1977Released
4:53

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Interesting facts and trivia about The Name Of The Game. By Songfacts®.

Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson were both admirers of Stevie Wonder and had been listening to his then-current album Songs In The Key Of Life. They began work on a new song, with a working title "A Bit Of Myself," in which the bass line was similar to a slowed down version of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish." This formed the core of the song and the rest was then built up as a 6-part harmony structure, becoming their most complex composition yet. When the band's manager Stig Anderson heard the backing track, he suggested "The Name Of The Game" as the song's new title. It topped the UK charts but in all the other territories where ABBA were at the time successful it fell short of the top spot.

The Fugees sampled the bass and synthesizer from this for their 1997 hit "Rumble In The Jungle." This was the first time ABBA allowed one of their songs to be sampled.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of The Name Of The Game.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
77BPM

Album

The album The Name Of The Game is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released The Name Of The Game.
Polar Music International AB
© 2001 Polar Music International AB
This Compilation ℗ 2001 Polar Music International AB

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