The Name Game

"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.

"The Name Game"
Single by Shirley Ellis
from the album The Name Game
B-side"Whisper to Me Wind"
ReleasedNovember 1964 (1964-11)
Genre
Length2:39
LabelCongress
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Charles Calello
"Name Game"
Single by Laura Branigan
from the album Touch
Released1988
Genre
Length4:10
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
  • Shirley Ellis
  • Lincoln Chase
Producer(s)David Kesherbaun
Laura Branigan singles chronology
"Cry Wolf"
(1988)
"Name Game"
(1988)
"Moonlight in Water"
(1990)
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