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017
Reception Spin called it a "stand-out"Spotlight: Jenny Owen Youngs, at Spin; published April 10, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017 — an opinion shared by Autostraddle, who also called it a "stirring anthem for the regretful".Jenny Owen Youngs Is Super Gay: The Autostraddle Interview, at Autostraddle; published June 12, 2013; retrieved July 11, 2017 MusicOMH considered it "rueful",Jenny Owen Youngs – Batten The Hatches, by Andy Jex, at MusicOMH; published September 24, 2007; retrieved July 11, 2017 while LA Weekly described it as an "antilove song" that evinces Youngs' "unexpectedly wicked sense of humor". Pop Matters described it as "attention-grabbing" and "charming at first", but faulted it for being "a little too self-conscious" with some lyrics that are "overwrought", judging that it was "an example of all that is both right and wrong with Batten the Hatches".
Track listings and formats CD single "Fuck Was I" (uncensored) – 3:32 "Fuck Was I" (Morgan Page remix edit) – 3:49 "Hot in Herre" – 4:18 "Fuck Was I" (Morgan Page remix) – 6:47
Credits and personnel Credits and personnel are adapted from the Batten the Hatches album liner notes. Jenny Owen Youngs – vocals, writer Dan Romer – producer, engineering, mixing, arrangement, electric piano Andrew Futral – arrangement assistance Andrew Platt – bass Patrick Petty – cello Adam Christgau – drums Hawk – viola, voice Bob Pycior – violin Jay Newland – mastering
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