Players (song)

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"Players"
Coi Leray - Players.png
Single by Coi Leray
from the album Coi
ReleasedNovember 30, 2022 (2022-11-30)
Genre
Length2:19
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Goldstein
Coi Leray singles chronology
"Fly Sh!t"
(2022)		"Players"
(2022)		"Wasted"
(2022)

"Players" is a song by American rapper and singer Coi Leray. It was released on November 30, 2022, through Republic Records and 1801 as the lead single from her second studio album, Coi (2023). Leray wrote the song with producer Johnny Goldstein, alongside WorldWideFresh, Feli Ferraro, and German (AyoRoc!) Valdes. It contains samples of American hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's 1982 single, "The Message", from their debut studio album The Message [1] and a interpolation of Dr Dre's 2000 single The Next Episode, from the second studio album, 2001. [2] In March 2023, a remix of the song using the instrumental of Busta Rhymes' 1997 song "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See" and containing a guest verse by him was released. [3]

Contents

Background

In early November 2022, Leray teased a snippet of the song on the video-sharing app TikTok and described it as a song that was dedicated to women being "players". [4] The song samples "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, in which she raps: "What you know about living on top / Penthouse suites looking down on the opps / Took him for a test drive / Left him on the lot / Time is money / So I spent it on a watch". [5] About one week later, Leray met up with Grandmaster Flash from the hip hop group for dinner, in which he gifted her a custom-made hoodie with the phrase "Girls Are Players Too" on it to support the release of the song. [6] In late December 2022, she revealed that she freestyle rapped the song in one take. [7]

Credits and personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Players"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [69] 5× Platinum350,000‡
Belgium (BEA) [70] Gold20,000‡
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [71] 2× Platinum80,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [72] 3× Platinum240,000‡
France (SNEP) [73] Platinum200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [74] Gold50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [75] Platinum30,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [76] Platinum50,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [77] Gold10,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [78] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [79] Platinum1,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [80] Gold1,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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