Games That Lovers Play (song)

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"Games That Lovers Play"
Games That Lovers Play - Eddie Fisher.jpg
Single by Eddie Fisher
from the album Games That Lovers Play
B-side "Mame"
ReleasedOctober 1966
Recorded1966
Genre Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Eddie Snyder, James Last, Larry Kusik, Rudolf Gunter-Loose
Producer(s) Al Schmitt
Eddie Fisher singles chronology
"Tonight"
(1961)
"Games That Lovers Play"
(1966)
"People Like You"
(1967)
"Games That Lovers Play"
Games That Lovers Play - Wayne Newton.jpg
Single by Wayne Newton
B-side "Half a World Away"
ReleasedOctober 1966
Recorded1966
Genre Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Eddie Snyder, James Last, Larry Kusik, Rudolf Gunter-Loose
Wayne Newton singles chronology
"Remember When"
(1965)
"Games That Lovers Play"
(1966)
"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife"
(1968)
"Games That Lovers Play"
Games That Lovers Play - Connie Francis.jpg
Single by Connie Francis
B-side "Spanish Nights and You"
ReleasedOctober 1966
Recorded1966
Genre Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Eddie Snyder, James Last, Larry Kusik, Rudolf Gunter-Loose

"Games That Lovers Play" is a popular song composed by James Last which became a hit for multiple artists in 1966 and 1967. The song has been recorded more than 100 times. [1]

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Renditions by Eddie Fisher, Wayne Newton, and Mantovani charted concurrently late in 1966 in the U.S., with Fisher's doing best, reaching number 45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [2] His and Newton's versions also charted on the Easy Listening chart, with Fisher's rendition reaching number two. His record also became a moderate hit in Canada. Nelson Riddle arranged it.

In early 1967, "Games That Lovers Play" became a hit for Donald Peers in the United Kingdom and for Connie Francis in South Africa, where it reached the Top 20. Her B-side, "Spanish Nights and You," became a pop (#99) and Easy Listening (#15) hit in the United States.

Chart history

Eddie Fisher
Chart (1966)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [3] 52
South Africa (Springbok) [4] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 45
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [6] 41
Wayne Newton
Chart (1966)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [7] 86
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 22
Mantovani and His Orchestra
Chart (1966)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 122
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [8] 93
Donald Peers
Chart (1966–67)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart (The Official Charts Company) [9] 46
Connie Francis
Chart (1966–67)Peak
position
South Africa (Springbok) [10] 17

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