The Name Game

This article is about the song. For the word games, see word chain and Shiritori. For the American Horror Story: Asylum episode, see The Name Game (American Horror Story).
"The Name Game"
Single by Shirley Ellis
from the album The Name Game
B-side"Whisper to Me Wind"
ReleasedNovember 1964 (1964-11)
Genre
Length2:39
LabelCongress
Songwriters
ProducerCharles Calello
Shirley Ellis singles chronology
"Such a Night"
(1964) 		"The Name Game"
(1964) 		"The Clapping Song"
(1965)

"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name. She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. The first verse is done using Ellis’ first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold, Tony, Billy, Marsha, and Nick.

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