Love Games (Level 42 song)

"Love Games"
"Love Games"
Single by Level 42
from the album Level 42
B-side	"Forty Two"
Released	March 1981
Genre	Jazz-funk, new wave
Length	4:04
Label	Polydor
Songwriter(s)	Mark King / Phil Gould
Producer(s)	Mike Vernon
Level 42 singles chronology

Love Games is the first single from the first album of the English musical group Level 42. It was also their first single to break into the UK top 40, reaching no.38 in the spring of 1981^[2] and marked their first appearance on Top of the Pops.

Tracks[]

Original Release:

UK (Polydor; POSP 234) Picture sleeve
Side A: 4:04 "Love Games" (Edit)
Side B: 4:36 "Forty-Two" (Edit)

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1980–1981)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[3]	15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[4]	7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	4
UK Singles (OCC)^[6]	38

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1981)	Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[7]	86
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[8]	55

References[]

^ "Level 42 singles".
^ "Level 42 - Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Level 42 – Love Games" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1981" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Level 42 – Love Games" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Level 42: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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[1] "Level 42 singles".

[official_charts-2] "Level 42 - Official Charts". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.

[sc_Flanders_Level_42-3] "Ultratop.be – Level 42 – Love Games" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[sc_Dutch40_-4] "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1981" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[sc_Dutch100_Level_42-5] "Dutchcharts.nl – Level 42 – Love Games" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Level_42-6] "Level 42: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[7] "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

[8] "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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Studio albums	Level 42 The Early Tapes The Pursuit of Accidents Standing in the Light True Colours World Machine Running in the Family Staring at the Sun Guaranteed Forever Now Retroglide
Live albums	A Physical Presence Greatest Hits Live Tour
Compilations	Level Best The Very Best of Level 42 The Definitive Collection Past Lives – The Best of the RCA Years
Singles	"Love Meeting Love" "Love Games" "Turn It On" "Starchild" "Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?" "Weave Your Spell" "The Chinese Way" "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" "Micro-Kid" "Hot Water" "The Chant Has Begun" "A Physical Presence" "Something About You" "Leaving Me Now" "Lessons in Love" "Running in the Family" "To Be with You Again" "It's Over" "Children Say" "Heaven in My Hands" "Take a Look" "Tracie" "Two Hearts Collide" "Take Care of Yourself" "Guaranteed" "Overtime" "My Father's Shoes" "Forever Now" "All Over You" "Love in a Peaceful World" "The Way Back Home"
EPs	Sirens Sirens II
Songs	"A Kinder Eye" "If You Were Mine"
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