"Games People Play" | ||||||||||
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Single by The Alan Parsons Project | ||||||||||
from the album The Turn of a Friendly Card | ||||||||||
B-side | "The Ace of Swords" | |||||||||
Released | December 1980 March 1981 |
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Format | 7" | |||||||||
Recorded | late 1979 to mid-1980 | |||||||||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||||||||
Length | 3:17 | |||||||||
Label | Arista | |||||||||
Producer | Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson | |||||||||
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Games People Play" is a 1980 song by the Alan Parsons Project. It charted at number 16 on the U.S. Billboard pop chart. It appears on the album The Turn of a Friendly Card and was sung by Lenny Zakatek.
The chorus was sampled for Soul Du Jour's dance song "Here We Go Again" in 2001, as well as Yung Berg & Twista's "Where Do We Go" in 2007.
The song was also covered in Spanish by the Asturian group "Cuélebre" in their album "Ave Fénix" under the title "Juegos de la gente".
The song also featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories as part of its soundtrack in the fictional pop radio station, Flash FM.
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