music.wikisort.org - Composition"Games People Play", also known as ""They Just Can't Stop It" The (Games People Play)", is a song recorded by American R&B vocal group The Spinners. Released in 1975 from their Pick of the Litter album, featuring lead vocals by Bobby Smith, it was a crossover success, spending a week at number one on the US Hot Soul Singles chart and peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Recorded at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios, the house band MFSB provided the backing.
1975 single by The Spinners
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B-side | "I Don't Want to Lose You" |
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Released | May 1975 |
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Genre | Philly soul |
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Length | 3:29 (7") 4:41 (album) |
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Label | Atlantic |
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Songwriter(s) | Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons |
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Producer(s) | Thom Bell |
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"Sadie" (1975) |
"Games People Play" (1975) |
"Love or Leave" (1975) |
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Female backing vocals on the song were performed by Carla L. Benson, Evette Benton, and Barbara Ingram, who together formed the legendary studio backing vocal group Sweethearts of Sigma. The female lead vocal on the track is by Miss Benton. This song was an RIAA certified million-seller for the Spinners.[2]
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Weekly charts
Chart (1975) |
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Canadian RPM Top Singles[3] |
21 |
US Billboard Hot 100[4] |
5 |
US Billboard Easy Listening[5] |
2 |
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles |
1 |
US Cash Box Top 100[6] |
2 |
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The Spinners |
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- Henry Fambrough
- C.J. Jefferson
- Marvin Taylor
- Jessie Robert Peck
- Ronnie Moss
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