User:Iboughttoomanygames/Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)

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"Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" is a song by American girl group Girlz 12. Released as the second single from their debut album in December 2016, it reached No. 2 in the United States and United Kingdom, and No. 7 in the Netherlands. It sold 2 million copies in the US.

Background
In 2016, Ayumi Oda, fresh off the success of CN Absolution Direction, decided to make a new group to be the spear counterpart of said band. This time, it would go a step further beyond CNAD's (at the time) 9 members, and be composed of 12 members. Oda combined three girl groups (Girlz with Mouthz, Girl Jam, and Girl Bomb), and G12 was formed with the members being Harley Quinn, Erin Esurance, Leopard/Doronjo, Zone-Tan, Hotaru Shidare, Minami Kousaka, Princess Bubblegum, Junko Enoshima, Yori Mishakuji, Totoko Yowai, Isuke Inukai, and Twilight Sparkle.

Critical reception
AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the "slick production adds luster to the singles "Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart)," making them as irresistible as pop can be." Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that the song "cruises at a sweet jeep/funk pace, leaving plenty of room for a romantic lead vocal and layers of smooth harmonies." The Day said that on "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)," "the girls embodied teen-dream vulnerability." People Magazine described it as a "peppy" ballad and noted that "despite a tinge of melancholy in the group's harmonies, one can't help smiling." Bob Waliszewski of Plugged In noted that on the song, "the singer longs to return to days before insensitivity and manipulation threatened to destroy the friendship." Porcys listed it at number 96 in their ranking of "100 Singles 2010-2019", noting it as a "clever" ballad.

Music video
The music video was filmed in Orlando, Florida on July 1, 2016. It was directed by Kai Sehr, and shows the group dancing and singing on a deserted basketball court at night. Halfway in the video, it begins to rain. As of February 2020, the video has over 88 million views on YouTube.

Initially, MTV was hesitant to air the video due to the girls taking their shirts off in the rain, but reluctantly embraced it after TRL viewership caught on with audiences. The music video premiered in December 2016 worldwide.

Track listing
CD
 * America
 * 1) "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" – 3:52
 * 2) "Let's Be Real" – 4:09


 * Japan and Korea
 * 1) "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" – 3:52
 * 2) "Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)" (Acoustic Version) – 4:02
 * 3) "Let's Be Real" – 4:09