Tongue Song

Not to be confused with Tongue (song).

"Tongue Song" is a song by American rapper Strings. Released as a single in July 2000, the song was supposed to be the lead single from Strings's debut album, "The Black Widow", but the album has never been released only the Listening Post Edition (Promo CD) and Sampler Copies were pressed. The single performed moderately on the east coast radio stations, peaking at twenty-four on Billboard's Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and thirteen on the Hot Rap Songs as well.

"Tongue Song"
Single by Strings
from the album The Black Widow
Released	July 4, 2000
Recorded	2000
Genre	Hip hop
Length	3:30
Label	Sweat, Epic
Songwriter(s)	Bob Robinson, Desmond Child, Marinna Teal, Mark Andrews, Robi Rosa, Steve Huff
Producer(s)	Steve Huff
Strings singles chronology
"Raise It Up" (1999) "Tongue Song" (2000) "Oh Yeah!" (2002)

Commercial performance

The song "Tongue Song" by Strings has been listed for 14 weeks on the Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart, a week on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chat and 8 weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart.

Track listings and formats

CD Single 2000

1. "Tongue Song" (LP Version) - 3:30
2. "Tongue Song" (Clean Version) - 3:29
3. "Tongue Song" (Instrumental) - 3:32
4. "Hey Ya" (LP Version) - 4:28
5. "Hey Ya" (Instrumental) - 4:28

U.S. Vinyl 2000

1. "Tongue Song" (Street Version) - 3:25
2. "Tongue Song" (Clean Version) - 3:28
3. "Tongue Song" (Instrumental) - 3:26
4. "Raise It Up" (LP Version) - 4:36
5. "Raise It Up" (Instrumental) - 6:01
6. "Don't Stop" (Clean Version) - 3:52

U.K. Promo CD 2000

1. "Tongue Song" (Clean Version) - 3:28
2. "Tongue Song" - 3:26

U.K. Promo Vinyl 2000

1. "Tongue Song"
2. "Tongue Song" (Clean)

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position	Ref.
US Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	24	[1]
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)	13	[2]
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales (Billboard)	30	[3]

References

1. "Tongue Song", Billboard, July 24, 2000.
2. "Tongue Song Chart History". www.billboard.com. July 2000. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
3. "Tongue Song", Billboard, July 24, 2000.