"Games People Play", also known as They Just Can't Stop It' The (Games People Play)", is a song recorded by the American R&B vocal group the Spinners. Released in 1975 from their Pick of the Litter album, featuring lead vocals by Bobby Smith, it was a crossover success, spending a week at number 1 on the US Hot Soul Singles chart and peaking at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song fared better on the US Cash Box Top 100, peaking at number 2. Recorded at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios, the house band MFSB provided the backing. Female backing vocals on the song were performed by Carla L. Benson, Evette Benton, and Barbara Ingram, who together formed the studio backing vocal group Sweethearts of Sigma. The female lead vocal on the track is by Evette Benton. This song was an RIAA-certified million seller for the Spinners.
Personnel Lead vocals by Bobby Smith, Pervis Jackson, and Evette Benton Jackson is perhaps best remembered for his bass delivery of "12:45" in this song. Background vocals by Philippé Wynne, Pervis Jackson, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, and the Sweethearts of Sigma: Barbara Ingram, Carla L. Benson and Evette Benton Instrumentation by MFSB
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1975) PeakpositionCanadian RPM Top Singles21US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - 5US Billboard Easy Listening2US Billboard Hot Soul Singles1US Cash Box Top 1002
Year-end charts Chart (1975) RankCanada89 US Cash Box Top 10025
References
External links [ Song review] on Allmusic Song review at Songfacts