A Simple Game

"A Simple Game"
Single by The Moody Blues
A-side	"Ride My See-Saw"
Released	12 October 1968
Recorded	18 July 1968, Decca Studios, London
Label	Deram
Writer(s)	Mike Pinder
Producer(s)	Tony Clarke

"A Simple Game" is a 1968 song by the progressive rock band The Moody Blues. Written and sung by Mike Pinder, it was released as a non-album B-side to "Ride My See-Saw", a track from the album In Search of the Lost Chord. The song was produced by Tony Clarke and arranged by Arthur Greenslade. The track was later covered by The Four Tops, and their version was issued as a single in the United States in January 1972, reaching #90 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song had already been issued as a single in Britain in September 1971, having reached #3 in the UK and #14 in Ireland.

Personnel

Mike Pinder: mellotron, piano, lead vocals
Justin Hayward: acoustic & electric guitars, backing vocals
John Lodge: bass guitar, backing vocals
Ray Thomas: tambourine, backing vocals
Graeme Edge: drums

Four Tops version

"A Simple Game"

Single by Four Tops

B-side

"You Stole My Love" (UK)
"L.A. (My Town)" (U.S.)

Released

September 1971 (UK)
January 1972 (U.S.)

Format

Vinyl record (7-inch single)

Recorded

Wessex Studios, London, England, 5 May 1970

Genre

Pop, R&B, soul

Label

Tamla Motown (UK)
Motown (U.S.)

Four Tops chronology

"MacArthur Park (Part II)"
(1971)

"A Simple Game"
(1971)

"You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart"
(1971)

The Four Tops released a cover version in the UK in 1971. The single peaked at position three on the chart. The song's B-side for the UK release was "You Stole My Love", a song written by Justin Hayward and Tony Clarke.

The song was released as a single in the U.S. in 1972, stalling on the chart at position 90. The B-side, which differed from its UK counterpart, was a song called "L.A. (My Town)".

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1971/72)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart^[1]	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles^[2]	34
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	90

References

↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. HIT Entertainment.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006. Record Research.

The Moody Blues

Graeme Edge Justin Hayward John Lodge Ray Thomas Mike Pinder Denny Laine Clint Warwick Rodney Clark Patrick Moraz

Studio albums	The Magnificent Moodies Days of Future Passed In Search of the Lost Chord On the Threshold of a Dream To Our Children's Children's Children A Question of Balance Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Seventh Sojourn Octave Long Distance Voyager The Present The Other Side of Life Sur la Mer Keys of the Kingdom Strange Times December

Live albums	Caught Live + 5 A Night at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Hall of Fame Lovely to See You: Live Live at the BBC: 1967-1970 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970

Compilations	This Is The Moody Blues Voices in The Sky: The Best of The Moody Blues Prelude Greatest Hits Time Traveller The Best of The Moody Blues Anthology Gold An Introduction to The Moody Blues

Singles	"Go Now" "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" "Nights in White Satin" "Tuesday Afternoon" "Voices in the Sky" "Ride My See-Saw" "Never Comes the Day" "Watching and Waiting" "Question" "The Story in Your Eyes" "Isn't Life Strange" "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" "Driftwood" "Gemini Dream" "The Voice" "Talking Out of Turn" "Blue World" "Sitting at the Wheel" "Your Wildest Dreams" "The Other Side of Life" "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" "No More Lies" "Say It with Love" "Bless the Wings (That Bring You Back)" "English Sunset"

Related articles	Band members Discography Justin Hayward and Friends Sing the Moody Blues Classic Hits Moody Bluegrass

Four Tops

Abdul "Duke" Fakir Ronnie McNeir Roquel Payton Harold Bonhart Levi Stubbs Renaldo "Obie" Benson Lawrence Payton Theo Peoples

Studio albums	Four Tops (1964) Four Tops Second Album (1965) On Top (1966) Reach Out (1967) Yesterday's Dreams (1968) The Four Tops Now! (1969) Soul Spin (1969) Still Waters Run Deep (1970) Changing Times (1970) Nature Planned It (1972) Keeper of the Castle (1972) Main Street People (1973) Meeting the Minds (1974) Night Lights Harmony (1975) Catfish (1976) The Show Must Go On (1977) At The Top (1978) Tonight! (1981) One More Mountain (1982) Back Where I Belong (1983) Magic (1985) Hot Nights (1986) Indestructible (1988)

Albums with The Supremes	The Magnificent 7 (1970) The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) Dynamite (1971)

Other albums	The Ultimate Collection (1997)

Singles (US/UK Top Ten singles)	"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) "It's the Same Old Song" (1965) "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (1966) "Bernadette" (1967) "Walk Away Renée" (1967) "If I Were a Carpenter" (1968) "It's All in the Game" (1970) "Still Water (Love)" (1970) "A Simple Game" (1971) "Keeper of the Castle" (1972) "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (1973) "When She Was My Girl" (1981) "Loco in Acapulco" (1988)

Related topics	Discography Members Holland–Dozier–Holland The Supremes

Book:Four Tops

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