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Player Songs

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Below is a list of Player songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

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1 record label: RSO 879
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #32, US AC #20
written by: John Crowley & Peter Beckett
album: Player
comments: [ballad]
Player Baby Come Back
1977 RSO
2 record label: Mercury 73734
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #51
written by: Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey...
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Love Rollercoaster
1975 Mercury
3 record label: Mercury 73643
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #10, US #1
written by: J. Williams C. Satchell L. Bonner M. Jones R. Middlebrooks M. Pierce W. Beck
album: Fire
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Fire
1974 Mercury
4 record label: Westbound 214
chart position: RandB #1, US #15
written by: Ohio Players
album: Pleasure
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Funky Worm
1973 Westbound
5 record label: Mercury 73814
chart position: RandB #1, US #18
written by: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Contradiction
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Who'd She Coo?
1976 Mercury
6 record label: Jive 42449
chart position: RandB #5, US #21, UK #16
written by: Joe (as Joe Thomas) and Jolyon Skinner
album: All That I Am
Joe (Lewis Thomas) Don't Wanna Be a Player
1997 Jive
7 record label: Mercury 6167012
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Leroy Bonner, James
album: Skin Tight
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Skin Tight
1974 Mercury
8 record label: Vanguard 5011
chart position: UK #8, US Dance #56
written by: Chris Hills and Laurel Dann
album: Turn The Music Up!
comments: [disco]
The Players Association Turn the Music Up!
1979 Vanguard
9 record label: Big Beat 95750
chart position: RandB #7, US #13
written by: The Notorious B.I.G., Little Kim and Little Ceaser
album: Conspiracy
comments: [hip hop]
Junior M.A.F.I.A. Player's Anthem
1995 Big Beat
10 record label: Loud/RCA 65478
chart position: RandB #6, US #24
written by: Jerome Foster and Big Punisher (as Christopher Lee Rios)
album: Capital Punishment
comments: [hip hop]
Big Punisher Still Not a Player
1998 Loud/RCA
11 record label: Mercury 73713
chart position: RandB #1, US #33
written by: Billy Beck,Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones,Ralph Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk jazz]
Ohio Players Sweet Sticky Thing
1975 Mercury
12 record label: Mercury 73775
chart position: RandB #9, US #30
written by: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshal Jones , Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey... / Gold
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Fopp
1976 Mercury
13 record label: LaFace 74321 20942
chart position: RandB #12, US #37, UK #92
written by: Outkast and Organized Noize
album: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
comments: [hip hop]
OutKast Player's Ball
1994 LaFace
14 record label: Westbound 216
chart position: RandB #12, US #31
written by: Andrew Noland, Gregory Webster, Walter
album: Ecstasy
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Ecstasy
1973 Westbound
15 record label: Mercury 73480
chart position: RandB #6, US #47
written by: Jimmy Williams, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks and Marvin Pierce
album: Skin Tight
Ohio Players Jive Turkey (Part 1)
1974 Mercury
16 record label: Mercury 73675
chart position: RandB #6, US #44
written by: Ohio Players
album: Fire
Ohio Players I Want to Be Free
1975 Mercury
17 record label: Philly Groove 200
chart position: RandB #7, US #71, UK #51
written by: Norman Harris and Allan Felder
album: The Player
First Choice The Player (Part 1)
1974 Philly Groove
18 record label: Mercury 73932
chart position: RandB #9, US #45
written by: Billy Beck (as William Beck), Clarence Satchell, James
album: Angel
comments: [instrumental]
Ohio Players O-H-I-O
1977 Mercury
19 record label: Jive 11063
chart position: RandB #12, US #70
album: Underground Kingz
comments: [hip hop]
UGK ft. OutKast Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
2007 Jive
20 record label: The Right Stuff 7087 6 10945 1 0
chart position: US dance #7
written by: Allan Felder and Norman Harris
comments: [dance, house remix]
First Choice The Player (Mousse T. and Boris Dlugosch Mixes)
2001 The Right Stuff
21 record label: Loud/RCA 64910
chart position: RandB #19, US #57
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Capital Punishment
Big Punisher I'm Not a Player
1997 Loud/RCA
22 record label: RCA 326 (UK)
chart position: UK #52
written by: P. Bishop, P. Seymour
comments: [disco, boogie]
UK Players Love's Gonna Get You
1983 RCA
23 record label: J Records
chart position: RandB #22, US #88
written by: Marsha Ambrosius and Canei Finch
album: Late Nights and Early Mornings
Marsha Ambrosius Hope She Cheats on You (With a Basketball Player)
2010 J Records
24 record label: Vanguard 5016
chart position: UK #61, US Dance #18
written by: Chris Hills
album: We Got the Groove
The Players Association We Got the Groove
1980 Vanguard
25 record label: Mercury 73913
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Ohio Players
album: Angel
Ohio Players Body Vibes
1977 Mercury
26 record label: Westbound 188
chart position: RandB #35, US #64
written by: Andrew Noland, Gregory Webster, Walter
album: Pain
Ohio Players Pain (Part I)
1971 Westbound
27 record label: Vanguard 5012(UK)
chart position: UK #42
written by: Chris Hills and Laurel Dann
album: Turn The Music Up!
