Games People Play | |
Cover: | Games_people_play_cover.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Alan Parsons Project |
Album: | The Turn of a Friendly Card |
B-Side: | The Ace of Swords |
Released: | November 1980[1] |
Length: |
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Label: | Arista |
Producer: | Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson |
Prev Title: | The Turn of a Friendly Card |
Prev Year: | 1980 |
Next Title: | Time |
Next Year: | 1981 |
"Games People Play" is a 1980 song by the Alan Parsons Project. It peaked at No. 16 on 14 March 1981 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as No. 18 on Cash Box.[2] [3] It appears on the album The Turn of a Friendly Card and was sung by Lenny Zakatek.
The single version of the song features two edits, one during the instrumental section preceding the guitar solo, and another shortening the guitar solo. It is also sped up slightly. The "single edit" included on the deluxe anniversary edition of The Turn of a Friendly Card from 2015 is edited differently and presented at the original pitch, so it is not the actual single version.
Chart (1980/1981) | Peak position | |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] | 95 | |
Canada (RPM Magazine)[5] | 9 | |
United States (Billboard Hot 100) | 16 |
Year-end chart (1981) | Rank | |
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US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[6] | 66 | |
Canada (RPM Magazine)[7] | 90 |
Country | Date | |
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United States | November 1980 | |
United Kingdom | January 1981 |