Games People Play

song written and composed by Joe South; originally recorded by Joe South and released in 1968
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2509876
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Games People Play

Summary

Games People Play is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (298 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Games People Play's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Games People Play's genre is country music[4].
  • Games People Play was produced by Greg Lake[5].
  • Among the performers on Games People Play was Joe South[6].
  • Games People Play was performed by Dolly Parton[7].
  • Games People Play was performed by Inner Circle[8].
  • Games People Play's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[9].
  • Games People Play's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Games People Play's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Games People Play's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Games People Play'}[12].
  • Games People Play's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[14]

  • Genre(s): pop[15]

  • Community tags: adult contemporary, pop[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c40c6d23-a9fa-3120-a790-a4f3a8caa3f3[17]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Joe South[6], Dolly Parton[7], and Inner Circle[8]. Games People Play was produced by Greg Lake[5].

Publication

Games People Play's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is country music[4].

Why It Matters

Games People Play ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (298 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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MLA “Games People Play.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/games-people-play-q2509876-2.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_games-people-play-q2509876-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Games People Play}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/games-people-play-q2509876-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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