Songoftheday 6/29/18 - I can tell by the look in her eyes that she's into me, 'cause when she passes by and say "Hi" I can tell by her smile...

"She's Playing Hard To Get" - Hi-Five
from the album Keep It Goin' On (1992)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 16

Today's song of the day comes from the soul vocal group Hi-Five, who had scored a pair of big pop hits from their debut album with "I Can't Wait Another Minute" and the #1 "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)", both in 1991. The following year, the young men led by singer Tony Thompson released their sophomore effort, Keep It Goin' On. Treston Irby, who had been around since the promotion of their first set, joined on as an official member. The first single was the lite new-jack-swing of "She's Playing Hard To Get". Written by producer Timothy Allen along with William Walton, the smooth harmonies returned them to the top of the charts yet again...

"She's Playing Hard To Get" became Hi-Five's third (and last) top ten pop hit in the U.S. in October of 1992. The single spent two weeks at #2 on Billboard's R&B chart as well. Internationally, the single reached the top-40 in New Zealand (#14) and Canada (#25), and was a minor hit in Australia (#46) and the UK (#55).

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Here's the group appearing on Arsenio Hall to perform the song (the group suffered from a car accident right after the album came out, with "Pooh" Clark paralyzed and leaving them a quartet)...

And performing live in Brooklyn in 2013, after the death of Thompson...

And in 2016 on stage...

Up tomorrow: California duo search for some, well, accomodations.