1
record label: MGM 12688
chart position: US #1, UK #1
written by: Carl Sigman and Charles Dawes
album: It's All in the Game
comments: [ballad]
Tommy Edwards
It's All in the Game
1958
MGM
2
record label: Aftermath
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #4
written by: The Game, 50 Cent, Dre and Cool
album: The Documentary
The Game featuring 50 Cent
Hate It or Love It
2005
Aftermath
3
record label: Jive 271
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #43, US AC #42
album: Hi Five
Hi-Five
I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)
1991
Jive
4
record label: G Unit 003913
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #5
written by: 50 Cent, The Game, Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo
album: The Documentary
The Game featuring 50 Cent
How We Do
2004
G Unit
5
record label: Congress 230
chart position: RandB #4, US #3
written by: Shirley Elliston & Linloon Chase
album: The Name Game
Shirley Ellis
The Name Game
1964
Congress
6
record label: Scope 2
chart position: UK #2
written by: Diana M. Bovell
album: Silly Games
comments: [Reggae]
Janet Kay
Silly Games
1979
Scope
7
record label: Motown 1164
chart position: RandB #6, US #24, UK #5, US AC #39
written by: Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
Four Tops
It's All in the Game
1970
Motown
8
record label: Rise 71958
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #4
written by: Amerie, Rich Harrison and Stanley Walden
album: Hitch soundtrack / Touch
Amerie
1 Thing
2005
Rise
9
record label: Atlantic 453284
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #52, US AC #2
written by: Joe Jefferson, Bruce Hawes & Charles Simmons
album: Pick Of The Litter
The Spinners
They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)
1975
Atlantic
10
record label: Motown 1196
chart position: UK #3, RandB #34, US #90
written by: Mike Pinder
album: Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
Four Tops
A Simple Game
1971
Motown
11
record label: Tamla 54143
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: The Marvelettes
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
1967
Tamla
12
record label: Biv Ten 374631242
chart position: RandB #4, US #15
written by: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Good Times
comments: [slow jam]
Subway featuring 702
This Lil' Game We Play
1995
Biv Ten
13
record label: Aftermath
chart position: RandB #12, US #32, UK #8
written by: The Game and Kanye West
album: The Documentary
The Game
Dreams
2005
Aftermath
14
record label: Horizon 12702
chart position: RandB #18, UK #17, US #60, US dance #42
written by: Yellow Magic Orchestra & Martin Denny
comments: [instrumental]
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Computer Game
1980
Horizon
15
record label: Sucka Free 76689
chart position: RandB #8, US #15
written by: N. "Fury" Loftin and Lil' Flip
album: U Gotta Feel Me
Lil' Flip
Game Over (Flip)
2004
Sucka Free
16
record label: Geffen 007799
chart position: RandB #33, UK #26 US #71
written by: The Game, Reefa, Danny Collington and Delroy Reid
album: Doctor's Advocate
The Game featuring Junior Reid
It's Okay (One Blood)
2006
Geffen
17
record label: Gamble 217
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders
(Love Is Like a) Baseball Game
1968
Gamble
18
record label: Atlantic 4882
chart position: RandB #1, US #68
written by: Chuckii Booker, Gerald Levert and C.J. Anthony
album: Niice 'N Wild
Chuckii Booker
Games
1992
Atlantic
19
record label: Geffen
chart position: RandB #55, US #46, UK #42
written by: The Game and Scott Storch
album: Doctor's Advocate
The Game
Let's Ride
2006
Geffen
20
record label: Capitol 5474
chart position: RandB #5, UK #36, US #103
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Can't Stop the Love
comments: [disco funk]
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Too Many Games
1985
Capitol
21
record label: Perspective 101581
chart position: US dance #1
written by: Trenita Womack
album: Put It on Paper
comments: [dance, house]
Ann Nesby
Lovin' Is Really My Game
2000
Perspective
22
record label: Sony BMG
chart position: US dance #1
written by: Bruce Roberts and Donna Summer
album: Crayons
Donna Summer
Fame (The Game)
2009
Sony BMG
23
record label: Columbia 05102
