The Name Game
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| Template:Infobox song/link by Shirley Ellis | ||||
| from the album The Name Game | ||||
| B-side | "Whisper to Me Wind" | |||
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| Label | Congress | |||
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| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Charles Calello | |||
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"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis[2] as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name.[3] She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. The first verse is done using Ellis’ first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold, Tony, Billy, Marsha, and Nick.
History
Written by American singer Shirley Ellis (who based the song on a game she played as a child[3]) and Lincoln Chase. Ellis's recording, produced by Charles Calello, was released in late 1964 as "The Name Game". The record scored third on the Billboard Hot 100, and fourth on the magazine's R&B charts during 1965. The record was re-released in 1966 and again in 1973. An R&B singer for 10 years before that success, Ellis was also successful with "The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)" (No.8 pop and No.16 R&B), and "The Nitty Gritty" (No.8 on the Hot 100 and No.4 on the Cash Box R&B chart). Ellis performed on then-major television programs, including Hullabaloo, American Bandstand and The Merv Griffin Show. It later became a popular children's singalong.[3] In Canada it reached No. 2.[4]
Rules
Using the name Katie as an example, the song follows this pattern:
- Katie, Katie, bo-batie,
- Bonana-fanna fo-fatie
- Fee fi mo-matie
- Katie!
A verse can be created for any name, with X as the name and Y as the name without the first consonant sound (if it begins with a consonant), as follows:
- (X), (X), bo-b (Y)
- Bonana-fanna fo-f (Y)
- Fee fi mo-m (Y)
- (X)!
If the name starts with a b, f, or m, that sound simply is not repeated. For example: Billy becomes "Billy Billy bo-illy"; Fred becomes "bonana fanna fo-red"; Martha becomes "fee fi mo-artha"[3]
The song as originally performed gives no indication of what to do with names where the stress falls on a syllable after the first, like Anita or Antoinette, but during the live rendition of the song on The Merv Griffin Show, Ellis uses the same rules as explained above ("Tallulah, Tallulah, bo-ballulah").[5] However, the cover version on the workout video Sweatin' to the Oldies 3 (vocals by Donna Miller) suggests that the first syllable should be dropped after the name is first said; the name Madonna is sung as "Madonna-donna-bo-bonna," etc.
Laura Branigan version
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| Template:Infobox song/link by Laura Branigan | ||||
| from the album Touch | ||||
| B-side | "Cry Wolf" | |||
| Released | 1988 | |||
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| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | David Kesherbaun | |||
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Laura Branigan covered the song for her 1987 fifth studio album Touch. It was released in 1988 in the Philippines as the last single from the album. The single's B-side is "Cry Wolf", which was the third single from the album.
Track listings
- Philippines 7-inch single[6]
- "Name Game" (edited version) – 3:44
- "Cry Wolf" (LP version) – 4:48
- Philippines 12-inch single[7]
- "Name Game" (extended version) – 6:32
- "Name Game" (edited version) – 3:44
- "Cry Wolf" (LP version) – 4:48
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."45cat - Shirley Ellis - The Name Game / Whisper To Me Wind - Congress - USA - CG-230".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Name Game". Billboard.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Three Six Nine! Shirley Ellis Name Game / Soul Time Home Page". keepkey.yochanan.net.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RPM Top 40&5 - February 8, 1965" (PDF).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Shirley Ellis • "The Name Game" • 1965 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]. Retrieved 2024-06-04 – via YouTube.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Name Game (Media notes). Laura Branigan. Atlantic. 1988. ATR-0351.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Name Game (Media notes). Laura Branigan. Atlantic. 1988. DS-151.
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