Games (New Kids on the Block song)

"Games"
Single by New Kids on the Block
from the album No More Games/The Remix Album
B-side	"Games" Remix of another song
Released	October 17, 1990
Format	7" single, 12" maxi CD maxi
Recorded	1990
Genre	New jack swing
Length	3:51
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Maurice Starr, Donnie Wahlberg
Producer(s)	Maurice Starr
New Kids on the Block singles chronology
"Let's Try It Again" (1990) "Games" (1990) "Call It What You Want" (1991)
"Let's Try It Again" (1990) "Games" (1991) "Call It What You Want" (1991)

"Games" is a single released by New Kids on the Block as the first single from their remix album No More Games/The Remix Album.

Employing hip-hop samples with riffs sung by Jordan Knight, and defensive rhymes by Donnie Wahlberg, "Games" was a dramatic departure from their previously clean cut sound. The song also included shout outs to Donnie's brother Mark Wahlberg and Mark's band The Funky Bunch. The song features a chorus section taken from the movie the wizard of Oz, namely the West witch's soldiers chant: oh ee oh, oh oh.

Feeling the name "New Kids on the Block" was too childish for the group, the band shortened their name to "NKOTB" during the time of the single's release. The song received decent airplay from stations nationwide.

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