"Thoia Thoing" is a song by American singer

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. It was written and produced by Kelly for his 2003 compilation album '' The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1''. The song was released as the album's lead single in July 2003 and peaked at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on a

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with " Step in the Name of Love" and in selected territories with "

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" (featuring

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), both lifted from his previous album ''

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'' (2003).

Music video

The music video for "Thoia Thoing" was directed by

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, who directed most of R. Kelly's videos at that time. R. Kelly's wife at that time,

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was the choreographer and main background dancer in the video.

Remixes

The official remix features Birdman and

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, and appears on the bonus CD of the DVD album '' The R. in R&B Video Collection''. The remix can also be found on the 2003 mixtape ''The Diplomats 5'' featuring

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Track listing

All tracks written by

; "Snake" co-written by Darian Morgan. Notes * denotes additional remix producer(s)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* 2003 songs 2003 singles R. Kelly songs Music videos directed by Director X Song recordings produced by R. Kelly Songs written by R. Kelly Jive Records singles {{2000s-US-single-stub