chart position: US dance #2
written by: Peter Brown and Robert Rans
Peter Brown
(Love Is Just) The Game
1984
Columbia
24
record label: Columbia 74255
chart position: US #58, UK #14
written by: Maurice Starr and Donnie Wahlberg
album: No More Games: The Remix Album
NKOTB
Games
1991
Columbia
25
record label: 20th Century 2361
chart position: RandB #8, US #101
written by: Barry White
album: Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
Barry White
Playing Your Game, Baby
1978
20th Century
26
record label: Def Jam 568927
chart position: RandB #78, US #105, UK #16
album: He Got Game
Public Enemy featuring Stephen Stills
He Got Game
1998
Def Jam
27
record label: Jive 1009
chart position: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Billy Ocean, Jolyon Skinner, Jonathan Butler and Wayne Brathwaite
album: An Imitation of Love
Millie Jackson
Love Is a Dangerous Game
1987
Jive
28
record label: Atlantic 1128
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Ollie Jones and Ivory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter
Love's a Hurting Game
1957
Atlantic
29
record label: Geffen
chart position: RandB #15, US #21, UK #34
written by: The Game, Dre, Cool, Eddie Montilla and Lil Wayne
album: LAX
The Game featuring Lil Wayne
My Life
2008
Geffen
30
record label: Cotillion 99968
chart position: RandB #14, US #70
written by: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Sneakin' Out
comments: [pop soul novelty]
Stacy Lattisaw
Attack of the Name Game
1982
Cotillion
31
record label: Fontana 874 190
chart position: US #86, US Dance #33, US AC #6
written by: Andy Connell and Corinne Drewery
album: Kaleidoscope World
comments: [jazz funk]
Swing Out Sister
Waiting Game
1989
Fontana
32
record label: 4th and Bway 116 (UK)
chart position: UK #32
written by: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Conscience
Womack & Womack
Life's Just a Ballgame
1988
4th and Bway
33
record label: Solar 70013
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Sid Johnson and Charles Muldrow
album: Circumstantial Evidence
Shalamar
Games
1987
Solar
34
record label: Rap A Lot
chart position: RandB #73, UK #34
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Dr. Dre, Scarface, Ice Cube and Richard Vick
album: The Untouchable
Scarface featuring Dr. Dre, Ice Cube & Too $hort
Game Over
1997
Rap A Lot
35
record label: Bell 1396(UK)
chart position: UK #33
written by: Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
album: Love Games
The Drifters
Love Games
1975
Bell
36
record label: Jive 70671
chart position: RandB #36, US #65, UK #33
written by: Scott Storch, R. Kelly and The Game (as Jayceon Taylor)
album: TP.3 Reloaded
R. Kelly featuring The Game
Playa's Only
2005
Jive
37
record label: Polydor 234 (UK)
chart position: UK #38
written by: Mark King and Phil Gould
album: Level 42
comments: [jazz funk]
Level 42
Love Games
1981
Polydor
38
record label: Tabu 10961
chart position: RandB #14, US Dance #14
written by: Belita Woods and Tranita Womack
album: Stormin'
Brainstorm
Lovin' Is Really My Game
1977
Tabu
39
record label: Geffen 011562
chart position: RandB #20, US #70
written by: Raheem DeVaughn , Carvin Haggins, Kristal Oliver, Ivan Barias and Johnnie Smith
album: LAX
The Game featuring Keyshia Cole
Game's Pain
2008
Geffen
40
record label: Kedar
chart position: RandB #14
written by: Erykah Badu, Bro Questlove, Richards Nichols, James Poyser and The Roots
album: Baduizm
comments: [neo soul]
Erykah Badu
Otherside of the Game
1997
Kedar
41
record label: Island
chart position: UK #46
written by: Amy Winehouse
album: Back to Black
Amy Winehouse
Love is a Losing Game
2007
Island
42
record label: MCA 1973(UK)
chart position: UK #38
written by: Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, David Guppy, Bobby Brown and Thomas Reyes
album: Bobby
Bobby Brown
Two Can Play That Game
1994
MCA
43
record label: No Limit 53462
chart position: RandB #31, US #62
written by: Fiend, Mystikal and Snoop Dogg
album: Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told
Snoop Dogg Da Game Is to Be Sold Not to Be Told
Woof
1999
No Limit
44
record label: Bad Boy 15819
chart position: RandB #68, US #65, UK #64
album: Duets: The Final Chapter
The Notorious B.I.G.
