Play Your Part

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"Play Your Part"
Play Your Part.jpg
Single by Deborah Cox
from the album The Morning After
ReleasedJune 2003
Genre R&B
Length3:48
Label J
Songwriter(s) Shep Crawford
Producer(s) Shep Crawford
Deborah Cox singles chronology
"Mr. Lonely"
(2002)
"Play Your Part"
(2003)
"The Morning After"
(2003)

"Play Your Part" is a song by Canadian singer Deborah Cox. It was written and produced by frequent collaborator Shep Crawford for her third studio album The Morning After (2002). Released as the album's third single, it became her eighth number one hit on Billboard's US Dance Club Songs chart. [1]

Contents

Track listings

CD single [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Play Your Part" (Radio Edit)3:47
2."Play Your Part" (Instrumental)3:49
3."Play Your Part" (Call Out Hook)0:10

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Adult R&B Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 38
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [1] 1

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References

  1. 1 2 "Deborah Cox Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  2. "Deborah Cox – Play Your Part". Discogs (US). Retrieved August 4, 2018.
  3. "Deborah Cox Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved August 4, 2018.