Playing With the Boys

About Playing With the Boys

"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. 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 Greg and Terry stage a recreation of the volleyball scene from Top Gun, their favorite movie. The song was also used in the season 7 Hawaii Five-0 episode "Poniu I Ke Aloha (Crazy in Love)", where Steve, Danny and their girlfriends play volleyball, also in a similar manner to the Top Gun beach volleyball scene. In the season nine episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, "The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6," the song is featured in a parody of the Top Gun scene in which Dennis and Mac, playing Martin Riggs and Roger Murtagh, play volleyball against two shirtless bodybuilders. In 2018, the song was used in the Family Guy episode "Veteran Guy." In 2019 the video game Rocket League used the song as its intro to its 1980's-themed, "Radical Summer" update. more »