Head Games (song)

"Head Games"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Head Games
B-side"Do What You Like"
ReleasedNovember 2, 1979 (US)[1]
February 29, 1980 (UK)[2]
RecordedEarly 1979
GenreHard rock
Length3:26 (single)
3:37 (album)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Lou Gramm, Mick Jones
Producer(s)Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald
Foreigner singles chronology
"Dirty White Boy"
(1979)
"Head Games"
(1979)
"Love On The Telephone"
(1979)
Music video
"Head Games" on YouTube

"Head Games" is the title-cut and second single taken from the band Foreigner's third release. It was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and released primarily in the U.S. in November 1979 while at the same time, "Love On The Telephone" was being released elsewhere. The song's b-side, "Do What You Like" uses multi-layered harmony vocals along the lines of their earlier single, "Cold as Ice."

  1. ^ "Foreigner singles".
  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 38.