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{{Infobox song
| name = Same Script, Different Cast
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| artist = [[Whitney Houston]] & [[Deborah Cox]]
| album = [[Whitney: The Greatest Hits]]
| released = {{start date|2000|5|2}}<ref>{{cite magazine|title=AddVance Notice / Going for Adds|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|issue=1348|pages=59, 66|date=April 28, 2000}}</ref>
| recorded = March 2000▼
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
* * [[Soul music|soul]] | length = 4:58
| label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| writer =
* * [[Shep Crawford]] * [[Montell Jordan]] | producer = [[Shep Crawford]]
| misc = {{Extra chronology
▲ | artist = [[Whitney Houston]]
▲ | prev_title = [[Could I Have This Kiss Forever]]
▲ | next_title = [[Fine (Whitney Houston song)|Fine]]
▲ | next_year = 2000
| artist = [[Deborah Cox]]
| type = single
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"'''Same Script, Different Cast'''" is a song performed as a [[duet]] by American and Canadian [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singers [[Whitney Houston]] and [[Deborah Cox]]. The song was released as a [[single (music)|single]] in the United States on
The song incorporates a backing track of [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s "[[Für Elise]]" during the intro. The song was released as a radio-only promo single and hence no video was made. It was a minor hit on [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], peaking at number 70 while reaching number 14 on [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]. The song was also very successful on [[Hot Dance Club Play]], peaking at number 4.
== Critical reception ==
Jim Farber of New York Daily News wrote: "There's a nice tête- ... -tête with label mate Deborah Cox on "Same Script, Different Cast" which amounts to a grownup version of Brandy and Monica's "[[The Boy Is Mine (song)|The Boy Is Mine]]"<ref>{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Farber |title=Whitney Goes Half-wild Latest album set is 1 part bad ballads, and 1 part boogie bliss | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/whitney-half-wild-latest-album-set-1-part-bad-ballads-1-part-boogie-bliss-article-1.872163 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809141032/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/whitney-half-wild-latest-album-set-1-part-bad-ballads-1-part-boogie-bliss-article-1.872163 |archive-date=August 9, 2021 | ___location=New York | work=Daily News |date=May 16, 2000}}</ref> JAM! Music's Jane Stevenson preferred this duet: "Toronto's own Deborah Cox fares better with Houston on Same Script, Different Cast than Enrique Iglesias does on the soppy Could I Have This Kiss Forever (Metro Mix)."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/H/Houston_Whitney/AlbumReviews/2000/05/21/771101.html |title=CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Album Review: Whitney's greatest hits and misses |accessdate=2012-08-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130115101547/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/H/Houston_Whitney/AlbumReviews/2000/05/21/771101.html |archivedate=2013-01-15 }}</ref> USA Today's Steve Jones wrote that this collaboration is "most telling."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/53605510.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+9%2C+2000&author=Steve+Jones&pub=USA+TODAY&edition=&startpage=07.D&desc=Whitney%27s+%27Greatest%27+lined+up+in+smart+order | work=USA TODAY | first=Steve | last=Jones | title=Whitney's 'Greatest' lined up in smart order | date=9 May 2000}}</ref> Billboard called this song a special highlight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PA8EAAAAMBAJ|quote=Whitney Houston.|title=Billboard|date=20 May 2000|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> The Star-Ledger Newark, NJ wrote: "Same Script, Different Cast" isn't much of a song, but gives Houston and duet partner Deborah Cox an opportunity to engage in some thrilling vocal sparring."<ref name="SL">{{cite news|last=Lustig|first=Jay|title=The greatest hits of all, but the remix is just so-so|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_multi=STL2%7C&p_product=STLNP&p_theme=stlnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=whitney%20houston%20greatest%20hits%20AND%20date%281/1/2000%20to%2012/31/2001%29&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1/1/2000%20to%2012/31/2001%29&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=%28whitney%20houston%20greatest%20hits%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no|work=The Star-Ledger|accessdate=
they chose the same loser for a lover"; Barnes & Noble called this song my "man done me wrong" pairing. Essence review called this song special gem in which laides trade sassy lines. Vibe Magazine agreed. Orlando Sentinel editor wrote: "Same Script, Different Cast" plays like a conversation in a Broadway musical. In the song, Houston warns her friend that her current boyfriend eventually will break her heart."<ref>{{cite web|last=Galera|first=Christine|title=Whitney Houston: The Greatest Hits|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-06-30/entertainment/0006290574_1_whitney-houston-bodyguard-soundtrack-exhale|work=The Orlando Sentinel|accessdate=
== Track listings and formats ==
*'''US
:A: "Same Script, Different Cast" (Jonathan Peters Vocal Club Mix) — 9:35
:B: "Same Script, Different Cast" (Joe Smooth Slang Club Mix) — 5:49
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== Personnel ==
* Recorded by Anne Catalino at Enterprise Studios, LA, CA, & Crescent Moon Studios, Miami, FL
* Mixed by Peter Mokran at Enterprise Studios, LA, CA
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* Produced by [[Shep Crawford]]
* Tracked by
* Tracked by Jamie Seyberth at Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
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* Vocal arrangement: Whitney Houston, [[Shep Crawford]] & [[Kelly Price]]
* Guitar: Jay Williams
* All other instruments: [[Shep Crawford]] * Background vocals: [[Shep Crawford]], [[Deborah Cox]] & [[Shae Jones]]
== Charts ==
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