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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's first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold,
Shirley Marie O'Garra [1] (stage name Shirley Ellis, married name Shirley Elliston; [2] January 19, 1929 – October 5, 2005 [3]) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian heritage.
The Crystal Method remixed "Name of the Game" for the 2008 film, Tropic Thunder. The remix, called "The Crystal Method's Big Ass T.T. Mix", is similar to the original, with samples of the character's voices included in the track. The track was played in the film, though the character's voice samples were taken out.
"The Name Game" is the tenth episode of the second season of the FX anthology television series American Horror Story. The episode, written by Jessica Sharzer and directed by Michael Lehmann, originally aired on January 2, 2013. The episode is named for the 1964 song of the same name by Shirley Ellis, which is
"The Name of the Game", first called "A Bit of Myself", was the first song to be recorded for ABBA's fifth studio album, following the band's European and Australian tour. It was their most complex composition yet – with Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad sharing the lead vocals but with solo passages from both women – and contained ...
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At the beginning of Super Bowl XLV, Christina Aguilera sang the lyrics incorrectly. Instead of singing "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming", the pop star sang "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming". [28] [29] According to the New York Times, she also changed "gleaming" to "reaming". [30]
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