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| {{Infobox Lostwave
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| |Box = BoxGreen
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| |ShowBox = Yes
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| |Name = Just A Game
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| |Image = JustAGameAlbumArt.jpg
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| |Alt_name = Here I Stand, All Alone Again, (And) Now I Know It's Just a Game, Choose The Way To Play, Rules To Play
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| |Artist = Change To Win (Christof Bachmeier, Regina Simon, Mario Lehner, Karli Mayer)
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| |Caption =
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| |Genre = Rock
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| |Length = 4:52
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| |Year = 1988
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| |OP = Gabor72
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| |Search_started = 2018
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| |Search_ended = 2024
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| |Media = JustAGameMasterTape.mp3
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| }}
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| '''Just A Game''' is a solved rock / AOR (album-oriented rock) song that was uploaded to WatZatSong by Gabor72 on December 22nd, 2018. On July 1st 2024, it was identified as Just A Game by Christof Bachmeier.
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| ==Background==
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| On December 22nd, 2018, WatZatSong user Gabor72 shared a snippet of a mysterious song. The song received little to no traction, with no attention for approximately five years,<ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/584899.html</ref> until late 2023, when multiple YouTube reuploads of the song were published, increasing its popularity.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMoNr9otpA</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FN99t4ef9k</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfv07P161Fs</ref> The OP was determined to be from either Italy or Hungary based on the large number of Italian song uploads and the fact that Gabor is a common Hungarian name.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cmhodc/we_need_more_help_to_find_just_a_game/</ref>
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| On May 7th, 2024, searchers reverse image searched Gabor72's profile picture on WatZatSong and found his Facebook account, where it was revealed that he had died on March 6th, 2024.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cmgxd1/gabor_is_dead_we_found_his_facebook_and_his_wife/</ref>
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| On May 9th, 2024, reddit user Rich-Truck-2820 contacted Gabor's daughter via email, where she revealed that he was from Hungary and had downloaded the song from Limewire.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cnyfsf/message_from_gabors_daughter/</ref> Three days later, she revealed to user DodoBird4444 that Gabor had a strong preference for Italian music, which if not downloaded online, was recorded from Hungarian radio between 1985 and 1996, and Gabor did not own any vinyl records.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cqddin/new_info_from_gabors_daughter/</ref>
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| == Discovery ==
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| On June 30th, 2024, Gabor's daughter discovered the full version of the song on his computer and promptly uploaded it to Google Drive.<ref name=":0">https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1ds6qrf/found/</ref> Through this full version, searchers were able to find a listing in the GEMA database called "Just A Game" by Christof Bachmeier''',''' a German multi-instrumentalist who has produced music for TV since 1997,<ref>https://nebraskarecords.de/about/christof-bachmeier-2/</ref><ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/16278650-Various-Die-BR-Comedy-Show/</ref> and has recorded AOR music similar in style to the song.<ref>https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/Jpegk8j-ywQ</ref> Additionally, the song has an alternate title of "Here I Stand, All Alone Again", which is the first line of the song and has the same runtime.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1ds92d5/just_a_game_by_christof_bachmeier/</ref>
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| Bachmeier was contacted on July 1st, 2024, and confirmed he composed the song, stating that the full version only exists on vinyl and that he plans to create a new digital version from the original master tape.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dspspd/christof_bachmeier_confirms_he_made_just_a_game_gg/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dt4tkn/christof_bachmeier_update/</ref>
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| Bachmeier explained on July 2nd, 2024, that the song was written in 1988 for a charity concert for African children and recorded by Change To Win, a German supergroup formed specifically for the event. The band created 500 singles and sold them at a live concert where the song was performed with a large band, and all the money went to charity.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dtk8sb/christof_bachmeier_update_just_a_game_on_vinyl/</ref>
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| == Debunked Leads ==
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| * '''Shower Team - Just A Game''':<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1apbc95/we_can_officially_rule_out_shower_teams_just_a/</ref>
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| * '''GustI Lütjens & Nina Blazewski - Game of Love''':<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cedf5e/a_possible_lead_on_the_just_a_game_song_is_it/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cs62pt/guys_are_yall_just_ignoring_the_gusti_l%C3%BCtjens_lead/</ref>
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| * '''Millennya - Just A Game''': Not the same song<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/southarchive/comments/1d95cn1/milenya/</ref>
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| * '''Cats in Exile - All A Game''': Not the same song<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dixsnv/comment/l9bswdh/</ref>
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| * '''The Love Buttons: Now I Know''':<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d0pb98/maybe_something_to_look_into/</ref> Not the same song<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d1og31/jo_bisseker_lead_vocalist_of_the_love_buttons/</ref>
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| * '''Limited Edition: Packet From Herbie:''' Not on the album<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dg3u31/packet_from_herbie_limited_edition_debunked/</ref>
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| * '''The Answer - Just A Game'''<ref>https://imgur.com/IlAOQPK</ref>: Not the same song<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d2ix10/the_answer_didnt_make_jag/</ref>
