This Loving Game

Written by Paul McCartney

Album This song officially appears on the Jenny Wren CD Single.
Timeline This song has been officially released in 2005
Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 2004 (Paul McCartney was 62 years old)

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions


Other songs recorded during Chaos And Creation sessions & released separetely


Comfort Of Love

Officially appears on Fine Line


Growing Up, Falling Down

Officially appears on Fine Line


Summer of '59

Officially appears on Jenny Wren



I Want You To Fly

Officially appears on Jenny Wren

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Song facts

This Loving Game” is a track recorded during the sessions for 2005 album “Chaos And Creation In The Backyard“. It was released as the B-side of the single “Jenny Wren“. Five other songs from those sessions were released as B-sides or bonus tracks.

TitleNotes
Comfort of LoveAvailable on “Fine Line” CD single
Growing Up, Falling DownAvailable on “Fine Line” 7″ single
Summer of ’59Available on “Jenny Wren” 7″ single
This Loving GameAvailable on “Jenny Wren” Maxi-CD single
I Want You to FlyAvailable on “Jenny Wren” CD single
She Is So BeautifulAvailable on the Japanese pressing of the album

Last updated on January 14, 2021

Lyrics

Somebody told me to walk away
When love got hard and i had to play
But you know it’s such a shame
Nobody knows how to play
This loving game
Sometimes we all seem to act like fools
But do we care who breaks the rules?
I suppose it’s all the same
We never learn how to play
This loving game
Do i love you after so much
As i did before?
Darling i could hardly love you more
I tried to look for some good advice
Cos we all have to pay the price
But till now, you never came
I’ll never know how to play
This loving game
Do i love you after s-much
As i used to do?
No one knows me half as well as you
Yeah, you know you do, you know you
Somebody told me to walk away
When love got hard and i had to play
But you know that it’s still a shame
Nobody knows how to play
This loving game
Nobody knows how to play
This loving game

Officially appears on


Jenny Wren

CD Single • Released in 2005

3:17 • Studio versionA

Paul McCartney :
Acoustic guitar, Bass, Classical guitar, Electric guitar, Harmonium, Piano, Shakers, Tambourine, Vocals
Nigel Godrich :
Producer
James Gadson :
Drums
Darrell Thorp :
Engineer
Dan Grech-Marguerat :
Production assistant

Session Recording:
April 2004
Studio :
Ocean Way Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Bootlegs


Chronicles in the Backyard Disc 11

Unofficial album • Released in 2006

3:17 • Studio versionA

Paul McCartney :
Acoustic guitar, Bass, Classical guitar, Electric guitar, Harmonium, Piano, Shakers, Tambourine, Vocals
Nigel Godrich :
Producer
James Gadson :
Drums
Darrell Thorp :
Engineer

Session Recording:
April 2004
Studio :
Ocean Way Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon


UK Singles Collection - Volume 07

Unofficial album • Released in 2007

3:17 • Studio versionA

Paul McCartney :
Acoustic guitar, Bass, Classical guitar, Electric guitar, Harmonium, Piano, Shakers, Tambourine, Vocals
Nigel Godrich :
Producer
James Gadson :
Drums
Darrell Thorp :
Engineer

Session Recording:
April 2004
Studio :
Ocean Way Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon


Chaos And Creation In The Backyard - Ultimate Archive Collection

Unofficial album • Released in 2015

3:17 • Studio versionA

Paul McCartney :
Acoustic guitar, Bass, Classical guitar, Electric guitar, Harmonium, Piano, Shakers, Tambourine, Vocals
Nigel Godrich :
Producer
James Gadson :
Drums
Darrell Thorp :
Engineer

Session Recording:
April 2004
Studio :
Ocean Way Recording Studios, Los Angeles, USA

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

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