Play No Games

2015 single by Big Sean featuring Chris Brown and Ty Dolla Sign

"Play No Games"

Single by Big Sean featuring Chris Brown and Ty Dolla Sign

from the album Dark Sky Paradise

Released

September 22, 2015

Recorded

2014

Genre

Hip hop
new jack swing
R&B

Length

3:37

Label

GOOD
Def Jam

Songwriter(s)

Sean Anderson
Dwane Weir
Justin Johnson
Christopher Brown
Tyrone Griffin
Timothy Gatling
Gene Griffin
Aaron Hall
Edward Riley

Producer(s)

Key Wane
Jay John Henry

Big Sean singles chronology

"Back Up"
(2015)

"Play No Games"
(2015)

"Champions"
(2016)

Chris Brown singles chronology

"Zero"
(2015)

"Play No Games"
(2015)

"Player"
(2015)

Ty Dolla Sign singles chronology

"Fakin'"
(2015)

"Play No Games'"
(2015)

"Saved"
(2015)

"Play No Games" is a song by American rapper Big Sean from his third studio album Dark Sky Paradise (2015). It features American singers Chris Brown and Ty Dolla Sign with production handled by Key Wane and Jay John Henry. "Play No Games" also samples Guy's 1988 hit single "Piece of My Love." "Play No Games" was sent to US urban contemporary radio on September 22, 2015, as the album's fifth official single.^[1] The song peaked at number eight on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart while peaking at number 84 and number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, respectively.^[2]

Music video

Directed by Mike Carson and inspired by the popular sitcom Martin, the music video for "Play No Games" premiered at the BET Awards on June 28, 2015 and features French Montana, Sevyn Streeter, Reginald Ballard (in character as Bruh Man) singing Ty Dolla Sign's vocals, along with an appearance by the sitcom's title character, Martin Lawrence.^[3]

Charts

Chart (2015–16)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	84
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[5]	28
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)^[6]	8
US Rhythmic (Billboard)^[7]	15

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[8]	Platinum	1,000,000^‡
^‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Urban/UAC Future Releases".
^ "Big Sean". Billboard.
^ "Big Sean Visits the '90s With 'Martin'-tastic Video 'Play No Games'". Fuse.
^ "Big Sean Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Big Sean Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Big Sean Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay)". Billboard.
^ "Big Sean Chart History (Rhythmic)". Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ "American single certifications – Big Sean – Play No Games". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

Music video on YouTube

Big Sean

Studio albums

Finally Famous (2011)
Hall of Fame (2013)
Dark Sky Paradise (2015)
I Decided. (2017)
Double or Nothing (with Metro Boomin) (2017)
Detroit 2 (2020)

EPs

What You Expect (with Hit-Boy) (2021)

Mixtapes

Finally Famous Vol. 3: Big (2010)
Detroit (2012)

Singles

"My Last"
"Marvin & Chardonnay"
"Dance (Ass)"
"Mercy"
"Clique"
"Guap"
"Switch Up"
"Beware"
"Fire"
"I Don't Fuck with You"
"Paradise"
"Blessings"
"One Man Can Change the World"
"Play No Games"
"Champions"
"Bounce Back"
"Moves"
"Jump Out the Window"
"Miracles (Someone Special)"
"Pull Up N Wreck"
"So Good"
"Single Again"
"Bezerk"
"Deep Reverence"
"Wolves"
"Hate Our Love"
"Precision"

Featured singles

"Lay It on Me"
"Till I Die"
"Naked"
"My Homies Still"
"As Long as You Love Me"
"Burn"
"Show Out"
"All That (Lady)"
"Wild"
"Right There"
"Sorry"
"All Me"
"Detroit vs. Everybody"
"Open Wide"
"B Boy"
"How Many Times"
"Back Up"
"Workin"
"Holy Key"
"I Think of You"
"Feels"
"Alone"
"Big Bank"
"None of Your Concern"
"I Do It"
"Way Out"
"Easy Lover"

Promotional singles

"I Do It"
"Oh My"
"What Yo Name Iz?"
"Control"
"Best Mistake"

Other songs

"See Me Now"
"Paper, Scissors, Rock"
"Don't Like.1"
"Sanctified"
"All Your Fault"
"Research"
"No Favors"
"Sacrifices"
"Go Legend"

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Slime & B	"Go Crazy" "City Girls"
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Ty Dolla Sign

Discography

Studio albums

Free TC (2015)
Beach House 3 (2017)
Featuring Ty Dolla Sign (2020)

Collaborative albums	MihTy (with Jeremih) (2018) Cheers to the Best Memories (with Dvsn) (2021) Vultures 1 (with Kanye West as ¥$) Vultures 2 (with Kanye West as ¥$)