| "Solitaire" | |
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| Song by Neil Sedaka | |
| from the album Solitaire/Neil Sedaka | |
| Released | 1972 |
| Recorded | June 1972 |
| Studio | Strawberry Studios, Stockport, England |
| Genre | Pop |
| Length | 5:02 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody |
| Producer(s) | Neil Sedaka |
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| Single by The Searchers | ||||
| B-side | "Spicks and Specks" | |||
| Released | February 1973 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody | |||
| Producer(s) | The Searchers | |||
| The Searchers singles chronology | ||||
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| Single by Andy Williams | ||||
| from the album Solitaire | ||||
| B-side | "My Love" | |||
| Released | September 7, 1973 | |||
| Length | 4:22 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard Perry, Jack Gold | |||
| Andy Williams singles chronology | ||||
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| Single by Carpenters | ||||
| from the album Horizon | ||||
| B-side | "Love Me for What I Am" | |||
| Released | July 18, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | Late 1974 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:40 | |||
| Label | A&M 1721 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Sedaka, Phil Cody | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard Carpenter | |||
| Carpenters singles chronology | ||||
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"Solitaire" is a ballad written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. Cody employs playing the card game of solitaire as a metaphor for a man "who lost his love through his indifference"—"while life goes on around him everywhere he's playing solitaire". The song is perhaps best known via its rendition by Carpenters. Another version by Andy Williams reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1973.