Paper (Queen Latifah song)

"Paper"
Single by Queen Latifah
from the album Order in the Court
ReleasedMay 5, 1998 (1998-05-05)
Recorded1997
StudioChung King Studios, New York City
GenreR&B, hip-hop
Length4:00
LabelMotown Records
Songwriter(s)Paco Michel, D. Owens, Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong
Producer(s)Pras Michel, Jerry Duplessis
Queen Latifah singles chronology
"Bananas (Who You Gonna Call?)"
(1998)
"Paper"
(1998)
Music video
"Paper" on YouTube

"Paper" is the second song of a double-A sided single from the American hip-hop artist Queen Latifah's 1998 album, Order in the Court. "Paper" is one of the first Queen Latifah songs that does not include any rapping. Essentially, "Paper" is a cover of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" with significantly altered lyrics. The song features Pras and background vocals by Jazz-a-Belle.