Spit Your Game (remix) - Hold Ya Head
2006
Bad Boy
45
record label: Jive 19059
chart position: UK #63
written by: Keith Diamond and Meekaaeel Muhammad
album: Richard Jon Smith
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
Richard Jon Smith
She's the Master of the Game
1983
Jive
46
record label: Big Beat 95864
chart position: US #84, UK #67
written by: Joe South
album: Reggae Dancer
comments: [reggae]
Inner Circle
Games People Play
1994
Big Beat
47
record label: Nautica 1301
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Balewa Muhammad, Ellison Kendrick and Tony Butler
album: Game
Game
All Night All Day
1992
Nautica
48
record label: Roc A Fella 572761
chart position: RandB #29, US #86
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Jay Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek and Ricardo Tho
album: The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel & Memphis Bleek
Change the Game
2001
Roc A Fella
49
record label: Elektra 69632
chart position: RandB #39, US #78, US AC #37
written by: Billy Livsey and Sue Shifrin
album: Take No Prisoners
Peabo Bryson
Take No Prisoners (In the Game of Love)
1985
Elektra
50
record label: Capitol 4198
chart position: US #79
written by: Vincent Montana Jr. and Ronnie Walker
Brown Sugar
The Game Is Over (What's the Matter with You)
1976
Capitol
51
record label: Geffen 008400
chart position: RandB #26
album: Doctor's Advocate
comments: [hip hop]
The Game ft. Kanye West
Wouldn't Get Far
2006
Geffen
52
record label: Loose Cannon 852706
chart position: RandB #39, US #92
album: Get U Open
comments: [hip hop]
Skindeep ft. Lil Kim of Junior M.A.F.I.A.
No More Games
1996
Loose Cannon
53
record label: Interscope 11211
chart position: RandB 55, US #93
comments: [hip hop]
The Game ft. 50 Cent
Westside Story
2004
Interscope
54
record label: 20th Century 2506
chart position: RandB #33
written by: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: Stephanie
comments: [ballad]
Stephanie Mills
Night Games
1981
20th Century
55
record label: Mercury 73719
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Glenn Dorsey
The Joneses
Name of the Game (Pt. 1)
1975
Mercury
56
record label: Phase One
chart position: RandB #53, US #115, UK #115
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Serani
No Games
2008
Phase One
57
record label: Polydor 2102
chart position: RandB #86 US #107
written by: Carl Sigman and Charles Dawes (as Charles G. Dawes)
album: And Once Again
Isaac Hayes
It's All in the Game
1980
Polydor
58
record label: Atco 6664
chart position: US #116
written by: Joe South
album: Instant Groove
King Curtis
Games People Play
1969
Atco
59
record label: Priority 53216
chart position: RandB #65, US #124
weeksinr&bchart: 11
album: Gamers
The Conscious Daughters
Gamers
1996
Priority
60
record label: J Records
chart position: RandB #41
Aretha Franklin With Fantasia
Put You Up On Game
2007
J Records
61
record label: Crew La Poo 714
chart position: RandB #42
weeksinr&bchart: 11
album: Penny
comments: [hip hop] (sample featuring Barry White)
Buffalo Soldiers
Playing Your Game
1991
Crew La Poo
62
record label: Prism 480
chart position: US Dance #30
written by: Curtis Hudson
album: Party On
comments: [disco dance]
Pure Energy featuring Lisa Stevens
Love Game
1983
Prism
63
record label: Atlantic 3803
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
album: Love Is a Waiting Game
comments: [disco dance]
Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson
Love Is a Waiting Game
1981
Atlantic
64
record label: Jubilee 5648
chart position: RandB #47
written by: Joe South
Donald Height
Games People Play
1969
Jubilee
65
record label: P.I.R. 5391
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Michael Burton and Phil Terry
album: Let 'Em In
Billy Paul
How Good Is Your Game
1977
P.I.R.
66
record label: Roadrunner
chart position: UK #161
album: The Seventh Deadly Sin
comments: [hip hop]
Ice-T
Valuable Game
1999
Roadrunner
67
record label: Columbia 42704
chart position: RandB #55
album: The Best Man: Music from the Motion Picture
Maxwell
Let's Not Play the Game
1999
Columbia
68
record label: Geffen
chart position: RandB #57
written by: The Game, Raheem DeVaughn, Larrance Dopson, Lamar Edwards and Curtis Mayfield
album: LAX
comments: [album cut]
The Game featuring Raheem DeVaughn
Touchdown
2008
Geffen
69
record label: Restless O216 1
album: I Want It All
comments: [hip hop]
Warren G. ft. Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg & Xzibit
Game Don't Wait
2000
Restless O
70
record label: Spring 172
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Jerry Weaver
Joe Simon
You Didn't Have to Play No Games
1977
Spring
71
record label: Interscope 10541 1
chart position: RandB #64
