“Head Games” by Foreigner

The title track of Foreigner's third album, "Head Games" went out as its second single in 1979, mainly in America, while the rest of the world got "Love on the Telephone" instead. Lou Gramm and Mick Jones wrote it about a love affair gone sour, all anguish and letdown, and Roy Thomas Baker produced with Jones and Ian McDonald. Gramm sings over Jones and McDonald's guitars, Rick Wills on bass, Al Greenwood on keyboards and synthesizer and Dennis Elliott on drums.

Reviewers mostly loved it: Billboard called it a kick-it-out rocker with searing guitar from Jones, Cash Box heard a rock anthem building at a steady pace with Gramm at his most aggressive, and Record World liked his snarl and the relentless rhythm. The Salt Lake Tribune's Terry Orme was less impressed, calling it "Cold as Ice" all over again.

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