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{{short description|Song by American R&B singer Chuckii Booker}}
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Infobox song
| Name = Games
| Cover = ChuckiiBookerGames.jpeg
| name = Games
| cover = ChuckiiBookerGames.jpeg
| Artist = [[Chuckii Booker]]
| alt =
| Album = [[Niice 'n Wiild]]
| type = single
| A-side =
| artist = [[Chuckii Booker]]
| B-side =
| album = [[Niice 'n Wiild]]
| Released = October 1992
| released = October 1992
| Format = [[12"]]
| recorded = 1992
| Recorded = 1992
| studio =
| Genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| venue =
| genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| Length = 5:26 <small>(Album version)</small><br/>4:13 <small>(Radio edit)</small>
| length = 5:26 <small>(Album version)</small><br/>4:13 <small>(Radio edit)</small>
| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Writer = Chuckii Booker, [[Gerald Levert]], C.J. Anthony
| writer = Chuckii Booker, [[Gerald Levert]], C.J. Anthony
| Producer = Chuckii Booker
| producer = Chuckii Booker
| Certification =
| prev_title = Touch
| Last single = "Touch"<br/>(1989)
| prev_year = 1989
⚫
| next_title = I Should Have Loved You
| This single = "'''Games'''"<br/>(1992)
| next_year = 1993
⚫
| Next single = "I Should Have Loved You"<br/>(1993)
}}
}}


"'''Games'''" is a song by American R&B singer [[Chuckii Booker]], from his second studio album ''[[Niice 'n Wiild]]''. The single spent one week at number-one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and peaked at number sixty-eight on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=70}}</ref>
"'''Games'''" is a song by American R&B singer [[Chuckii Booker]], from his second studio album ''[[Niice 'n Wiild]]''. The single spent one week at number-one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart and peaked at number sixty-eight on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=70}}</ref> It was sampled in ''[[Return of the Mack]]'' by Mark Morrison in 1996.


==Charts==
Until [[Trey Songz]]'s song "[[I Invented Sex]]" from 2009-2010, "Games" was the most recent song to peak at number-one on the U.S. ''Billboard'' R&B chart while failing to reach the Top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.


===Weekly charts===
In 1995, [[The Luniz]] sampled the song on the track "Playa Hater" from the album ''[[Operation Stackola]]''.
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|68|artist=Chuckii Booker|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 19, 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Chuckii Booker|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 19, 2021}}
|}


===Year-end charts===
In 1996, [[Mark Morrison]] sampled Booker's "Games" in his 1996 hit song, "[[Return of the Mack]]".
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1992/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1992|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 19, 2021}}</ref>
| 42
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1993)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 19, 2021}}</ref>
| 52
|}


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:1992 singles]]
[[Category:1992 singles]]
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[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]
[[Category:Atlantic Records singles]]

Latest revision as of 04:53, 30 August 2024

"Games"
Single by Chuckii Booker
from the album Niice 'n Wiild
ReleasedOctober 1992
Recorded1992
GenreR&B
Length5:26 (Album version)
4:13 (Radio edit)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Chuckii Booker, Gerald Levert, C.J. Anthony
Producer(s)Chuckii Booker
Chuckii Booker singles chronology
"Touch"
(1989) 		"Games"
(1992) 		"I Should Have Loved You"
(1993)

"Games" is a song by American R&B singer Chuckii Booker, from his second studio album Niice 'n Wiild. The single spent one week at number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and peaked at number sixty-eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was sampled in Return of the Mack by Mark Morrison in 1996.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 68
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1992) Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 42
Chart (1993) Position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 52

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 70.
  2. ^ "Chuckii Booker Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Chuckii Booker Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
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