This is the title track and first single from American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright's seventh album. Wainwright explained to UK newspaper The Sun that Out Of The Game has two meanings as an album title. "One is tongue-in-cheek, meaning 'I'm done with you, I'm turning 40 soon,'" he said, "while the other is literal, meaning 'I've lived in this game all my life and I'm freshly cooked and ready to go.'"
Actress Helena Bonham Carter co-stars with Wainwright in the song's music video. He told The Sun that he enjoyed the whole experience. Said the singer: "It features the two of us being naughty in the library. We have been friends for years. Not only is she very beautiful, very glamorous, but she is also incredibly funny. At the end of the video she is basically wearing a bra. So I very much appreciate her friendship for furthering my career!"
Wainwright told Drowned in Sound the song was influenced by "YouTube obsessed" youth. He said of the track: "For the first two verses I'm complaining, but in the third verse, it's tinged with envy as well," said Wainwright. "I'd like to be that age again and that silly, that excited about idiotic things. So I'm not being insensitive, just tired."
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