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"Play the Game" is a song by British rock band Queen, written by Freddie Mercury. It is the first track on the first side of their 1980 album The Game. It also appears on their Greatest Hits album. The song commences with a series of overlapping rushing noises on an Oberheim OB-X synthesiser, heralding the band's acceptance of electronic instruments into their once explicitly "no synths" sonic repertoire. They played it in their live shows from 1980-82. The single was a hit in Queen's home country reaching #14 in the charts. In America, it peaked at #42.
The song features a soft vocal by Mercury, ending with a strong G4 rising in pitch all the way to C5 in chest voice (contrary to the other C5s being hit in falsetto). Mercury also played piano on the track.
Later singles " It's a Hard Life" and " You Don't Fool Me" revisit the theme presented in "Play the Game", with Mercury writing from the same lover's perspective years later in the former song, and reflecting on the memories of the failed relationship in the latter. Both "Play the Game" and "It's a Hard Life" are of a similar structure, revolving around Mercury's piano playing and the band's multi-layered harmonies.
Play the Game, also known as Let's Play the Game, was one of the earliest game shows to be broadcast over an American television network, and the first known example of a television panel show. In 1941-42, CBS aired an early game show, CBS Television Quiz.
Play the Game is a 2009 romantic comedy film starring Andy Griffith, Paul Campbell, Liz Sheridan, Doris Roberts, and Marla Sokoloff, written and directed by Marc Fienberg. This was Andy Griffith's last film credit; he died on July 3, 2012.
Play the Game may refer to:
- Play the Game (2009 film), a 2009 romantic comedy film starring Andy Griffith
- Play the Game (2015 film)
- Play the Game (American game show), a 1946 TV game show
- Play the Game (Irish game show), a 1984-1995 TV game show
- "Play the Game" (song), a song by Queen
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Play The Game is an Irish televised game show version of charades which was broadcast by RTÉ from 1984 to 1994. The show was hosted by Ronan Collins and featured two teams, one captained by Twink and the other by Brendan Grace. Later versions of the programme had Derek Davis as captain of the men's team.
Play the Game is an international initiative and conference under the auspices of the Danish Institute for Sports Studies which aims to strengthen sport's ethical foundation and promote democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in sport. "Play the Game" is both the name given to the organisation and its biennial conferences. It has been described as a "watchdog that values integrity in both sport and the journalists that cover it". Play the Game is headquartered in the Danish city of Aarhus and is supported by yearly grants from the Danish Ministry of Culture through the Danish Institute for Sports Studies.
Play The Game! is a 2015 Austrian mystery thriller film portraying a series of events which take place in the context of a real-life game. It was written and directed by Jörg Helbig. The film uses elements of film noir and psychological thriller. It opened in Austria on June 16, 2015.