The Games That Daddies Play
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"The Games That Daddies Play" is a country music song written and recorded by Conway Twitty
. A song about a boy who -- while raised by a single mother -- longs for a father figure in his life, "The Games That Daddies Play" became Twitty's 17th No. 1 hit on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles
chart in October 1976. Its one week atop the chart was part of an 11-week run in the Hot Country Singles chart's top 40..
His mother cries at the request, realizing that her son is asking a much deeper question – that being where his own father is in his life. She realizes that she has to tell her son the truth – both son and mother are victims of "another kind of game that daddies play", in his case his father abandoning the family six years earlier.
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
. A song about a boy who -- while raised by a single mother -- longs for a father figure in his life, "The Games That Daddies Play" became Twitty's 17th No. 1 hit on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart in October 1976. Its one week atop the chart was part of an 11-week run in the Hot Country Singles chart's top 40..
Song story
The song talks about a 7-year-old boy raised by a single mother, who one day asks her if he can go on an overnight camping trip with Billy Parker, one of his friends who's father will be the chaperone. He wants to go in order to participate in "games that daddies play" – traditional father-son activities such as hiking, fishing and having man-to-man conversations.His mother cries at the request, realizing that her son is asking a much deeper question – that being where his own father is in his life. She realizes that she has to tell her son the truth – both son and mother are victims of "another kind of game that daddies play", in his case his father abandoning the family six years earlier.
Chart performance
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |