"Sugar Daddy" is a song co-written and recorded by singer

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. The song was co-written with

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, Tommy Brown and Thomas Lumpkins. This track appears on the 2018 album ''

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Chart performance

"Sugar Daddy" reached a peak of number 21 on the ''

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'' Adult R&B Airplay chart for the week of August 8, 2018.

Music video

The official music video for "Sugar Daddy" stars Macy Gray as a lounge singer, and

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co-stars as a slick nightclub patron. "Sugar Daddy" was created as a tribute to

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biopic ''Lady Sings the Blues'', which stars

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. It was directed by Christian Lamb and premiered in 2018 on

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Cast

as Lounge Singer *

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Charts

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References

External links

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