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"Love Games" | ||||
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Single by Level 42 | ||||
from the album Level 42 | ||||
B-side | "Forty Two" | |||
Released | 27 March 1981 [1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:04 | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Mike Vernon | |||
Level 42 singles chronology | ||||
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