Games Without Frontiers

E209042
single song

"Games Without Frontiers" is a 1980 art rock/new wave song by Peter Gabriel, known for its satirical take on international politics and its distinctive whistled melody and Kate Bush backing vocals.

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Label Occurrences
Games Without Frontiers canonical 1
Games Without Frontiers (live) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Peter Gabriel ⓘ
surface form: Peter Gabriel (Melt)
artist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
backingVocalist Kate Bush ⓘ
bSide I Don’t Remember ⓘ
Start ⓘ
chartPositionCanada 7 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 4 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 48 ⓘ
composer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
containsLyric Jeux sans frontières ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBySingle No Self Control ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
hasFeature Kate Bush backing vocals ⓘ
distinctive whistled melody ⓘ
satirical take on international politics ⓘ
hasInstrumentation drum machines ⓘ
guitars ⓘ
synthesizers ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Games Without Frontiers music video ⓘ
hasStyleCharacteristic atmospheric production ⓘ
minimalist arrangement ⓘ
rhythmic emphasis ⓘ
hasTheme Cold War politics ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
war as a game ⓘ
includedInCompilation Hits ⓘ
surface form: Hit

Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:06 ⓘ
lyricist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
partOfAlbum Peter Gabriel ⓘ
surface form: Peter Gabriel (Melt)
performer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
precededBySingle D.I.Y. ⓘ
producer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
Steve Lillywhite ⓘ
recordedAt Bath, Somerset, England ⓘ
recordLabel Charisma Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-02-25 ⓘ
titleComesFrom European TV show Jeux Sans Frontières ⓘ
trackNumber 3 ⓘ
vocalist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
writer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1980 ⓘ

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Peter Gabriel → notableSong → Games Without Frontiers ⓘ
Steam → hasBside → Games Without Frontiers ⓘ
subject surface form: Steam (song)
this entity surface form: Games Without Frontiers (live)