music.wikisort.org - Composition"The Game of Love" is a 1965 song by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, released in the United States as "Game of Love".
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"The Game of Love" |
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B-side | "Since You've Been Gone" |
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Released | January 22, 1965 (UK) February 1965 (US) |
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Genre | Beat, garage rock, blues rock |
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Length | 2:04 |
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Label | Fontana |
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Songwriter(s) | Clint Ballard Jr. |
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Track listing
Original version
Side ATitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "The Game Of Love" | C. Ballard Jr | 2:04 |
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Side BTitle | Writer(s) |
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2. | "Since You've Been Gone" | Eric Stewart, Glyn Ellis, Bob Lang | 1:55 |
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US re-pressing
Side ATitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Game Of Love" | C. Ballard Jr | 2:04 |
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Side BTitle | Writer(s) |
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2. | "One More Time" | Stewart, Ellis | 2:06 |
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Chart history
The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 week of April 24, 1965 and No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1965.
Weekly charts
Chart (1965) |
Peak position |
Canada RPM Top Singles[1] |
3 |
Ireland (IRMA)[2] |
10 |
Germany GFK Top Singles[3] |
19 |
South Africa (Springbok)[4] |
19 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5] |
2 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] |
1 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[7] |
1 |
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Year-end charts
Chart (1965) |
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UK [8] |
44 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] |
34 |
U.S. Cash Box [10] |
53 |
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Tex Pistol version
"The Game of Love" |
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 Single cover |
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B-side | - "Boot Heel Drag" (12" only)
- "W.11 to Whangaroa Bay"
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Released | 1987 |
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Genre | Pop, rock |
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Label | Pagan Records |
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Songwriter(s) | Clint Ballard Jr. |
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Producer(s) | Ian Morris |
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"The Game of Love" (1987) |
"Nobody Else" (1988) |
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"Game of Love" at NZ on Screen |
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The song was covered in 1987 by New Zealand musician Ian Morris, under the stage name Tex Pistol[11] and released as "The Game of Love".
Background
Morris was looking for a "more commercial" follow up to his Tex Pistol debut single "The Ballad of Buckskin Bob". He had begun work on a cover of The Underdog's "Sitting In The Rain" when advertising music collaborator Jim Hall suggested "The Game of Love" as a good song to cover. Morris "immediately knew how it would sound". He credits its success to "a combination of technology of the time and a good simple song".[12]
The song is notable for its unusual drum sound. Morris had been working on the audio for a card ad at the time. His curiosity piqued by a supplied video clip of a racecar going over a hill, Morris recorded the sound, sped it up, and mixed it with a clip of a snare drum.[13][14]
The song also features Callie Blood, Morris's later collaborator on advertising jingles, on backing vocals.
Track listing
Side ATitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "The Game of Love" | C. Ballard Jr | |
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Side BTitle | Writer(s) |
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2. | "Boot Heel Drag" (12" release only) | | |
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3. | "W.11 to Whangaroa Bay" | Morris | |
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Charting and awards
The song went to number 1 on the New Zealand music charts.[15] According to Morris's brother Rikki Morris, the song was a surprise hit and so the 500 pressed copies sold out, meaning that the single hit number one but could not remain there.[14]
The reworking of the song gave Morris a 1987 RIANZ award for best engineer and a nomination for best producer. The song was accompanied by a video by then-teenager Paul Middleditch that was also nominated for best video and is now considered one of the highlights of New Zealand 80s music-video making.[16]
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