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"The Name of the Game", first called "A Bit of Myself", was the first song to be recorded for ABBA's fifth studio album. It was their most complex composition yet with Agnetha Fltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad sharing the lead vocals but with solo passages from both women and contained the influences of the laid-back California sound of the day.
The opening riff on bass and synthesiser is inspired by Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" from 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life, and both Andersson and Ulvaeus have acknowledged being influenced and inspired by Wonder's music during this era of ABBA's career.
A preliminary version of "The Name of the Game" was worked into the 1977 feature film ABBA: The Movie. The song had not yet reached its complete version, but when it was eventually finished, it was released as the lead single from The Album in October 1977. Originally, another track entitled "Hole in.
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