The Players Association Ride the Groove
1979 Vanguard
28 record label: Minit 32001
chart position: RandB #24, US #107
written by: Collis Gordon and John Thomas
album: He'll Be Back
The Players He'll Be Back
1966 Minit
29 record label: Mercury 74014
chart position: RandB #27, US #105
written by: Ohio Players
album: Jass Ay Lay Dee
Ohio Players Funk-O-Nots
1978 Mercury
30 record label: Mercury 73881
chart position: RandB #31, US #61
written by: Billy Beck (as William Beck), Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce
album: Gold
Ohio Players Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)
1977 Mercury
31 record label: Mercury 73860
chart position: RandB #26
written by: Ohio Players
album: Contradiction
Ohio Players Far East Mississippi
1976 Mercury
32 record label: Jive 0515992
chart position: RandB #39, US #85
written by: Too $hort, Bootsy Collins, Gary Cooper and George Clinton
album: Get in Where You Fit In
comments: [hip hop]
Too $hort I'm a Player
1993 Jive
33 record label: Thump Street 2265
chart position: RandB #38, US #90
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Ant Banks, Rappin' 4 Tay, Too $hort, K. Dixson, J. Rocker, Bill Withers and Skip Scarborough
album: Derty Werk
comments: [hip hop] ft. Too Short, Ant Banks, Rappin 4 Tay, Captain Save Em, Mac Mall
T.W.D.Y. Players Holiday
1999 Thump Street
34 record label: Westbound 204
chart position: Cashbox RandB #30
written by: Ohio Players
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Got Pleasure
1972 Westbound
35 record label: Minit 32012
chart position: RandB #32, US #130
written by: Al Smith
album: He'll Be Back
The Players I'm Glad I Waited
1966 Minit
36 record label: Mercury 73974
chart position: RandB #51, US #101
written by: Ohio Players
album: Mr. Mean
Ohio Players Good Luck Charm
1978 Mercury
37 record label: Arista 0408
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Ohio Players
album: Everybody Up
Ohio Players Everybody Up
1979 Arista
38 record label: Track 58812
chart position: RandB #33
album: Back
Ohio Players Let's Play (From Now On)
1988 Track
39 record label: Vanguard 35198
chart position: US Dance #24
written by: Pam Sawyer, Marilyn McLeod
album: The Players Association
The Players Association Love Hangover -- I Like It
1977 Vanguard
40 record label: Boardwalk 5708
chart position: RandB #40
written by: James Campbell, Reginald Connelly and Harry M. Woods
album: Tenderness
comments: [disco dance]
Ohio Players Try a Little Tenderness
1981 Boardwalk
41 record label: Westbound 204
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Ohio Players
album: Pleasure
Ohio Players Pleasure
1972 Westbound
42 record label: Boardwalk 02063
chart position: RandB #46
written by: L. Bonner, M. Jones, R. Middlebrooks, M. Pierce, D. Johnson
album: Tenderness
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Skinny
1981 Boardwalk
43 record label: Compass 7018
chart position: Cashbox RandB #47
written by: The Ohio Players
Ohio Players I've Got To Hold On
1968 Compass
44 record label: Compass 7015
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Ohio Players
Ohio Players Trespassin'
1968 Compass
45 record label: Track 58815
chart position: RandB #50
album: Back
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players Sweat
1988 Track
46 record label: Mercury 74031
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Ohio Players
album: Jass Ay Lay Dee
Ohio Players Time Slips Away
1978 Mercury
47 record label: Parlane
chart position: RandB #56
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: Make It Phat, Baby
The Phat Cat Players featuring Coco Brown Sundress
2000 Parlane
48 record label: Vanguard 5017
chart position: RandB #59
album: We Got The Groove!
