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The Game of Love (feat. Michelle Branch) - Main / Radio Mix

2007Released
4:14

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Gregg Alexander, who records as The New Radicals ("You Get What You Give") wrote this song with Rick Nowels, whose co-writes include "Standing Still" for Jewel and "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" for Belinda Carlisle. Alexander recorded a demo, and the song sat around for about a year until Nowels' manager sent the song to Clive Davis, head of Arista Records, when Santana was looking for songs. With no Latin flavor, it was an unlikely song for Carlos Santana to record, but he went for it, making it the first single from his group's album Shaman, the follow-up to their 1999 blockbuster Supernatural.

This song is about the conflicted emotions that go along with love. The way this story plays out, it was love at first sight ("One kiss and boom you're the only one for me") but now they're apart. The soothing melody belies a dark lyric, as the singer seems kind of dependent: You roll me Control me Console me Please hold me You guide me Divide me into me She figures it's all in the game of love, but he might have other ideas.

Michelle Branch is the lead vocalist on this song. She earned an audition through the song's writer, Gregg Alexander, who suggested her - members of his band The New Radicals also played in Branch's touring band. "I didn't think I got it," Branch told Songfacts. "I was really nervous. I went on tour and thought that was the end of it, and then I got a call saying they loved my version and they had decided that I was the singer. The next thing you know, I was going to Chicago to film the music video. The first time I met Carlos was on set for 'The Game Of Love.'"

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