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“My Favourite Game”
Single by The Cardigans
from the album Gran Turismo
Released 5 October 1998 (UK)
Format CD Single (global)
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:36
Label Stockholm, Polydor
Writer(s) Peter Svensson, Nina Persson
Producer Tore Johansson
The Cardigans singles chronology
"Your New Cuckoo"
(1997)		 "My Favourite Game"
(1998)		 "Erase/Rewind"
(1999)

"My Favourite Game" is a pop rock song written by Peter Svensson and Nina Persson for The Cardigans' 1998 album Gran Turismo. The song is the album's eighth track, and was released as its first single.

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[edit] Composition and lyrics

"My Favourite Game" is a pop rock song composed in the key of E flat major (E♭).[1] It is written in common time and moves at 144 beats per minute. [1] The song is written in standard verse-chorus form, [1] and its instrumentation includes guitar, bass {{sound sample box align right|}} {{multi-listen start|Audio sample of:}} {{multi-listen item|filename=Cardigans - My Favourite Game excerpt.ogg|title=The Cardigans - My Favourite Game excerpt|description=An excerpt from ''My Favourite Game''|format=[[Ogg]]}} {{multi-listen end}} {{sample box end}}

[edit] Critical reception

[edit] Chart Performance

In the United States, "My Favourite Game" was the most commercially successful single from Gran Turismo. Peaking at number sixteen, it became the album's only single to enter the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.

[edit] Music video

The music video for "My Favourite Game" was directed by Jonas Åkerlund. It was filmed over a three-day shoot in the Mojave Desert near Barstow, California at a reported cost of £220,000.[2][3]

[edit] Alternate versions

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "My Favourite Game".

  • CD single, Pt. 1
  1. "My Favourite Game" - 3:36
  2. "War" (First try) - 4:07
  3. "Sick & Tired"(live) - 3:24
  • CD single, Pt. 2
  1. "My Favourite Game" - 3:36
  2. "My Favourite Game"(Wubbledub mix) -
  3. "Lovefool"(live) -
  • CD maxi single
  1. "My Favourite Game" - 3:36
  2. "War (First try)" - 4:07
  3. "War" - 3:56

[edit] Credits and personnel

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak position
Swedish Top 100 Singles[4] 3
UK Top 75 Singles[5] 14
France[6] 27
Dutch Mega Singles Top 100[7] 15
New Zealand[8] 36
Canadian Singles Chart[9] 19
Tokio Hot 100 3
United World Chart[10] 10

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Sheet music for "My Favourite Game". Hal Leonard Publishing. 2005.
  2. ^ Sveningsson, Magnus. The Cardigans official website: Ask the Band. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
  3. ^ Cardigans' Crash Video Banned. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.
  4. ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cardigans&titel=My+Favourite+Game&cat=s
  5. ^ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=9004
  6. ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cardigans&titel=My+Favourite+Game&cat=s
  7. ^ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cardigans&titel=My+Favourite+Game&cat=s
  8. ^ http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cardigans&titel=My+Favourite+Game&cat=s
  9. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=THE|CARDIGANS&sql=11:3vfqxqrgldke~T51
  10. ^ United World Chart Week 51, 1998. Retrieved on 2007-10-29.

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