Head Games is the third studio album

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 by Anglo

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 American

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 rock band

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 Foreigner

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, released in 1979. The album charted at #5 on the Billboard 200

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 chart, and has sold over five million copies in the US alone. It is perhaps as famous (or infamous) for its album cover, depicting a worried young woman (portrayed by actress Lisanne Falk

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) in a men's urinal, as it is for its music. The title track and "Dirty White Boy" were the album's big hits, peaking at #14 and #12, respectively. This was the album where bassist

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 Rick Wills

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 has replaced bassist Ed Gagliardi. It was the band's only album produced by Roy Thomas Baker

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, best known for producing Queen

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's classic albums.

Track listing

1. "Dirty White Boy
   Dirty White Boy (song)
   "Dirty White Boy" is the first single taken from Foreigner's third album, Head Games. It is written by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones. The B-side, "Rev On The Red Line" has also proven to be very popular among fans, but was never released as an A-side single on its own. Lou Gramm's trademark scream at...
   
   " (Mick Jones
   Mick Jones (Foreigner)
   Michael Leslie "Mick" Jones is an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founding member of the rock band Foreigner.-Life and career:...
   
   , Lou Gramm
   Lou Gramm
   Lou Gramm is an American rock vocalist and songwriter best known for his role as the lead vocalist and co-writer of many of the songs for the rock band Foreigner. He also had a successful solo career...
   
   ) – 3:37
2. "Love on the Telephone
   Love on the Telephone
   "Love On The Telephone" was the third single from the third album, "Head Games" by the band, Foreigner. The song was written by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones, and primarily released only in Europe. The song's b-side, "Women" was chosen as the next single for the American market....
   
   " (Jones, Gramm) – 3:18
3. "Women
   Women (Foreigner song)
   "Women" is the fourth single taken from the third album, Head Games by the band, Foreigner. It was written by Mick Jones, and released on March 3, 1980, in Japan and in the U.S. only. The song's b-side, "The Modern Day" is also sung by its writer, Mick Jones....
   
   " (Jones) – 3:25
4. "I'll Get Even with You" (Jones) – 3:40
5. "Seventeen" (Jones, Gramm) – 4:43
6. "Head Games
   Head Games (song)
   "Head Games" is the title-cut and second single taken from the band, Foreigner's third release. It was written by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones, and released primarily in the U.S. in December 1979 while at the same time, "Love On The Telephone" was being released elsewhere...
   
   " (Gramm, Jones) – 3:37
7. "The Modern Day" (Jones) – 3:26
8. "Blinded by Science" (Jones) – 4:54
9. "Do What You Like" (Ian McDonald
   Ian McDonald
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   , Gramm) – 3:58
10. "Rev on the Red Line" (Al Greenwood
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    , Gramm) – 3:35
11. "Zalia"* (Gramm, McDonald) – 2:34

* bonus track on 2002 re-issue

Personnel

• Dennis Elliott
  Dennis Elliott
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   – drums
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  , vocals
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• Lou Gramm
  Lou Gramm
  Lou Gramm is an American rock vocalist and songwriter best known for his role as the lead vocalist and co-writer of many of the songs for the rock band Foreigner. He also had a successful solo career...
  
   – lead vocals, percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Al Greenwood
  Al Greenwood
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   – synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , keyboards
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• Mick Jones
  Mick Jones (Foreigner)
  Michael Leslie "Mick" Jones is an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founding member of the rock band Foreigner.-Life and career:...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
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  , piano
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  , keyboards, vocals
• Ian McDonald
  Ian McDonald (musician)
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   – guitar, drums, keyboards, vocals
• Rick Wills
  Rick Wills
  Rick Wills , is a British bass player. He is best known for his work with rock band Foreigner and his associations with the Small Faces and Bad Company.-Career:...
  
   – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals

Production

• Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald
• Engineer: Geoff Workman
• Assistant Engineers: Randy Mason, John Weaver
• Mastering: George Marino
• Studio assistants: Randy Mason, John Weaver
• Musical director: Mick Jones
• Art direction: Sandi Young
• Design: Sandi Young
• Photography: David Alexander, Chris Callis, William Coupon

Miscellaneous

• In Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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  , Head Games is one of the abilities of the Foreigner Belt. This ability allows the wearer to transform their victim's head
  Head
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   into a game
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  , possibly limited to Connect Four
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  .
• Another Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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  -related reference is seen on adultswim.com; one of the games featured on the website is titled "Head Games". The game features the character Meatwad helping Carl through numerous levels in order to get his head back onto his body (hence the name, Head Games).
• The song "Dirty White Boy" from the album was used as the season two theme song for the show Dirty Jobs
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Certifications

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Pop Albums	5

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"Dirty White Boy"	Pop Singles	12
1979	"Head Games"	Pop Singles	14
1980	"Women"	Pop Singles	41