The Song
The Single
The Lyrics
The Story
The MIDI
"Play the Game"
Written by: Freddie Mercury
Sung by: Freddie Mercury
Song Length: 3:27
Appears on: The Game, Greatest Hits
Released: May 30, 1980
B-Side: A Human Body
Chart Position: 14
Weeks On Chart: 8
Released: June 6, 1980
B-Side: A Human Body
Chart Position: 42
Weeks On Chart: 9
The most accurate, up-to-date lyrics for this song are provided courtesy Queenwords.
"Play the Game" was the first song released by Queen that featured the new technology of the snythesizer.
The song, and its album The Game were the advent of synthesizers in Queen songs. This angered many fans.
Well, there are two good MIDI files for this song. The first features percussion.
However, the second has the intro, but no drums.