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Wikipedia article
"'Play That Song'" is a song by Puerto Rican-American rapper and record producer Tony Touch from his debut Spanish-language reggaetn album and fourth overall studio album 'The ReggaeTony Album' (2005). It features guest vocals from Puerto Rican-American female duo Nina Sky and American rapper B-Real. The track was written by Natalie Albino, Nicole Albino, Vladimir Felix, Louis Freeze, Stephen Hague, Joseph Hernandez, Malcolm McLaren, Ronald Larkins, Robert Andrews and Tyrone Price. It was released digitally on September 25, 2005 as the lead single from the album, preceding "Saca La Semilla" with Ivy Queen and Gran Omar.
The song, however, was already "bubbling up the charts" prior to its official release. It was also later included on Nina Sky's second studio album 'La Conexion' (2005) among other albums. It reached the Top 15 on the 'Billboard' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 13 and Top 25 on the 'Billboard' Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs reaching number 22. It also managed to peak at number 31 on the 'Billboard' Hot Latin Songs chart, peaking at number seven and number five on the 'Billboard' Latin Tropical Airplay and 'Billboard' Latin Rhythm Airplay charts respectively.
Background
Following the commercial failure of Tony Touch's second studio album 'The Piece Maker 2' (2004), which was a sequel to his critically acclaimed debut studio album, Touch decided to move away from his style of New York Hip Hop music, only to combine it with Latin reggaetn on his next release 'The ReggaeTony Album' in 2005.
In the Latin market, the album was success reaching number 11 on the 'Billboard' Top Latin Albums chart as well as number 67 on the 'Billboard' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, failing to debut onto the 'Billboard' 200. It was eventually certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Tony+Touch#search_section American album certifications Tony Touch The Reggaetony Album]. Recording Industry Association of America. 'If necessary, click' Advanced, 'then click' Format, 'then select' Album, 'then click' Type, 'then select' Latin, 'then click' SEARCH.
Composition
"Play That Song" was written by Natalie Albino, Nicole Albino, Vladimir Felix, Louis Freeze, Stephen Hague, Joseph Hernandez, Malcolm McLaren, Ronald Larkins, Robert Andrews and Tyrone Price. It is a mixture of reggaetn and hip hop music. The song features guest vocals by Nina Sky and B Real of Cypress Hill.
DJ Blass and DJ Sonik handled production of the song while audio production was handled by him along with DJ Premier, who also mixed, KYZE, Major League, Psycho Les, SPK, and Luis "Sabor" Tineo. John Anderson and Luis Tineo also served as engineer. Tony Touch also received co-producing, mixing and DJing credits.
Release and chart performance
The song was released digitally on September 25, 2005 by EMI. Following its release as a single, it has been included on various albums including Nina Sky's second studio album 'La Conexion' (2005), the compilation album 'Reggaetn Most Wanted, Vol. 1' (2006), '2007 Aos De Exitos' (2006), a mixtape entitled 'Heavy Rotation: All Star Mixtape, Vol. 3' (2006), hosted by Jadakiss and Sheek Louch, 'Reggaetn!' (2012), and the karaoke albums 'Sing Reggaetn, Vol. 2' (2013) and 'Hits from 2005, Vol. 15' (2013).
On the 'Billboard' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart, "Play That Song" peaked at number 13. On the 'Billboard' Bubbling Under Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, it peaked at number 22. On the 'Billboard' Latin Songs chart, the song peaked at number 31 giving Touch his Latin Songs chart debut. On the 'Billboard' Latin Tropical Airplay chart, the song peaked at number seven. It also managed to reach number five on the 'Billboard' Latin Rhythm Airplay chart. This made Nina Sky two of only a few female artists who have been able to reach the Top 10 of the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart along with Ivy Queen, who currently has seven top-ten, two of them number-one singles, Latin pop singers Shakira and RBD, and American R&B singers Beyonc Knowles, Cassie, and Keyshia Cole.
Track listing
*'Digital download'
#"Play That Song" (Album Version)
#"Play That Song" (Remix by DJ Sonik)
*'Vinyl'
#"Play That Song" (Remix Clean Version)
#"Gangsta Gangsta" (Clean Version)
#"Play That Song" (Clean Album Version)
#"Play That Song" (Remix Dirty Version)
#"Gangsta Gangsta" (Dirty Version)
#"Play That Song" (Dirty Album Version)
Charts
References
Category:2005 singles
Category:Nina Sky songs
Category:Reggaeton songs
Category:American hip hop songs
Category:Spanglish songs
Category:Songs written by B-Real
Category:Songs written by Stephen Hague
Category:Songs written by Malcolm McLaren
Category:2005 songs
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