"She's Playing Hard to Get" is a song performed by American
contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.
The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythm ...
group
Hi-Five
Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet from Waco, Texas. Hi-Five had a No. 1 hit on ''Billboards Hot 100 in 1991 with "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)".
The band was formed in 1989 and consisted of founding and original members: Tony Thomps ...
, issued as the lead
single
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from their second studio album, ''
Keep It Goin' On
''Keep It Goin' On'' is the second studio album by the American band Hi-Five. Released on August 11, 1992 by Jive Records, The lead single "She's Playing Hard to Get" peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number two on the R&B s ...
''. The song peaked at #5 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1992.
A cover of this song, entitled "He's Playing Hard to Get", was released by British girl group
Solid Harmonie
Solid Harmonie (stylised as Solid HarmoniE, also known as SHE) are a British-American pop girl group. The group was moderately successful, releasing five singles and a self-titled album, before disbanding in 2000. They had the most success in ...
on
their debut album, but was not released as a single.
Music video
The official
music video
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for "She's Playing Hard to Get" was directed by
Lionel C. Martin
Lionel C. Martin is an American music video director, film director and VJ (media personality), VJ from Queens, Queens, New York. While he is known primarily as a music video director, he has also film director, directed the films ''Def Jam's How ...
.
Russell Neal does not appear in the video, as he left the group before the video was filmed.
Charts
References
External links
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1992 singles
1992 songs
Hi-Five songs
Jive Records singles
Music videos directed by Lionel C. Martin
New jack swing songs
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