Genre Jazz fusion
funk
disco Label Columbia | Length 5:21 | |
Writer(s) Thomas Bangalter
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Producer(s) Thomas Bangalter
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo "The Game of Love"
(2) "Giorgio by Moroder"
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"The Game of Love" is a song written and recorded by French electronic music duo Daft Punk for their fourth studio album, Random Access Memories. It is the second track on the album. The song features lyrics performed by Daft Punk using vocoders.
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Background
"The Game of Love" features vocoder singing by the duo. Thomas Bangalter expressed that "There’s this thing today where the recorded human voice is processed to try to feel robotic." He explained that their intention was to produce robotic vocals with expressiveness and emotion. Nick Stevenson of Mixmag described "The Game of Love" as "a song about lost love [that] tugs at the heart strings, even if it is being sung by an android."
Recording
For the robotic vocals heard throughout Random Access Memories, Daft Punk restricted themselves to using vintage vocoders and avoided software plugins. When asked which of the two Daft Punk members performed the vocoder lyrics, Bangalter expressed that it did not matter. The duo produced most of the vocoder tracks in their own private studio in Paris, with later processing done by Mick Guzauski at Capitol Records. Giorgio Moroder elaborated that Daft Punk would take "a week or so" to find an adequate vocoder sound, and an additional few days to record the lyrics.