The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" is a 1967 single by Motown Records girl group The Marvelettes, from their self-titled album of the same year. It was written by Smokey Robinson of The Miracles, and reached number two on the Billboard R&B chart and number 13 on the Hot 100. The song's general message was to a lover. In the song, lead singer Wanda Young-Rogers (wife of Miracles member Bobby Rogers) talks about how she had been stalking and preying on her lover, in search of his "ways and habits" so she could master a plan on how to catch him. But soon, everything goes wrong when she is caught by her own trap.
[edit] Cover versions
| “The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game” | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||
| Single by Grace Jones from the album Warm Leatherette |
|||||
| B-side | "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game"(reggae version) | ||||
| Released | 1980 | ||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||
| Genre | Disco | ||||
| Length | A: 3.40, B: 3.15 | ||||
| Label | Island Records WIP6645 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Smokey Robinson | ||||
| Grace Jones singles chronology | |||||
|
|||||
The song has been covered by a number of contemporaneous and more recent recording artists, including:
- Barbara McNair recorded a version of the song for her 1968 Motown album "The Real Barbara McNair"
- Jimmy Mack & The Music Factory on Atlantic Records 45 45-2552 b-side circa 1968.
- Ella Fitzgerald on Ella in 1969.
- Jerry Garcia on Compliments in 1974, as "When the Hunter Gets Captured by the Game".
- Grace Jones on Warm Leatherette in 1980, also released as a single.
- Blondie, on The Hunter in 1982.
- Massive Attack, with Tracey Thorn on vocals, on the Batman Forever soundtrack in 1995.
- Nedelle.
- George Clinton sings a line from "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" on his single "Loopzilla."
 |
This 1960s pop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
