Stop Playing with My Mind

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"Stop Playing With My Mind"
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Single by Barbara Tucker featuring Darryl D'Bonneau
Released6 March 2000
Recorded1999
Genre
Length3:36
Label Strictly Rhythm Records
Songwriter(s) D.J. Freddy Turner
Jason "Whiplash" Hernandez
Producer(s) D.J. Freddy Turner
Jason "Whiplash" Hernandez
Barbara Tucker featuring Darryl D'Bonneau singles chronology
"Everybody Dance (The Horn Song)"
(1998)
"Stop Playing With My Mind"
(2000)
"Love's On Time"
(2000)

"Stop Playing With My Mind" is a 2000 house song recorded by American singer Barbara Tucker (billed as "Ms. Barbara Tucker") featuring singer Darryl D'Bonneau, written and produced by D.J. Freddy Turner and Jason "Whiplash" Hernandez. The track sampled the 1979 Disco song "Mainline" by Black Ivory. This was Tucker's fifth of seven number-one singles she placed on the Billboard Dance Club Songs, reaching the top spot on March 11, 2000. [2] On the UK Chart, the single peaked at 17 in 2000. [3] [4] [5]

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