# Songs about games **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777 "2019-06-20T01:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/1 "2019-06-20T01:29:54Z")
I’m listening to the Flowerpornoes’ “Mikado” (sorry, no available link). Just like another German song, [Monopoli](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEijvApnVFk) by Klaus Lage, it’s a metaphorical song taking a popular game as a motive. Another one is “[Games Without Frontiers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xZmlUV8muY)” by Peter Gabriel, after the [European TV games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeux_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res) of the seventies. Then there are of course a myriad songs about card games, like every iteration of “[Stagger Lee/Stack O’ Lee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWM82eQKdQk)”. I don’t want to include sports. So what are others? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/2 "2019-06-20T01:42:46Z")
_[Centerfield](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq3hEMUeBGQ)_ - John Fogerty ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/3 "2019-06-20T01:50:11Z")
[The Turn of a Friendly Card](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgY7qYaoMWQ) - The Alan Parsons Project [Snakes and Ladders](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLvLCKRy6Jo) - Men At Work [Happy Families](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTAQr0qxsQ0) - XTC and everything on the [Pac-Man Fever](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_Fever_(album)) album by Buckner & Garcia. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/4 "2019-06-20T02:08:31Z")
Pinball Wizard, by The Who. I Lost at Jeopardy, by Weird Al. Devil Went Down to Georgia, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/5 "2019-06-20T02:32:40Z")
[_Shape of My Heart_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=pm3rDbXbZRI). [_The Gambler_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo). [_Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/6 "2019-06-20T02:34:49Z")
[Pᗣᗧ•••MᗣN Fever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-MONIvP6kI), natch. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/7 "2019-06-20T02:44:54Z")
[Footballers Have Feelings Too](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyhef_3ciFw) by Christian Fitness (sounds kinda like if John Cooper Clarke had a really powerful funk bass player backing him) ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/8 "2019-06-20T02:47:37Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [_The Gambler_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo) Also: [Still the Same](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZbk_5pbf0) - Bob Seger > [@](#): > > [_Do You Wanna Date My Avatar?_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=urNyg1ftMIU) Also: [Now You’re a Hero](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-9tAVmo4Y) - Reachground [It is Pitch Dark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE) - MC Frontalot (Your post spurred my memory) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/9 "2019-06-20T03:06:25Z")
[Queen of Hearts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0DK-0fIKCw) by Juice Newton One verse of [Desperado](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brhf7IdHZ10) by the Eagles [Dropkick Me, Jesus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsWg0bt9kp4) by Bobby Bare ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/10 "2019-06-20T03:07:14Z")
I guess lots of the songs in _Chess_ (which I haven’t seen) qualify, including the awesome “[One Night in Bangkok](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU)”. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/11 "2019-06-20T03:10:14Z")
There was “Vi spelar DotA” if you were in Scandinavia… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/12 "2019-06-20T03:26:51Z")
Dreadlock Holiday by 10CC. “I don’t like cricket; I love it” (Can’t link - on my phone at work) ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/13 "2019-06-20T07:05:16Z")
From rock band **UFO** there’s **Chains Chains** (_Jack of Diamonds is a gambling man…_) and famously **Motörhead** had **Ace of Spades**. If fortune telling counts as a game **Rainbow** had **Tarot Woman**. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/14 "2019-06-20T07:26:25Z")
Scottish new wave band **The Skids** (some members went on to become **Big Country** ) had a song called **Circus Games**. The lyrics referenced cards and gambling. **Queen** had **Play The Game** referencing the games lovers play. Swedish band **The Cardigans** had **My Favourite Game** which also referenced the game of love. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/15 "2019-06-20T07:41:31Z")
\*[Dun Ringill](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxcktkNSw38) \*by Jethro Tull (Poker, I think) _[Man on the Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxpNiF0YKs)_ by REM (Game of Life, Monopoly, 21, checkers, chess, Twister, Risk) [Risk!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9BW9lGRuPk) by The Spizzles [All I want For Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wwB6hGQtUY) by Half Man Half Biscuit (Scalextric and Subbuteo) _[Calistan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahC-zjVDqc)_ by Frank Black (pachinko, pachisi) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/16 "2019-06-20T08:09:44Z")
“Center Field” by John Fogarty. I thought Stagger Lee was about a gangster in turn-of-the-century St. Louis? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/17 "2019-06-20T08:20:12Z")
“Double Dutch” by Liz Phair ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/18 "2019-06-20T08:20:52Z")
“Counting Flowers on the Wall” by the Statler Brothers:. “Playing solitaire till dawn/with a deck of 51.” ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/19 "2019-06-20T09:58:25Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > “Double Dutch” by Liz Phair I believe it’s actually called _[Whip-smart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAqPG1a0uz0)_. It riffs off Malcolm McClaren’s _[Double Dutch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6Co7EMNCU)_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777/20 "2019-06-20T11:32:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [_The Gambler_](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo). At that, _Poker Face_ goes on and on about wanting to hold ‘em and fold ‘em (and bluffing and raising and so on and so forth). Plus mention of Russian Roulette! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-games/835777.md?page=2)