Plaything

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"Plaything"
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Single by Rebbie Jackson
from the album R U Tuff Enuff
B-side "Distant Conversation"
Released January 1988 (1988-01)
Format 7", 12" single, & CD single
Recorded

1987; The Lab Recording Studios
(West Orange, New Jersey)

1987; Backdoor Recording Studios
(Huntington Station, New York)
Genre
Label Columbia
Producer(s) David "Pic" Conley, David Townsend
Rebbie Jackson singles chronology
"You Send the Rain Away"
(1986)		 "Plaything"
(1988)		 "R U Tuff Enuff"
(1988)

"You Send the Rain Away"
(1986)		 "Plaything"
(1988)		 "R U Tuff Enuff"
(1988)

Plaything is a song by American singer Rebbie Jackson, the first single from her third album R U Tuff Enuff. It reached #8 on the US R&B chart, making it her second biggest hit on that chart after 1984's Centipede.

Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown is an American singer. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, she is the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television series The Jacksons. Her sister La Toya was born on her sixth birthday. At age 34, Jackson released her debut album Centipede (1984). The album featured songs written by Smokey Robinson, Prince, and Jackson's younger brother Michael, whose contribution became Rebbie's most successful single release. By the end of the 1980s, the singer had released two more albums in quick succession: Reaction (1986) and R U Tuff Enuff (1988).

<i>R U Tuff Enuff</i> 1988 album by Rebbie Jackson

R U Tuff Enuff is the third album by American R&B singer Rebbie Jackson. This album was a different approach for Jackson, as it had a harder-edged street R&B sound that was very popular at the time, which was also exhibited in the La Toya album by Jackson's sister, La Toya Jackson. The single "Plaything" peaked at number eight on the Billboard R&B charts, Jackson's highest-charting single since 1984's "Centipede". The title track was also released as a single, but it was not as commercially successful.

Centipede (Rebbie Jackson song) 1984 song by Rebbie Jackson

"Centipede" is the debut single by American singer Rebbie Jackson and the title track from her debut album, Centipede.

After Centipede and You Send the Rain Away it was the third single of hers that had an accompanying music video (overall she has four, the video for Yours Faithfully was released ten years after Plaything.)

You Send the Rain Away 1987 single by Rebbie Jackson and Robin Zander

"You Send the Rain Away" is a song by the American singer Rebbie Jackson with Cheap Trick lead vocalist Robin Zander, released in 1986 as the second single from her second studio album Reaction. It was written by Preston Glass, Gloria Sklerov and Lenny Macaluso, and produced by Reggie Lucas. The song reached No. 50 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart.

A music video is a short film that integrates a song with imagery, and is produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. There are also cases where songs are used in tie-in marketing campaigns that allow them to become more than just a song. Tie-ins and merchandising can be used for toys or for food or other products. Although the origins of the music video date back to musical short films that first appeared in the 1920s, they again came into prominence in the 1980s when the channel MTV based their format around the medium. Prior to the 1980s, these kinds of videos were described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip" or "film clip".

Yours Faithfully (song) 1998 single by Rebbie Jackson

"Yours Faithfully" is a song by American singer Rebbie Jackson. A mid-tempo R&B jam written and produced by Eliot Kennedy and Pam Sheyne, it is the title track from her fourth album, Yours Faithfully, and it was released as its first single.

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