The Name of the Game by ABBA

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Written by: Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus
Language: English
Released on: The Name of the Game
Single
October 17, 1977
Other release: ABBA the Album
Album
December 12, 1977
Chart placings: #1 in United Kingdom
#2 in Belgium - October 22, 1977
#2 in Netherlands
#2 in Sweden
#3 in Norway
#4 in New Zealand
#6 in Switzerland
#7 in Germany
#12 in Austria
#12 in United States
Tags: hit song
Rating: (best version)
Licensing: Request a synchronization license

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The Name of the Game written by Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
The Name of the Game	ABBA	October 17, 1977	First release Sampled by The Fugees featuring A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and Forté Hit song
The Name of the Game	Top of the Pops	October 1977
The Name of the Game	Springbok	October 1977
The Name of the Game	Bingos	1977
The Name of the Game	The Hiltonaires [DE]	1977
The Name of the Game	[Disc Jockey Studio Artists] (Robert Schröder)	1978
The Name of the Game	The Carnabees ‎	1979
The Name of the Game	The Sessionmen (MFP Studio Artists)	1979
Name of the Game	Krista	1979	Unverified
The Name of the Game	Any Trouble	June 27, 1980	Live
The Name of the Game	Irma	1992
The Name of the Game	Shaynie & Fifi '95	1995
The Name of the Game	Abbacadabra [GB]	1996
The Name of the Game	SAS Band	1997
The Name of the Game	A*Teens	July 1, 1999
The Name of the Game	Lisa Stokke and Nicolas Colicos	November 1, 1999
The Name of the Game	Martha Wainwright	1999
The Name of the Game	Abbaration	2000
The Name of the Game	Nils Landgren Funk Unit	April 1, 2004
The Name of the Game	Pamela McNeill	2004
The Name of the Game	Sydney Youngblood	November 25, 2005
The Name of the Game	Eurosonic	June 6, 2006
The Name of the Game	Cotton Club Singers	2006	Live
The Name of the Game	Studio 99	2006
The Name of the Game	Avid All Stars	2007
The Name of the Game	Amanda Seyfried	July 2008	Editor's cover song pick
The Name of the Game	Claudia Barbosa	2011
Name of the Game	The Hit Co. (Planet Music Studio Artists)	2012
Name of the Game	Cool Sensation (Open Records Studio Artists)	August 8, 2014
The Name of the Game	Any Vegetable	2016	Unverified
The Name of the Game	Cherade	2017	Unverified
The Name of the Game	Lily James	July 13, 2018
The Name of the Game	Cher	September 21, 2018	Editor's cover song pick
The Name of the Game	Cinerama	December 7, 2018
The Name of the Game	Block & Crown, Lissat	February 19, 2021

The Name of the Game written by Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	The Name of the Game	Franck Pourcel et son grand orchestre	1977
i	The Name of the Game	Bernard Ebbinghouse	1978
i	The Name of the Game	Gunter Noris and His Dance Band (Günter Noris)	1978	Unverified
i	The Name of the Game	Richard Clayderman	1993
i	The Name of the Game	Spectrum [US2]	July 1996
i	The Name of the Game	Andy Findon	2000
i	The Name of the Game	James Last	2001
i	The Name of the Game	Stefan Nicolai	2003
i	The Name of the Game	The Sunset Lounge Orchestra	2010
i	The Name of the Game	Siddhi J Sundt	2012
i	The Name of the Game	8 Bit Arcade	September 5, 2020

Was ist das für ein Spiel? written by Michael Kunze German

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Was ist das für ein Spiel?	Peggy Pollow & Ulrich Allroggen	June 21, 2004	First live performance on November 3, 2002 First release Live

Hai ye pyar ghazab written by Amit Khanna Hindi

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Hai ye pyar ghazab	Salma & Sabina Agha	1981	First release

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