Chic Dave Edmunds Supertramp Donna Summer The Beach Boys Janet Kay Dennis Bovell has described "Silly Games" as "the story of a bold young lady proposing to a young man. C'mon, we've been giving each other the eye. I know you like me. Stop playing games. In 1978, when I wrote it, almost always the man made the first move."[8] Explaining how he approached the composition, Bovell says: "There was an advert for Memorex where Ella Fitzgerald sang a note and broke a glass, and I wanted a song with a note like that; little girls always try to sing a high note, so when I wrote ‘Silly Games’ and put that high note in there, it meant that every female in the dance would try and sing that note."[9] Now considered an anthem of its genre,[10] "Silly Games" has been called "probably the most popular of the lover's rock songs from the '70s"
