Games People Play (Joe South song)

"Games People Play"
Single by Joe South
from the album Introspect
B-side"Mirror of Your Mind"
ReleasedAugust 1968
Genre
Length3:34
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Joe South
Producer(s)Joe South
Joe South singles chronology
"Birds of a Feather"
(1968)
"Games People Play"
(1968)
"Don't It Make You Want to Go Home"
(1969)
Official audio
"Games People Play" (Remastered 2002) on YouTube

"Games People Play" is a song written, composed, and performed by American singer-songwriter Joe South, released in August 1968. It entered the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1969 and won the 1970 Grammy Awards for both Best Contemporary Song and the Song of the Year. In 1994, Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle had a very successful European hit with their cover version of the song.