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| Format = 7" and 12" single, CD single |
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| Genre = [[R&B]], [[pop music|Pop]], [[New jack swing]] |
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| This single = "'''Plaything'''" <br />(1988) |
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| Next single = "[[R U Tuff Enuff (song)|R U Tuff Enuff]]"<br />(1988) |
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| studio = The Lab Recording Studios <br> ([[West Orange, New Jersey]]), Backdoor Recording Studios <br> ([[Huntington Station, New York]]) |
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| prev_year = 1986 |
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| next_title = R U Tuff Enuff |
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After ''Centipede'' and ''[[You Send the Rain Away]]'' it was the third single of hers that had an accompanying [[music video]] (overall she has four, the video for ''[[Yours Faithfully (song)|Yours Faithfully]]'' was released ten years after ''Plaything.)'' |
After ''Centipede'' and ''[[You Send the Rain Away]]'' it was the third single of hers that had an accompanying [[music video]] (overall she has four, the video for ''[[Yours Faithfully (song)|Yours Faithfully]]'' was released ten years after ''Plaything.)'' |
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==Versions== |
==Versions== |
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* Plaything (Album version) – |
* Plaything (Album version) – |
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* Plaything (7" Radio Version) – 3:50 |
* Plaything (7" Radio Version) – 3:50 |
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* Plaything (Extended Dance Version) – 5:00 |
* Plaything (Extended Dance Version) – 5:00 |
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==Sources== |
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* [http://www.jacksonfamily-database.de/index2.htm The Jackson Family Database] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090413145134/http://www.jacksonfamily-database.de/index2.htm The Jackson Family Database] |
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{{Rebbie Jackson}} |
{{Rebbie Jackson}} |
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[[Category:1988 singles]] |
[[Category:1988 singles]] |
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[[Category:Rebbie Jackson songs]] |
[[Category:Rebbie Jackson songs]] |
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[[Category:1988 songs]] |
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[[Category:Columbia Records singles]] |
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[[Category:New jack swing songs]] |
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| Single by Rebbie Jackson | ||||
| from the album R U Tuff Enuff | ||||
| B-side | "Distant Conversation" | |||
| Released | January 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | The Lab Recording Studios (West Orange, New Jersey), Backdoor Recording Studios (Huntington Station, New York) | |||
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| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer(s) | David "Pic" Conley, David Townsend | |||
| Rebbie Jackson singles chronology | ||||
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Plaything is a song by American singer Rebbie Jackson, the first single from her third album R U Tuff Enuff. It reached #8 on the US R&B chart, making it her second biggest hit on that chart after 1984's Centipede.
After Centipede and You Send the Rain Away it was the third single of hers that had an accompanying music video (overall she has four, the video for Yours Faithfully was released ten years after Plaything.)
Versions[edit]
- Plaything (Album version) –
- Plaything (7" Radio Version) – 3:50
- Plaything (Extended Dance Version) – 5:00
- Plaything (Instrumental)
- Plaything (Play Dub Version) – 5:50