The Name Game
| "The Name Game" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Shirley Ellis | |
| from the album The Name Game | |
| B-side | "Whisper to Me Wind" |
| Released | November 1964 |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:39 |
| Label | Congress |
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| Producer(s) | Charles Calello |
"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name. She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. The first verse is done using Ellis's first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold, Tony, Billy, Marsha, and Nick.