The Players Association The Get Down Mellow Sound
1980 Vanguard
49 record label: Westbound 5018
chart position: RandB #69, US #90
written by: Belda Baine and Louis Crane
album: Rattlesnake
Ohio Players Rattlesnake
1976 Westbound
50 record label: Viking 2900
chart position: RandB #69
album: Do Me Baby
comments: [slow jam]
Willis Love By A Real Player
1998 Viking
51 record label: Big J 1001
chart position: RandB #72
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Playin 4 Real
comments: [hip hop]
Players for Life Thisaway, Thataway (Hillside Anthem)
1998 Big J
52 record label: Universal Motown 21894 2
chart position: RandB #74
album: Street Love
comments: [slow jam]
Lloyd Players Prayer
2007 Universal Motown
53 record label: Mercury 73956
chart position: RandB #77
written by: W. Beck, J. Williams, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks, C. Satchell, L. Bonner
Ohio Players Merry Go Round
1977 Mercury
54 record label: Paisley Park 28759
chart position: RandB #79
written by: Brown Mark (as Brownmark)
album: Mazarati
Mazarati Players' Ball
1986 Paisley Park
55 record label: Wrap 97452
chart position: RandB #82
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: Da Organization
Da Organization Can't Stop No Player
1997 Wrap
56 record label: Air City 402
chart position: RandB #83
written by: B. Beck, G. Roebuck, M. Jones
album: Graduation
comments: [ballad]
Ohio Players Sight for Sore Eyes
1984 Air City
57 record label: Rare One 9301
chart position: RandB #85
written by: Kent Wood, Michael Baker, Donnell Floyd, D. Frazier and D. Paige
comments: [hip hop]
Rare Essence Player Hater
1998 Rare One
58 record label: EastWest 2 64290
chart position: RandB #86
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: First Touch
Melieck Britt I'm the Only Player
1998 EastWest
59 record label: Ariola America 7770
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison)
album: Dancin' Fever
Street Players Boogie Down
1979 Ariola America
60 record label: Columbia 11124
chart position: RandB #91
written by: Daniel Seraphine (as Danny Seraphine) and David Wolinski
album: Chicago 13
Chicago Street Player
1979 Columbia
61 record label: Mercury 73983
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Ohio Players
album: Mr. Mean
Ohio Players Magic Trick
1978 Mercury
62 record label: Bad Boy 9371
chart position: RandB #205
album: Part III
comments: [slow jam]
112 Player
2001 Bad Boy
-- record label: Bevnik 556
written by: W. Butler Jr., A. Harris
comments: [disco dance]
Jay Player Love is The Answer
1982 Bevnik
-- record label: Mercury 1038
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [album cut]
Ohio Players Honey
1975 Mercury
-- record label: Mercury 73775
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
Ohio Players Let's Love
1975 Mercury
-- record label: Mercury 1038
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk album cut]
Ohio Players Ain't Givin' Up No Ground
1975 Mercury
-- record label: Mercury 73713
written by: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
Ohio Players Alone
1975 Mercury
-- record label: Revue 11020
written by: J. Armstead
album: Jealous Kind Of Fella
Garland Green You Played On A Player
1968 Revue
-- record label: AandM 8220 (UK)
written by: A. Gorrie, A. Thompson
album: No Way Out
UK Players No Way Out
1982 A&M
-- record label: AandM 8238
album: No Way Out
UK Players Missbehavin'
1982 A&M
-- record label: AandM 8137 (UK)
written by: P. Bishop, A. Simmons
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
UK Players Exit
1981 A&M
-- record label: RCA 347 (UK)
written by: P. Seymour, P. Bishop
comments: [electronic, disco, boogie]
UK Players You Make Me Feel
1983 RCA
-- record label: AandM 8169 (UK)
written by: J. Ross
comments: [disco jazz funk]
UK Players Girl
1981 A&M
-- record label: AandM 7580 (UK)
written by: P. Bishop, A. Simmons, J. Ross
UK Players Everybody Get Up
1980 A&M
-- record label: Polygram 167
written by: Snoop Dogg [Rap]
album: Urban Rapsody
Rick James ft. Snoop Dogg & Bobby Womack Player's Way
1997 Polygram
-- record label: Vanguard 35215
written by: Chris Hills
album: We Got The Groove!
The Players Association We're Almost There
1980 Vanguard




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