100 Best Songs With Games in the Title
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Musicians have the uncanny ability to conceive thoughts into insightful lyrics. Singers and songs writers have expressed profound thoughts about different games. Although certain songs are actually associated with games, majority of songs that mention games in the title are a metaphorical representation on a wide range of emotions. Varied meanings, attributes, and interpretations are portrayed with the use of the word “game” in literature and music.
Meaning Conveyed With Games in Songs
In songs, the word “game” is used as a reference for diverse scenarios. The meaning showcased in songs about games may relate to a form of structured play associated with fun or entertainment, or may denote a wide-range of attributes in which people behave or conduct themselves to gain an unfair advantage. While certain songs narrate experiences of playing video games, a number of songs bring forth to life a dark perspective of lies and betrayal through mind games people play.
In certain music videos, the feeling of being used by someone in a relationship is showcased with brutally honest stories of how individuals you trust play dirty games to accomplish their selfish motives. The bitter feeling after a breakup is often accentuated with cryptic thoughts that blame the partner for playing a diabolic game of love. In certain songs, relationships are compared to games, with individuals showcased as the centrifugal element making the right moves or wrong moves.
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Symbolism: Games in Songs
Games in songs symbolize a wide-set of attributes associated with fun, entertainment, and relationships. Certain songs may depict the feeling of emotions being played with in a deceitful manner. Such songs often compel listeners to learn from their mistakes and move on in a relationship. The euphoric feeling that comes about while playing a video game or a party game is often described in lyrics in a playful way. Songs about mind games people play portray dark imagery that uses irony to mock or convey contempt with diabolic humor or dark sarcasm.
In songs that tell a story of difficult relationships, the word “game” signifies the obstacles that need to be overcome to find the right balance and succeed. Certain singers and songwriters from different genres describe how it feels being in a toxic relationship and the complexities that arise with conflict. In certain songs, sentiments associated with different aspects of love are compared to crosswords and puzzles, with the inability to comprehend or understand to make things right. Although diverse concepts and ideas are expressed with games as a representation, in songs, games often symbolize or denote
- Fun
- Lies
- Toxicity
- Dishonesty
- Fraud
- Unpleasantness
- Entertainment
- Skepticism
- Pretence
- Shrewdness
- Treachery
- Politics
- Deceit
- Sadness
- Relationships
- Insincerity
- Suspicion
- Distrust
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The list below showcases an epic list of rock songs, pop songs, country songs, R&B songs, folk songs, alternative songs, hip hop songs, indie songs, jazz songs, blues songs, EDM songs, and dance songs associated with games. If you have a view, opinion or songs suggestion, let us know in the comments section.
Top 10 Best Songs With Games in the Title
- “Video Games”—Lana Del Ray
- “Warriors”—Imagine Dragons
- “Pinball Wizard”—The Who
- “Games People Play”—Joe South
- “Little Games”—The Yardbirds
- “Dominoes”—The Big Pink
- “Roll of the Dice”—Bruce Springsteen
- “Foolish Games”—Jewel
- “1,2,3, Red Light”—1910 Fruitgum Company
- “Pizza and Pinball”—Rumer
#11—20
11. “Wicked Game”—Chris Isaak
12. “Pac Man Fever”—Buckner & Garcia
13. “Bingo Bango”—Basement Jazz
14. “Tumbling Dice”—The Rolling Stones
15. “Dominoes”—Robbie Nevil
16. “Quit Playing Games (with My Heart)”—Backstreet Boys
17. “Redneck Games”—Jeff Foxworthy and Alan Jackson
18. “The Game of Love”—Santana featuring Michelle Branch
19. “Hot Cha”—They Might Be Giants
20. “Simon Says”—1910 Fruitgum Company
#21—40
21. “Darts”—The Long Blondes
22. “Hide and Seek—Imogen Heep
23. “Playing Games”—Summer Walker