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: Almost Famous
comments: [hip hop]
Eightball featuring P. Diddy
Stop Playin' Games
2001
Interscope
72
record label: Alston 3745
chart position: RandB #68
written by: Trenita Womack and Belita Woods
Betty Wright
Lovin' Is Really My Game
1979
Alston
73
record label: LaFace 26009
chart position: RandB #69
written by: Jermaine Dupri, Lisa
album: CrazySexyCool
TLC
Kick Your Game
1995
LaFace
74
record label: Warner 27831
chart position: RandB #71
written by: Morris Day, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Daydreaming
comments: [ballad]
Morris Day
Love Is a Game
1988
Warner
75
record label: AandM 395
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Freddie Washington, Raymond Jones and Portia Griffin
album: Wanna Play Your Game
Joyce Kennedy
Wanna Play Your Game
1985
A&M
76
record label: Luke Records 1651
chart position: RandB #75
written by: Pretty Tony (as Tony Butler [Anthony Ray Butler]) and B. Mohammed
album: Games
Trinere
Games
1991
Luke Records
77
record label: Source 41013
chart position: RandB #81
written by: Chuck Brown, John Buchanan, Leroy Fleming, Curtis Johnson, Donald Tillery and Jerry Wilder
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Game Seven
1979
Source
78
record label: Playboy 6046
chart position: RandB #83
written by: Leonard Casten, Anita Poree
Bobby Taylor
Why Play Games
1975
Playboy
79
record label: UGK 88697 47471 2
chart position: RandB #84
written by: Bun B (as Bernard
album: UGK 4 Life
comments: [hip hop]
UGK
Da Game Been Good To Me
2009
UGK
80
record label: Columbia 78383
chart position: RandB #84
written by: Jermaine Dupri and Kino Watson
album: True 2 the Game
Kino Watson
Game Recognize Game (Whatcha Want)
1996
Columbia
81
record label: Hollywood 64031
chart position: RandB #85
weeksinr&bchart: 4
O
In The Game
1999
Hollywood
82
record label: Nastymix 76997
chart position: RandB #86
written by: Sir Mix a Lot
album: Seminar
Sir Mix a Lot
I Got Game
1990
Nastymix
83
record label: Island 49531
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Smokey Robinson
Grace Jones
The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
1980
Island
84
record label: Warner Bros. 7798
chart position: RandB #88
written by: Barry White
album: Come On In Love
comments: [alias Jackie Lee]
Jay Dee
Strange Funky Games and Things
1974
Warner Bros.
85
record label: Ivory Tower 101
chart position: RandB #89
written by: The Jackson 5
M-D-L-T Willis
What's Your Game
1974
Ivory Tower
86
record label: Muscle Shoals Sound 2206
chart position: RandB #90
written by: Alonzo Jackson, Mel Stewart and Mike Carter
album: Games
Teen Dream
Games
1990
Muscle Shoals Soun
87
record label: The Fever 001
chart position: US Dance #60
written by: Kurtis Blow, Davy D (as David Reeves), Sal Abbatiello and William Waring
Sweet G
Games People Play
1983
The Fever
88
record label: Streamline
chart position: RandB #91, US #5, UK #19, US dance #1
written by: Lady Gaga and RedOne
album: The Fame
Lady Gaga
LoveGame
2009
Streamline
89
record label: Aftermath 005438
chart position: RandB #96
album: The Documentary
comments: [hip hop]
The Game
Put You On The Game
2005
Aftermath
90
record label: Roc A Fella 588766
chart position: RandB #99
weeksinr&bchart: 1
album: The Reason
comments: [hip hop]
Beanie Sigel ft. Jay-Z, Freeway & Lil Chris
Think It's a Game
2001
Roc A Fella
91
record label: Handshake 02852
chart position: US Dance #68
written by: Schultze, Korduletsch, Jones
comments: [disco dance]
Ronnie Jones
Video Games
1982
Handshake
92
record label: Def Jam
chart position: RandB #102
album: Let Freedom Reign
comments: [neo soul]
Chrisette Michele
Goodbye Game
2010
Def Jam
93
record label: Golden Boy
chart position: RandB #110
written by: Jerome Jefferson, Ted Howard and Terrence Jones Jr.
album: My Best
Tony Terry
Freaky Little Game
2001
Golden Boy
--
record label: Black Gold 3
Ronnie Shannon
Sweet Games of Love
1972
Black Gold
--
record label: Beverly Glen 10000
written by: Bobby Womack, Roger Dollarhide
album: The Poet...
comments: [album cut]
Bobby Womack
Games
1981
Beverly Glen
--
record label: Groovehall 001
written by: L. Wedgeworth
Larry Wedgeworth & Clique
No More Games
1980
Groovehall
--
record label: Perception 533
written by: P. Adams, F. Hauser
The Eight Minutes
Looking For A Brand New Game
1973
Perception
--
record label: Capitol 460
written by: Paul Gurwitz
album: Blu Blowin'
Peggi Blu
Two Can Play At That Game
1987
Capitol
--
record label: Polydor
written by: Joe South
album: Yes We Can
comments: [bayou funk]
Lee Dorsey
Games People Play
1970
Polydor
--
record label: UNI 55017
written by: J. Goldstein, R. Regan
comments: [deep soul]
Ural Thomas
Pain Is The Name Of Your Game
1967
UNI