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"Playas Gon' Play" is the second and final single from American girl group 3LW's self-titled debut album (2000). The single was released in April 2001. Although the song was a favorite among fans,^{[citation needed]} it peaked at only number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100. It performed moderately on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 21. In 2017, Billboard named the song number 89 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".[1] The song featured lead vocals by Naturi Naughton.

"Playas Gon' Play"
Single by 3LW
from the album 3LW
B-side	"Never Let 'Em Go"
Released	April 10, 2001 (2001-04-10)
Length	4:40 (album version) 3:40 (radio edit)
Label	Epic
Songwriter(s)	Sean "Sep" Hall Nate Butler
Producer(s)	Sean "Sep" Hall
3LW singles chronology
"No More (Baby I'ma Do Right)" (2000) "Playas Gon' Play" (2001) "Feels Good (Don't Worry Bout a Thing)" (2002)
Music video
"Playas Gon' Play" on YouTube

Music video

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The video was directed by Darren Grant on February 17, 2001. It received decent video play on TV channels such as BET and MTV and enjoyed some success on BET's 106 & Park and MTV's TRL. The video debuted on TRL on March 7, 2001, at number seven and stayed on the countdown for 11 days and peaked at number five. The video fell off the countdown on May 18, 2001.

The video starts with the girls being dropped of at a tropical beach resort. Once they have been dropped off, they change into their bikinis and walk through the resort. As they walk through the resort, boys are looking at them. Throughout the video are scenes of the girls hanging out on a balcony watching over the resort. Another portion of the video shows the girls performing a dance routine in front on the pond at the resort at night.

Track listings

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[6]	66
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7]	83
Ireland (IRMA)[8]	46
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9]	36
Scotland (OCC)[10]	45
UK Singles (OCC)[11]	21
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[12]	5
US Billboard Hot 100[13]	81
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14]	56
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[15]	17

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	April 10, 2001	Rhythmic contemporary urban radio	Epic	[16]
	May 1, 2001	Contemporary hit radio		[17]
United Kingdom	August 27, 2001	12-inch vinyl CD cassette		[18]
Australia	October 15, 2001	CD		[19]

Lawsuit

In 2017, "Playas Gon' Play" writers Sean Hall and Nathan Butler filed a lawsuit accusing Taylor Swift of copyright infringement because Swift's 2014 song "Shake It Off" features the lyrics "the players gonna play, play, play, play, play and the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate."[20] Swift claimed in a 2022 declaration that she had never heard "Playas Gon' Play" or anything else by 3LW prior to writing "Shake It Off," rather, the first time she heard the song was after the claim was made against her. Swift also pointed out other songs that use similar phrasing and said the concept is common phrasing, whereas Hall and Butler claimed the phrasing, while common in recent years, was unique at the time they wrote the song.[21]

References

На других языках

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[ru] Playas Gon’ Play

«Playas Gon’ Play» — второй сингл американской R&B группы 3LW из альбома 3LW, выпущенный в мае 2001 года. Сингл достиг 81-го места в чарте Billboard Hot 100[2] и 21-го — в британском UK Singles Chart[3].

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