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“My Favourite Game” by The Cardigans
From the album Gran Turismo (1998)
“My Favourite Game” by The Cardigans appears on 26 radio countdowns from 17 stations between 1998 and 2023. It was first released in 1998 on the album Gran Turismo. Its best result is #10 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #68 alternative song of 1998, #2,761 alternative song of all time and #308 of the '90s.
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"My Favourite Game" kicked off the Cardigans' fourth album, Gran Turismo, as its first single in September 1998, and the Swedish band sounds wound tight and ready to bite. Peter Svensson wrote the music and Nina Persson the words, and the track grinds: Svensson's guitar all tense and fuzzy, Magnus Sveningsson and Bengt Lagerberg driving hard, and Persson singing cool and clipped about a relationship falling apart and the urge to fix a partner, or rescue someone from themselves.
Tore Johansson produced it with a dark, glossy edge. It went to number one in Greece, three in Sweden and 14 in the UK, and reached 16 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart. Jonas Åkerlund's video, with Persson joyriding down a desert road, was censored for its car crashes and reckless driving and had to be recut for music channels, and the song later turned up in Gran Turismo 2.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 445 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 527 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 736 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 641 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2001 | 163 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2003 | 77 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) | 100 |
| 2004 | 336 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2006 | 472 | Live 105 | Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2006 | 261 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2006) | 499 |
| 2021 | 314 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 734 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
Also listed as: My Favorite Game; My Favourate Game.
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