Play the Game
Queen Lyrics
Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, everybody play the game
Of love
When you're feeling down and your resistance is low
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game everybody play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping trough my veins (play the game)
Driving me insane
Play the game, play the game, play the game, play the game
Play the game
Everybody play the game of love
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, yeah, play the game of love
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free, free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, play the game of love
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Written by: Freddie Mercury
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"Play the Game" is a song by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury. It is the first track on the first side of their 1980 album The Game. It commences with a series of overlapping rushing noises on an Oberheim OB-X synthesizer, heralding the band's acceptance of electronic instruments into their once explicitly "no synths" sonic repertoire. They played it in their live shows from 1980 to 1982. The single was a hit in Queen's home country reaching #14 in the charts. In America, however, it gained small response at reaching only #42. Read Full Bio"Play the Game" is a song by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury. It is the first track on the first side of their 1980 album The Game. It commences with a series of overlapping rushing noises on an Oberheim OB-X synthesizer, heralding the band's acceptance of electronic instruments into their once explicitly "no synths" sonic repertoire. They played it in their live shows from 1980 to 1982. The single was a hit in Queen's home country reaching #14 in the charts. In America, however, it gained small response at reaching only #42.
The song features a considerably soft vocal by Freddie complimented by a strong G4 rising in pitch all the way to a C5 in chest voice, contrary to the other C5s being hit in falsetto. He also played piano on the track.
The B-side, "A Human Body", has never appeared on any Queen album, but was finally released on CD format in the 2009 box set Queen Singles Collection Volume 2.
The cover of the single, as well as its promotional video, marked the first time Freddie Mercury appeared in either format with what later became his trademark moustache. The video is also notable in that Brian May did not use his trademark Red Special guitar, instead using a Fender Stratocaster replica made by Satellite. This was likely due to the risk of damage involved in the shot in which Mercury snatches the guitar away from May, then appears to throw it back to him.
The song features a considerably soft vocal by Freddie complimented by a strong G4 rising in pitch all the way to a C5 in chest voice, contrary to the other C5s being hit in falsetto. He also played piano on the track.
The B-side, "A Human Body", has never appeared on any Queen album, but was finally released on CD format in the 2009 box set Queen Singles Collection Volume 2.
The cover of the single, as well as its promotional video, marked the first time Freddie Mercury appeared in either format with what later became his trademark moustache. The video is also notable in that Brian May did not use his trademark Red Special guitar, instead using a Fender Stratocaster replica made by Satellite. This was likely due to the risk of damage involved in the shot in which Mercury snatches the guitar away from May, then appears to throw it back to him.
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Lyrics
Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, everybody play the game
Of love
When you're feeling down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game everybody play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping trough my veins
Driving me insane
Play the game, play the game
Play the game, play the game
Play the game everybody play the game of love
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game everybody play the game of love
Your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, play the game of love
RetroTechNerd
Things I love about this video:
1) Brian, John, & Roger are dressed nicely and Freddie is dressed in a t-shirt
2) at 2:10 Deacon refuses to sing & continues silently playing his base guitar
3) Freddie jumping onto Taylor's drums
4) Freddie stealing May's guitar & throwing it back at him
Why did ~500 people dislike this video?
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Lyrics
Open up your mind, and let me step inside
Rest your weary head, and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy, all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Everybody, play the game of love, yeah
When you're feeling down, and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette, and let yourself go
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world, all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Everybody, play the game of love, ooh, yeah
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins (Play the game)
Driving me insane (Come, come, come, come)
Come play the game, play the game, play the game
Play the game
Everybody, play the game of love
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world (free world), all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, yeah
Everybody, play the game of love
Your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world (free world), all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Everybody play the game of love
Rita
Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, everybody play the game
Of love
When your feeling down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game everybody play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping trough my veins
Driving me insane
Play the game, play the game
Play the game, play the game
Play the game everybody play the game of love
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game everybody play the game of love
Your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, play the game of love
ᄋᄋ
Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It’s so easy when you know the rules
It’s so easy all you have to do
Is fall in love, play the game
Everybody play the game of love
When you’re feeling down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life, don’t play hard to get
It’s a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game, everybody play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins (play the game)
Driving me insane, Come, come, come, come
Play the game, play the game, play the game, play the game
Play the game, everybody play the game, of love
This is your life don’t play hard to get
It’s a free (free) world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game (yeah) , play the game of love
Your life - don’t play hard to get
It’s a free( free) world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game - everybody play the game
Adrian Simpson
Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy all you have to do
Is fall in love
Play the game
Everybody play the game of love
Ooh yeah
When you're feeling down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game - yeah
Everybody play the game of love
Ooh yeah
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins
Play the game
Driving me insane
Come come come come come play the game
Play the game play the game play the game
Play the game
Everybody play the game of love
This is your life, don't play hard to get
It's a free free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game
Yeah play the game of love
Your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game yeah everybody play the game of love
Maynard Martinez
Queen videos shouldn't have dislike button
Will Moats
I just don't think there's an asshole out there to hit, the unlike button.
JustAFan333
He he he WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?
Karveka
This did not age quite so well.
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Leonard Salinas
My dad saw Queen live during The Game Tour at the young age of 10 with his brother back in 1980 in Vancouver he remembers Freddie asking people what he thought of his moustache and people cheered and booed at the same time
to which he replied “i don’t give a fuck, it’s my moustache and I’m keeping it the way it is”
Kurdi hermawan
@Barbara May his moustache is to cover his front teeth
I_Am_A_Robot Robot
sounds like Freddie. R.I.P
TheAwesomeGM
@Barbara May no, they actually did one more tour after that, the Hot Space tour.