Released 1986 Length 3:56 Producer(s) Peter Wolf | Genre Pop rock Label Columbia | |
Writer(s) Kenny Loggins, Peter Wolf, Ina Wolf | ||
"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).
"Playing with the Boys" is available on both the original 1986 Top Gun soundtrack album and the expanded edition.
This song was also used for many scenes in the 1990 beach volleyball film Side Out, starring C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton and Courtney Thorne-Smith.
The song was later used in the season 5 American Dad! episode "Phantom of the Telethon", in which the characters Greg and Terry stage a recreation of the volleyball scene from Top Gun, their favorite movie. The song was also used in season 7 Hawaii Five-0 episode 16, "Poniu I Ke Aloha (Crazy in Love)", where Steve, Danny and their girlfriends play volleyball, similar to the beach volleyball scene from the movie.