Playing with the Boys
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{{Infobox song
| name = Playing with the Boys
| cover = Playing with the Boys by Kenny Loggins.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kenny Loggins
| album = Top Gun
| released = August 1986 {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Kenny+Loggins&titel=Playing+With+The+Boys&cat=s|title=Kenny Loggins singles}}
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| genre = {{hlist|Pop rock|dance-rock}}
| length =
- 3:59 (album version)
- 4:11 (video version)
- 6:41 (12" version)
| label = Columbia
| writer = {{hlist|Kenny Loggins|Peter Wolf|Ina Wolf}}
| producer = Peter Wolf
| prev_title = Danger Zone
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Meet Me Half Way
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{external music video|{{YouTube|M3cd0zxd7EU|Kenny Loggins – Playing with the Boys}}}}
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"Playing with the Boys" is a song by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins for the film Top Gun, featured in the beach volleyball scene toward the middle of the film prior to Maverick's (Tom Cruise) dinner date with Charlie (Kelly McGillis). It is available on both the original 1986 Top Gun soundtrack album and the 2000 expanded edition. The song peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100. Loggins re-recorded the song in 2021 featuring Butterfly Boucher.{{cite news |author=Jensen Communications |date=June 14, 2021 |url=https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/kenny-loggins-releases-new-version-playing-boys-feat-butterfly-boucher |title=Kenny Loggins releases news version of "Playing with the Boys" feat. Butterfly Boucher |website=Grateful Web |access-date=May 31, 2022 }}
Reception
Per Loggins's memoir, the song was a hit among gay nightclubs.{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Reilly |date=May 25, 2022 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/kenny-loggins-danger-zone-top-gun-making-of.html |title=How Top Gun{{'s}} Famous Volleyball Scene Led Kenny Loggins to the Danger Zone |website=Vulture |access-date=May 31, 2022 }} Spin magazine's interviewer Jonathan Cohen called it "a sort of gay anthem".{{cite interview |first=Kenny |last=Loggins |date=May 27, 2022 |title=Don't Worry About Him: After 50 Years of Hitmaking, Kenny Loggins Is Still Alright |url=https://www.spin.com/2022/05/kenny-loggins-still-alright-interview/ |interviewer-first=Jonathan |interviewer-last=Cohen |magazine=Spin |access-date=May 31, 2022 }}
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|M3cd0zxd7EU|Kenny Loggins – Playing with the Boys}}
{{Top Gun soundtrack}}
{{Kenny Loggins}}
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Category:Songs written by Kenny Loggins