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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Song <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = You Played Yourself
| name = You Played Yourself
| Cover =
| cover = You Played Yourself.jpg
| Caption =
| alt =
| Type =
| type = single
| Artist = [[Ice T|Ice-T]]
| artist = [[Ice-T]]
| album = [[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!]]
| alt Artist =
| Album = ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say]]''
| B-side = {{hlist|"Freedom Of Speech"|"My Word Is Bond"}}
| Published =
| released = April 5, 1990
| recorded = 1989
| Released = [[April 5]], [[1990]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fwxqqkldke~T0 |title="You Played Yourself" (Vinyl Single) |accessdate=2007-11-09 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=[[All Music Guide]]}}</ref>
| studio = {{hlist|Syndicate Studios West <small>([[Los Angeles, CA]])</small>|Wide Tracks <small>([[Los Angeles, CA]])</small>}}
| track_no = 4
| Recorded =
| venue =
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]}}
| Length = 4:14
| length = 4:12
| Writer = [[Ice T|Ice-T]]
| label = [[Sire Records]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Ice-T|Tracy Lauren Marrow]]|[[Afrika Islam|Charles Andre Glenn]]|[[James Brown]]|[[Fred Wesley]]|Charles A. Bobbit}}
| Composer = [[Ice T|Ice-T]]
| Label = [[Sire Records|Sire]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Afrika Islam]]|[[Ice-T]]}}
| prev_title = [[What Ya Wanna Do]]
| Producer =
| Tracks = 13
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = [[Dick Tracy (single)|Dick Tracy]]
| prev = "Lethal Weapon"
| prev_no = 3
| next_year = 1990
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|v7djYYE63Ug|"You Played Yourself"}}}}
| next = "Peel Their Caps Back"
| next_no = 5
| Misc =
}}
}}
"'''You Played Yourself'''" is a song performed by American recording artist [[Ice-T]]. It was released on April 5, 1990, as a [[Single (music)|single]] from the rapper's third studio album ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say]]'' through [[Sire Records]]. The song was written and produced by Ice-T and [[Afrika Islam]], who sampled [[James Brown]]'s "The Boss", which was written by James Brown, Charles Bobbit and [[Fred Wesley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/Ice-T/You-Played-Yourself/|title=You Played Yourself by Ice-T on WhoSampled|website=[[WhoSampled]]|access-date=February 26, 2018}}</ref> The single peaked at number 64 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].


==Background==
'''"You Played Yourself"''' is a 1990 rap single by [[Ice T]], from his third album ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say]]''.
The song tells details several failures through hubris. One goes uneducated thinking he is a gangster when really he is nothing. Another is a rapper who offends his fans because he thinks he is above them but they turn on him - he is left unemployed with no one because he has offended them all. Another is a drug addict, paranoid and doesn't eat. He rips off his family for drug money and they disown him. He then tries to do an armed robbery to get money but accidentally kills someone and ends up on death row.


==Track listing==
The song tells the story of a would-be rapper who goes uneducated thinking he is a gangster when really he is nothing. He offends his fans because he thinks he is above them but they turn on him - he is left unemployed with no one because he has offended them all. He becomes a drug addict, he is paranoid and doesn't eat. He rips off his family for drug money and they disown him. He then tries to do an armed robbery to get money but accidentally murders someone and ends up on death row.
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = [[7"]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]] version)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = You Played Yourself
| length1 =
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ice-T|T. Marrow]]|[[Afrika Islam|C. Glenn]]|[[James Brown|J. Brown]]|C. Bobbit|[[Fred Wesley|F. Wesley]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Afrika Islam]]|[[Ice-T]]}}
| title2 = My Word Is Bond
| length2 =
| writer2 = {{hlist|T. Marrow|C. Glenn}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Afrika Islam|Ice-T}}
| total_length =
}}
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = [[12-inch single|12"]], [[Maxi single]] (UK version)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = You Played Yourself
| note1 = Remix
| length1 =
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ice-T|T. Marrow]]|[[Afrika Islam|C. Glenn]]|[[James Brown|J. Brown]]|C. Bobbit|[[Fred Wesley|F. Wesley]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Afrika Islam]]|[[Ice-T]]}}
| title2 = You Played Yourself
| note2 = Instrumental)(Remix
| length2 =
| writer2 = {{hlist|T. Marrow|C. Glenn|J. Brown|C. Bobbit|F. Wesley}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Afrika Islam|Ice-T}}
| title3 = You Played Yourself
| note3 = LP Version
| length3 =
| writer3 = {{hlist|T. Marrow|C. Glenn|J. Brown|C. Bobbit|F. Wesley}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Afrika Islam|Ice-T}}
| title4 = Freedom Of Speech
| note4 = featuring [[Jello Biafra]]
| length4 =
| writer4 = T. Marrow
| extra4 = {{hlist|Afrika Islam|Ice-T}}
| total_length =
}}
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = 12", Maxi single
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = You Played Yourself
| note1 =
| length1 = 4:12
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ice-T|T. Marrow]]|[[Afrika Islam|C. Glenn]]|[[James Brown|J. Brown]]|C. Bobbit|[[Fred Wesley|F. Wesley]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Afrika Islam]]|[[Ice-T]]}}
| title2 = Freedom Of Speech
| note2 = featuring [[Jello Biafra]]
| length2 = 4:10
| writer2 = T. Marrow
| extra2 = {{hlist|Afrika Islam|Ice-T}}
| title3 = You Played Yourself
| note3 = Remix
| length3 = 5:10
| writer3 = T. Marrow
| extra3 = {{hlist|Afrika Islam|Ice-T|[[DJ Aladdin]] <small>(add.)</small>|[[King Tee]] <small>(add.)</small>}}
| title4 = You Played Yourself
| note4 = Dub
| length4 = 4:30
| writer4 = T. Marrow
| extra4 = {{hlist|Afrika Islam|Ice-T|DJ Aladdin <small>(add.)</small>|King Tee <small>(add.)</small>}}
| total_length =
}}


==Personnel==
[[Ice T]] finishes the rap with the words:
* [[Ice-T|Tracy Lauren Marrow]] – lyrics, vocals, producer, arranging
:''You thought you could do dope and still stay cool?''
* [[Jello Biafra|Eric Reed Boucher]] – guest vocals <small>on "Freedom Of Speech"</small>
:''Fooool''
* [[Evil E|Eric Garcia]] – scratches
* [[Afrika Islam|Charles Andre Glenn]] – producer, programming
* [[DJ Aladdin|Alphonso Henderson]] – additional producer (re-mixing)
* [[King T|Roger McBride]] – additional producer (re-mixing)
* Tom Baker – mastering
* [[Glen E. Friedman]] – photography
* Frank Mike Jones – photography

==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1990)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{singlechart|UK|64|artist=Ice-T|song=You Played Yourself|date=1990-02-17|access-date=2018-02-26}}
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
{{Ice T}}
*{{Discogs master|107609|You Played Yourself}}


{{Ice-T}}
[[Category:American hip hop songs]]
[[Category:1990 singles]]


[[Category:Ice-T songs]]
{{hip-hop-song-stub}}
[[Category:1989 songs]]
[[Category:1990 singles]]
[[Category:Sire Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ice-T]]
[[Category:Songs written by Afrika Islam]]
[[Category:Songs written by Fred Wesley]]
[[Category:Songs written by James Brown]]

Latest revision as of 19:00, 13 April 2023

"You Played Yourself"
Single by Ice-T
from the album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!
B-side
  • "Freedom Of Speech"
  • "My Word Is Bond"
ReleasedApril 5, 1990
Recorded1989
Studio
Genre
Length4:12
LabelSire Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ice-T singles chronology
"What Ya Wanna Do"
(1989) 		"You Played Yourself"
(1990) 		"Dick Tracy"
(1990)
Music video
"You Played Yourself" on YouTube

"You Played Yourself" is a song performed by American recording artist Ice-T. It was released on April 5, 1990, as a single from the rapper's third studio album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say through Sire Records. The song was written and produced by Ice-T and Afrika Islam, who sampled James Brown's "The Boss", which was written by James Brown, Charles Bobbit and Fred Wesley.[1] The single peaked at number 64 in the UK.

Background

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The song tells details several failures through hubris. One goes uneducated thinking he is a gangster when really he is nothing. Another is a rapper who offends his fans because he thinks he is above them but they turn on him - he is left unemployed with no one because he has offended them all. Another is a drug addict, paranoid and doesn't eat. He rips off his family for drug money and they disown him. He then tries to do an armed robbery to get money but accidentally kills someone and ends up on death row.

Track listing

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7" (UK version)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Played Yourself"
 
2."My Word Is Bond"
  • T. Marrow
  • C. Glenn
  • Afrika Islam
  • Ice-T
 
12", Maxi single (UK version)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Played Yourself" (Remix)
 
2."You Played Yourself" (Instrumental)(Remix)
  • T. Marrow
  • C. Glenn
  • J. Brown
  • C. Bobbit
  • F. Wesley
  • Afrika Islam
  • Ice-T
 
3."You Played Yourself" (LP Version)
  • T. Marrow
  • C. Glenn
  • J. Brown
  • C. Bobbit
  • F. Wesley
  • Afrika Islam
  • Ice-T
 
4."Freedom Of Speech" (featuring Jello Biafra)T. Marrow
  • Afrika Islam
  • Ice-T
 
12", Maxi single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."You Played Yourself"
4:12
2."Freedom Of Speech" (featuring Jello Biafra)T. Marrow
  • Afrika Islam
  • Ice-T
4:10
3."You Played Yourself" (Remix)T. Marrow
5:10
4."You Played Yourself" (Dub)T. Marrow
  • Afrika Islam
  • Ice-T
  • DJ Aladdin (add.)
  • King Tee (add.)
4:30

Personnel

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Chart positions

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Chart (1990) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 64

References

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  1. ^ "You Played Yourself by Ice-T on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
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