"Games People Play" is a 1980 song by

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. It peaked at No. 16 on 14 March 1981 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart as well as No. 18 on ''

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''. It appears on the album ''

The Turn of a Friendly Card ''The Turn of a Friendly Card'' is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980 by Arista Records. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up in ...

'' and was sung by

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Single version

The single version of the song features two edits, one during the instrumental section preceding the guitar solo, and another shortening the guitar solo. It is also sped up slightly. The "single edit" included on the deluxe anniversary edition of ''

'' from 2015 is edited differently and presented at the original pitch, so it is not the actual single version.

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References

1980 singles 1980 songs The Alan Parsons Project songs Songs written by Alan Parsons Songs written by Eric Woolfson Arista Records singles Song recordings produced by Alan Parsons {{1980s-rock-single-stub