Gossip Folks

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"Gossip Folks"
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Single by Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris
from the album Under Construction
ReleasedDecember 9, 2002 (2002-12-09)
Studio
Length3:54
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Timbaland
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"Honk Your Horn"
(2002)
"Gossip Folks"
(2002)
"Fighting Temptation"
(2003)
Ludacris singles chronology
"Why Don't We Fall in Love"
(2002)
"Gossip Folks"
(2002)
"Act a Fool"
(2003)

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesDecember 9, 2002
[39]
January 27, 2003 Contemporary hit radio [40]
United KingdomMarch 10, 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[41]
AustraliaMarch 24, 2003CD [42]

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