| Playing with the Boys | |
| Cover: | Playing with the Boys by Kenny Loggins.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kenny Loggins |
| Album: | Top Gun |
| Released: | August 1986 [1] |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Peter Wolf |
| Prev Title: | Danger Zone |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Meet Me Half Way |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
"Playing with the Boys" is a song by American singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins for the film Top Gun, featured in the beach volleyball scene toward the middle of the film prior to Maverick's (Tom Cruise) dinner date with Charlie (Kelly McGillis). It is available on both the original 1986 Top Gun soundtrack album and the 2000 expanded edition. The song peaked at No. 60 on the Billboard Hot 100. Loggins re-recorded the song in 2021 featuring Butterfly Boucher.[2]
Per Loggins's memoir, the song was a hit among gay nightclubs.[3] Spin magazine's interviewer Jonathan Cohen called it "a sort of gay anthem".[4]
Loggins performs the song in the middle of the men vs. women indoor volleyball game. In the end, the women won by 15–13.