The Name of the Game (ABBA song)

For other uses, see Name of the Game (disambiguation).

"The Name of the Game"
Single by ABBA
from the album The Album
B-side"I Wonder (Departure) (Live version)"
Released17 October 1977 (Sweden)[1]
14 October 1977 (UK)[2]
14 October 1977 (US) [3]
Recorded31 May 1977
at Marcus Music Studio
Genre
Length4:51 (album version)
3:58 (US Promo Edit)
2:50 (Test Pressing Edit)
LabelPolar (Sweden)
Epic (UK)
Atlantic (US)
Songwriter(s)Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Stig Anderson
Producer(s)Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
ABBA singles chronology
"That's Me"
(1977) 		"The Name of the Game"
(1977) 		"Take a Chance on Me"
(1978)
Music video
"The Name of the Game" on YouTube

"The Name of the Game" is a 1977 song by Swedish pop group ABBA, released as the first single from the group's fifth studio album, ABBA: The Album (1977). It became a UK number one, topping the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in November 1977.[4]

  1. ^ "ABBA - The Name Of The Game". 45cat.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ "ABBA - The Name Of The Game". 45cat.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ "ABBA - The Name Of The Game". 45cat.com. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 345–6. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.