"Trippin'" is a song by American R&B

Contemporary R&B

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 singer–songwriter Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton

Toni Michelle Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Braxton has won six Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, and five Billboard Music Awards and has sold over 60 million records worldwide...

 from her fifth studio album, Libra (2005). Written by Bryan-Michael Cox, Kendrick Dean

WyldCard

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, Johntá Austin

Johnta Austin

Johntá Austin is an American singer-songwriter, who is currently signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He is commonly known for collaborating with Producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri & The Production Team StarGate. Austin was awarded two Grammy Awards for his work on the songs...

, and Braxton and produced by Cox, the song was released to U.S. radio on September 26, 2005 as the album's second single

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. Like other singles from Libra, lack of promotion from Blackground Records

Blackground Records

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 affected the single's chart performance; it missed the Billboard Hot 100

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 and charted outside the top sixty of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

. Subsequently, no music video

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 was filmed for the single.

Track listing

German CD single

1. "Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works)" (Radio Edit) – 4:08
2. "Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works)" (Instrumental) – 4:06
3. "Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works)" (Album Version) – 4:05
4. "I Hate You" – 4:01
5. "Places" (iTunes
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    bonus track) – 4:02

Musicians

• Toni Braxton – vocals
  Singing
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  , backing vocals
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• Siete – guitar
  Guitar
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• Kendrick Dean
  WyldCard
  Kendrick J. Dean, also known as WyldCard, is an American Grammy Nominated musical composer, and record producer. He has co-written and co-produced singles including: Chris Brown's "Say Goodbye"; Danity Kane's "Ride For You"; Bobby Valentino's "How Bout It"; Toni Braxton's "Trippin'"; Mary J...
  
   – strings
  Strings (music)
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• Tamar Braxton
  Tamar Braxton
  Tamar Braxton-Herbert is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and reality television personality. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a founding member of the R&B group, The Braxtons. Braxton is the youngest sister of prominent R&B singer Toni Braxton.In 2011, Tamar Braxton reunited with her sisters,...
  
   – backing vocals
• Johnta Austin
  Johnta Austin
  Johntá Austin is an American singer-songwriter, who is currently signed to Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He is commonly known for collaborating with Producers Bryan-Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri & The Production Team StarGate. Austin was awarded two Grammy Awards for his work on the songs...
  
   – backing vocals

Production

• Bryan-Michael Cox – producer
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• Keri Lewis
  Mint Condition
  Mint Condition is an R&B band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were lead singer Stokley Williams, bassist Ricky Kinchen, guitarist Homer O'Dell, pianist Larry Waddell, keyboardist Keri Lewis, and keyboardist/saxophonist Jeffrey Allen...
  
   – co-producer
• Kendrick "WyldCard" Dean – additional producer
• Sam Thomas – engineer
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  , mixing
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Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
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Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
United States	September 26, 2005	Airplay	Blackground Blackground Records Blackground Records is an American record label owned by entertainment attorney and artist manager Barry Hankerson and his son Jomo Hankerson.-History:...
Germany	November 18, 2005	Digital EP Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Edel Edel Music -History:Edel Music was founded in 1986 by Michael Haentjes in Germany as a mail order record company selling mostly soundtracks. With artists such as Scooter, SASH!, Holly Johnson and many others, it became a very successful pop music label...
	December 9, 2005	CD single CD single A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...