Same Script, Different Cast

"Same Script, Different Cast"
Single by Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox
from the album Whitney: The Greatest Hits
ReleasedMay 2, 2000 (2000-05-02)
Studio
  • The Enterprise (Los Angeles)
  • Crescent Moon (Miami, Florida)
Genre
Length4:58
LabelArista
Songwriters
ProducerShep Crawford
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"I Learned from the Best"
(1999)
"Same Script, Different Cast"
(2000)
"Could I Have This Kiss Forever"
(2000)
Deborah Cox singles chronology
"September"
(2000)
"Same Script, Different Cast"
(2000)
"Absolutely Not"
(2001)
Licensed audio
"Same Script, Different Cast" on YouTube

"Same Script, Different Cast" is a song performed as a duet by American and Canadian R&B singers Whitney Houston and Deborah Cox. The song was released as a single in the United States on May 2, 2000, by Arista Records. It features Houston playing the former lover of Cox's current boyfriend. Houston warns Cox of his hurtful ways, though Cox refuses to acknowledge it.

The song incorporates a backing track of Ludwig van Beethoven's "Für Elise" during the intro. It was released as a radio-only promo single and hence no video was made. The song was a moderate hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 70, while reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It was also successful on Billboard Dance Club Play chart, peaking at number four.