So Anxious

1999 single by Ginuwine

"So Anxious"

Single by Ginuwine

from the album 100% Ginuwine

Released

June 1, 1999

Recorded

1998

Length

4:35

Label

550 Music
Epic

Songwriter(s)

Stephen Garrett
Benjamin Bush
Timothy Mosley

Producer(s)

Timbaland

Ginuwine singles chronology

"What's So Different?"
(1999)

"So Anxious"
(1999)

"None of Ur Friends Business"
(1999)

"So Anxious" is a song by R&B singer Ginuwine. It was written by Static Major, Benjamin Bush, and Timbaland for his second studio album 100% Ginuwine (1999), while production was helmed by the latter. The song describes the narrator anxiously waiting on his lover all night to return his calls so that she can meet him for romance. Released as the album's third single, "So Anxious" became Ginuwine's second top 20 pop hit. It also reached number two on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The music video was directed by Chris Robinson.

Track listing

CD single^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"So Anxious"	Stephen Garrett Benjamin Bush Timothy Mosley	Timbaland	4:37
2.	"Toe 2 Toe"	Elgin Lumpkin Mosley	Timbaland	2:13
3.	"Medley" (What's So Different?"/"Final Warning"/"Wait a Minute"/"No. 1 Fan)			8:14

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of 100% Ginuwine.^[2]

Benjamin "Digital Black" Bush – writer
Jimmy Douglass – mixing engineer
Stephen Garrett – writer
Ginuwine – vocals
Timbaland – mixing engineer, producer, writer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[4]	2
US Rhythmic (Billboard)^[5]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	80
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[7]	24

Cover versions

Drake sampled "So Anxious" in the songs "Legend" and "Madonna" on his 2015 mixtape If You're Reading This It's Too Late.^[8]
R&B singer August Alsina covered the song in March 2015, however it was not released as a single.
The Sunday Service Choir, a gospel group led by Kanye West, interpolates "So Anxious" in the song "Soul's Anchored" on their 2019 debut album Jesus Is Born.

References

^ Amazon.com: Ginuwine: Music amazon.com. Retrieved October 18, 2008
^ 100% Ginuwine (booklet). Ginuwine. Epic Records. 1999.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
^ "Ginuwine Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Retrieved August 28, 2010.
^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1999". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
^ "Drake's 'Legend' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled.