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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = You Played Yourself
| name = You Played Yourself
| Cover = You Played Yourself.jpg
| cover = You Played Yourself.jpg
| Cover size =
| alt =
| Caption =
| type = single
| Artist = [[Ice-T]]
| artist = [[Ice-T]]
| Album = ''[[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say]]''
| album = [[The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!]]
| A-side =
| B-side = {{hlist|"Freedom Of Speech"|"My Word Is Bond"}}
| B-side = "Freedom Of Speech"
| released = April 5, 1990
| recorded = 1989
| Released = April 5, 1990<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r412322|pure_url=yes}} |title="You Played Yourself" (Vinyl Single) |accessdate=2007-11-09 |last= |first= |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref>
| studio = {{hlist|Syndicate Studios West <small>([[Los Angeles, CA]])</small>|Wide Tracks <small>([[Los Angeles, CA]])</small>}}
| Format =
| Recorded =
| venue =
| Genre = [[West Coast hip hop]], [[gangsta rap]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[West Coast hip hop]]|[[gangsta rap]]}}
| Length =
| length = 4:12
| Label = [[Sire Records]]
| label = [[Sire Records]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Ice-T|Tracy Lauren Marrow]]|[[Afrika Islam|Charles Andre Glenn]]|[[James Brown]]|[[Fred Wesley]]|Charles A. Bobbit}}
| Writer = [[Ice-T]]
| Producer = [[Afrika Islam]]<br />[[Ice-T]]
| producer = {{hlist|[[Afrika Islam]]|[[Ice-T]]}}
| prev_title = [[What Ya Wanna Do]]
| Certification =
| prev_year = 1989
| Last single = "[[What Ya Wanna Do]]"<br />(1989)
| next_title = [[Dick Tracy (single)|Dick Tracy]]
| This single = "You Played Yourself"<br />(1990)
| next_year = 1990
| Next single = "[[Dick Tracy (single)|Dick Tracy]]"<br />(1990)
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|v7djYYE63Ug|"You Played Yourself"}}}}
| 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.

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. The track heavily samples "The Boss" by [[James Brown]] from the [[Black Caesar (film)]] soundtrack.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
===Side A===
| all_writing =
#"You Played Yourself" (Remix) — [[DJ Aladdin]], [[King Tee]]
| headline = [[7"]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]] version)
#"You Played Yourself" (Remix Instrumental) — DJ Aladdin, King Tee
| 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 =
}}


===Side B===
==Personnel==
* [[Ice-T|Tracy Lauren Marrow]] – lyrics, vocals, producer, arranging
#<li value=3>"You Played Yourself" (LP Version)
#"Freedom Of Speech"
* [[Jello Biafra|Eric Reed Boucher]] – guest vocals <small>on "Freedom Of Speech"</small>
* [[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==
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|107609|You Played Yourself}}
* {{MetroLyrics song|ice-t|you-played-yourself}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


{{Ice T}}
{{Ice-T}}


[[Category:Ice-T songs]]
[[Category:Ice-T songs]]
[[Category:1990 singles]]
[[Category:1989 songs]]
[[Category:1989 songs]]
[[Category:1990 singles]]
[[Category:Sire Records singles]]
[[Category:Sire Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ice-T]]
[[Category:Songs written by Ice-T]]
[[Category:Gangsta rap songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Afrika Islam]]
[[Category:Songs written by Fred Wesley]]
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[[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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