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The Game

The Game
Queen’s 1980 album contained songs with simpler arrangements than previous albums, The Game propelled Queen into global megastars on the back of two massive US No.1 hits, the rock-a-billy flavoured ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ and the heavy funk of ‘Another One Bites The Dust’. Despite being recorded at separate sessions over the space of twelve months it maintains slick cohesive ‘feel’.

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Tracks
1. Play The Game (Mercury)
2. Dragon Attack (May)
3. Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon)
4. Need Your Loving Tonight (Deacon)
5. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury)
6. Rock It (Prime Jive) (Taylor)
7. Don’t Try Suicide (Mercury)
8. Sail Away Sweet Sister (To the Sister I Never Had) (May)
9. Coming Soon (Taylor)
10. Save Me (May)

Did You Know?
1. First album to be recorded in two separate recording sessions. (Queen usually completed albums in one time period)
2. The Game was the first Queen album to use synthesizers
3. The album provided queen with their biggest us and biggest hit singles in ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’ (2 million US radio plays) and ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ and it was the band’s first No.1 album in us.
4. ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ was such a colossal hit it topped rock, pop, and black and soul charts and was one of 3 singles to achieve platinum award status in USA
5. The Game was the first Queen album to be released on CD format

Album Details
Release Date – UK 30 June 1980 / US 30 June 1980
Highest Chart Position – UK No.1 / US No.1
Number Of Weeks On Chart – UK 18 / US 43
Producers – Queen and Mack
Engineer – Mack
Recorded At – Musicland
Date Recorded – June-July 1979 and February-May 1980
Artwork Concept – Queen
Award Status – Platinum (UK) Platinum (US)

Singles
Crazy Little Thing Called Love / b-side We Will Rock You (live) (UK) / Spread Your Wings (live)
Release Date – UK 5 October 1979 / US 7 December 1979
Highest Chart Position – UK No.2 / US No. 1

Save Me / b-side Let Me Entertain You (live)
Release Date – UK 25 January 1980
Highest Chart Position – UK No. 11

Play The Game / b-side A Human Body
Release Date – UK 30 May 1980
Highest Chart Position – UK 14

Another One Bites The Dust
b-side Dragon Attack (UK) / Don’t Try Suicide (USA)
Release Date – UK 22 August 1980 / US 12 August 1980
Highest Chart Position – UK No.7 / US No.1

Need Your Loving Tonight / b-side Rock It (Prime Jive)
Release Date – US 18 November 1980
Highest Chart Position – US No.44

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