I Was Only Joking

"I Was Only Joking"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free
B-side	"Born Loose"
Released	April 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soft rock
Length	6:07 (album version) 4:50 (single version)
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Gary Grainger, Rod Stewart
Producer(s)	Tom Dowd
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"Hot Legs" (1978) "I Was Only Joking" (1978) "Ole Ola (Mulher Brasileira)" (1978)
Music video
"I Was Only Joking" on YouTube

"I Was Only Joking" is a song written by Gary Grainger and Rod Stewart released by Stewart in 1978 as the third single on his 1977 album, Foot Loose & Fancy Free.^[1] The song performed well, reaching the Top 40 in various countries, including the United Kingdom (No. 5) and the United States (No. 22). In the UK, "I Was Only Joking" charted as part of a double A-side with "Hot Legs".^[2]