Playing With the Boys

~ Recording by Kenny Loggins

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XE1986-05-07
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 70296
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 70296
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)546713T
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)070296 2
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 40323
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)SC 40323
1.3Playing With The Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)28AP 3210
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)40-70296
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)32DP 490
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (made in Japan)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 40323
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (special expanded edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1999-08-31
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 65554
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
CK (bootleg label)CK 65554
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (special expanded edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CS 65554
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (special expanded edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)498207 2
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsMusic From and Inspired by Top Gun (deluxe edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • GB2006-05-29
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)519952
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (special expanded edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2007-09-04
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
3.11Playing With the Boys3:55Kenny LogginsAmerican Anthems IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-11-14
Cleveland International Records, EMI TV, Rhino (reissue label), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697930642
1.8Playing With The Boys4:00Kenny LogginsPlaylist: Kenny Loggins the Rock 'N' Roll Years, 1979-1988Kenny LogginsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-05-29
SBME Special Markets888751499829
3.12Playing With the Boys4:00Kenny Loggins100 Hits: The Best Rock and Power Ballads AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Demon Music GroupDMGN 100 205
1.7Playing With the Boys4:00Kenny Loggins100 Hits: The Best Soft Rock AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-03-08
Demon Music GroupDMGN100220
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (special expanded edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • AU2018-04-06
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)19075842912
3.14Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsThe Hits Album: The Soft Rock AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-08-02
  • GB2019-08-02
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)19075973872
2.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Limited EditionHarold FaltermeyerAlbum + Soundtrack
  • XW2024-03-11
La‐La Land Records (soundtracks)LLLCD 1606
1.17Playing With the Boys3:56Kenny LogginsMastermix Classic Cuts, Volume 114: At the MoviesVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationMusic Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC114
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + SoundtrackColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK-40323
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Promotion
1.7Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop GunHarold FaltermeyerAlbum + Soundtrack
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
Bootleg
1.7Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Complete Original Motion Picture ScoreHarold FaltermeyerAlbum + Soundtrack
RDAF CD
10.4Playing With the Boys3:55Kenny Loggins80’s Giga Hits CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2008
1.3Playing With the Boys3:57Kenny LogginsTop Gun: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + SoundtrackMC (Polish bootleg label)M-83
(unknown)
1.3Playing With the Boys3:59Kenny LogginsTop Gun – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Expanded Edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)498207 2, COL 498207 2
1.11Playing With the Boys3:50Kenny LogginsForever Greatest HitsKenny LogginsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

additional engineer:Gordon Fordyce (engineer and producer)
engineer and mixer:Brian Malouf
executive producer:Michael Dilbeck
producer:Jerry Bruckheimer
Don Simpson (American film producer, screenwriter, and actor)
Peter Wolf (Austrian classical/jazz composer/producer, keyboards for Zappa)
bass guitar:Nathan East
guitar and lead vocals:Kenny Loggins
synthesizer:Steven Wood (US soundtrack composer, member of Honk)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1986)
recorded at:Bill Schnee Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:Playing With the Boys

Playing With the Boys

writer:Kenny Loggins
Ina Wolf
Peter Wolf (Austrian classical/jazz composer/producer, keyboards for Zappa)
publisher:Ensign Music Corporation (in 1986)
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1986)
Kikiko Music (in 1986)
Milk Money Music (in 1986)
Petwolf Music (in 1986)