24. “Bingo Eli Yale”—Cole Porter
25. “Name of the Game”—Badfinger
26. “Mind Games”—John Lennon
27. “Games People Play”—The Alan Parsons Project
28. “Sandstorm”—Darude
29. “Tempest”—John Grant
30. “Ilomilo”—Billie Eilish
31. “Love Games”—Belle and the Devotions
32. “Pinball Number Count”—The Pointer Sisters
33. “Jigsaw”—Lady Sovereign
34. “Mind Games”—Banks
35. “No More Fun and Games”—The Game
36. “Surface”—Aero Chord
37. “Game Number Nine”—Ray Charles
38. “Candyland”—Love and Theft
39. “End of the Game”—Weezer
40. “Rubik’s Cube”—Athlete
#41—60
41. “The Crying Game”—Boy George
42. “Immortal Flame”—Katy Perry
43. “Through the Fire and Flames”—DragonForce
44. “Mario Kart Love Song”—Sam Hart
45. “Jumanji”—Azealia Banks
46. “8 Bit Superhero”—Excision
47. “Roll the Dice”—Faith Hill
48. “Human Video Game”—DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
49. “Ghost Assassin”—Maduk
50. “Puzzle Pieces”—Saint Motel
51. “The Game”—Alyssa Reid
52. “Night Games”—Graham Bonnet
53. “Flight”—Tristam and Braken
54. “The Card Cheat”—The Clash
55. “Love is a Losing Game”—Amy Winehouse
56. “Dominoes Fall”—Rancid
57. “Games Without Frontiers”—Peter Gabriel
58. “Shoots and Ladders”—Korn
59. “Mind Games”—Sickick
60. “The Game”—Disturbed
#61—80
61. “The Healing Game”—Van Morrison
62. “Space Invaders”—Uncle Vic
63. “Fun and Games”—Kelsea Ballerini
64. “Omikron: The Nomad Soul”—David Bowie
65. “Love Games”—Level 42
66. “Dominoes”—Peter Bjorn and John
67. “We are Born to Play”—Galantis
68. “Money, Cash, Hoes”—Jay Z
69. “Play the Game Tonight”—Kansas
70. “Pac-Man”—Gorillaz featuring ScHoolboy Q
71. “Sick Little Games”—All Time Low
72. “The Circle Game”—Joni Mitchell
73. “Darts of Pleasure”—Franz Ferdinand
74. “Technologic”—Daft Punk
75. “The Crying Game”—Nicki Minaj featuring Jessie Ware
76. “Part of the Game”—Pablo Cruise
77. “Only a Pawn in Their Game”—Bob Dylan
78. “Night Game”—Paul Simon
79. “Crossword Puzzle”—Lynsey de Paul
80. “Hero”—Pegboard Nerds
#81—100
81. “Stop this Game”—Cheap Trick
82. “Learning the Game”—Buddy Holly
83. “The Crying Game”—Dave Berry
84. “Head Games”—Foreigner
85. “Sonic Doesn’t Need a Story”—Alex Day
86. “Girls Fall Like Dominoes”—Nicki Minaj
87. “Crazy Games”—Mary J. Blige
88. “Press the Start Button”—Ludacris
89. “Game of Love”—Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders
90. “Pinball”—Brian Protheroe
91. “Spitting Games”—Snow Patrol
92. “Quake Theme”—Nine Inch Nails
93. “Blues Run the Game”—Jackson C. Frank
94. “Name of the Game”—ABBA
95. “It’s All in the Game”—Tommy Edwards
96. “Play the Game”—Queen
97. “Caught in the Game”—Survivor
98. “Why Play Games”—Diana Ross
99. “Games People Play”—The Spinners
100. “Darkness of the Unknown”—Yoko Shimomura
Other Notable Songs With Games in the Title
- “Silly Games”—Janet Kay
- “Game Time”—Flo Rida featuring Sage The Gemini
- “I Can’t Stop”—Flux Pavilion
- “Holdin’ On”—I See Monstas
- “Game Over”—Martin Garrix and Loopers
- “The Game of Life”—Scorpions
- “Hide and Seek”—Howard Jones
- “The Game”—Dory Previn
- “Monopoly”—Ariana Grande and Victoria Monet
- “Play No Games”—Big Sean featuring Chris Brown and Ty Dolla Sign
- “Guessing Games”—Jerrod Neimann
- “Future Games”—Fleetwood Mac
- “Game of War”—Of Mice & Men
- “DotA”—Basshunter
- “Two Can Play That Game”—Bobby Brown
- “Frozen Sleep”—Malukah
- “Game Got Switched”—Ludacris
- “Dr. Mario”—brentalfloss
- “The Neden Game”—Insane Clown Posse
- “Game of Broken Hearts”—Tarnation
- “Against the Sun”—Rootkit
- “Game Face”—Public Enemy
- “Razor Sharp VIP”—Pegboard Nerds and Tristam
- “Jumanji”—B Young
- “War Games”—Crosby, Stills & Nash
- “Second Guessing Games”—Colony House
- “Killin’ It”—Krewella
- “Computer Games”—Mi-Sex
- “The Name Game”—Shirley Ellis
- “No Games”—Rick Ross featuring Future
- “Game of Pricks”—Guided By Voices
- “Name of the Game”—The Crystal Method
- “Disconnected”—Pegboard Nerds
- “Let the Games Begin”—AJR
- “Games of Magic”—Bread
- “Tumbling Dice”—The Rolling Stones
- “Nintendo Thumb”—Heath McNease
- “Dangerous Games”—112
- “Just a Game”—Birdy
- “The Game Lord”—Ice Cube
- “Once Click Headshot”—Jon Gooch
- “Not Into Guessing Games”—Harry Valentine and Veiga
- “Don’t Play Games”—Aron Wright
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