"Love Games" was the United Kingdom's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg City, performed by the trio Belle & the Devotions.
The live performance was met with a mixture of cheers and boos from the audience as the backing singers were hidden offstage and many people in Luxembourg were still upset with the nation due to English football fans rioting in the country after being knocked out of the European Championship the previous November.
It finished in 7th place with 63 points, just a 7 points behind the entries by Jacques Zegers of Belgium and Alice & Franco Battiato of Italy, making it the third-worst performing entry for the nation since its debut in 1957, following 1966 and 1978.
Lyrics[]
(You were only playin’ love games)
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
(You were only playin’ love games)
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
Why? (Baby, baby, why?)
Why’d you wanna break my heart, babe?
You should have told me from the start, babe
(You should have told me from the start, oh baby)
You should have let me know that you were letting go
Oh, why? (Baby, baby, why?)
Why’d you wanna break my heart, babe?
When you knew that we were partin’, babe
(Should have told me we were partin’, baby)
Should have let me know, you should have told me so
Oh, darling…
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games with my heart)
You gave me sugar lovin’ and it stuck like glue
And all this time you had me hooked on you (Baby, baby)
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
You were only makin’ love pains
(You were only makin’ love pains with my heart)
I was just your puppet and you know it’s true
You could snap your fingers and I’d run to you (Baby, baby)
Oh, why? (Baby, baby, why?)
Why’d you wanna break my heart, babe?
You should have told me at the start, babe
(You should have told me, baby, could have told me)
When you knew all the time that you were never mine
Oh, why? (Baby, baby, why?)
Why’d you wanna break my heart, babe?
When you knew that we would part, babe
(When you knew that we would part, oh baby)
That you would make me cry, that you would say goodbye
Oh, darling…
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games with my heart)
You gave me sugar lovin’ and it stuck like glue
And all this time you had me hooked on you (Baby, baby)
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
You were only makin’ love pains
(You were only makin’ love pains with my heart)
I was just your puppet and you know it’s true
You could snap your fingers and I’d run to you (Baby, baby)
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games with my heart)
You gave me sugar lovin’ and it stuck like glue
And all this time you had me hooked on you (Baby, baby)
You were only playin’ love games
(You were only playin’ love games, baby)
You were only makin’ love pains
(You were only makin’ love pains with my heart)
I was just your puppet and you know it’s true
Videos[]
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