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| * '''Piero Cotto''': Did not make the song<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d3zqu0/piero_cotto_did_not_song_jag/</ref>
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| * '''The Strategy/Yvonne Morrison''': Did not make the song<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dcn0m2/yvonne_morrison_confirms_it_is_not_her/</ref>
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| * '''The Flower Band - Rules'''<ref>https://lostmediawiki.com/Just_A_Game_(partially_found_full_version_of_unidentified_song;_date_unknown)</ref><ref>https://vocaroo.com/1fEbTPuco1pl</ref>: AI hoax<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1ddbc3f/regarding_hoaxes/</ref>
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| * '''Soulseek "Full Version"''': AI hoax<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1da222a/full_song_confirmed_ai_hoax/</ref>
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| * '''"Rillo.exe" lead''': Hoax, confirmed by OP<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d8m55x/i_am_in_contact_with_the_potential_creator_of_jag/</ref><ref>https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d9j2gw/update_with_the_email/</ref>
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| == Lyrics ==
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| {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" role="presentation"
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| |'''Presumed Lyrics'''
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| |'''(Verse 1) - Christof Bachmeier'''
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| Here I stand all alone again
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| Now I realize the signs are pushed away
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| A thousand times, I tried to remind myself
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| To live for the moment, be happy with me
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| But I lost the chance 'cause I didn't take to my heart
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| And it hurts so much to feel everything has gone
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| '''(Verse 2) - Regina Simon'''
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| Lets make a new start
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| and realize what we're doin'
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| Not the money, or the power
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| Will catch you when you fall
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| See the children in the desert
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| See the hopeless, desperate eyes
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| Ask the father what he feels, when his hungry baby cries
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| But I lost the chance 'cause you tried to get it all
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| And you won't understand until your back is to the wall
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| '''(Chorus) - Mario Lehner'''
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| And now I know, it's just a game
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| and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
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| But you can't choose the way to play
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| And now I know, it's just a game
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| and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
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| But you can't choose the way to play
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| '''(Verse 3) - Karli Mayer'''
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| Dead or alive, that's the password (I put in time?)
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| We've got all we want, but we got no time to leave
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| Oh, we don't care about, the real things in life
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| While we kill ourselves, for a little bit of printed paper
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| Oh god, and we will understand until our back is to the wall
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| '''(Chorus) - All vocalists'''
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| And now I know, it's just a game
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| and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
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| But you can't choose the way to play
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| And now I know, it's just a game
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| and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
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| But you can't choose the way to play
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| '''''(Guitar Solo)'''''
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| And now I know, it's just a game
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| and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
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| But you can't choose (you can't!)
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| And now I know, it's just a game
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| and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad
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| But you can't choose the way to play
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| And now I know (Oh now I know), it's just a game
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| (It's just a game) and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad (Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad)
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| But you can't choose the way to play
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| And now I know, it's just a game
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| and I don't need the rules to play
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| Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad (oh, it's sad, so sad)
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| But you can't choose the way to play
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| '''(Outro)'''
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| I need no rules to play
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| No rules to play
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| I don't need no rules to play
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| To play, no rules
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| |}
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| ==Personnel==
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| * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/8295273-Christof-Bachmeier Christof Bachmeier] – vocals, bass, piano
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| * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/2530723-Regina-Simon Regina Simon] – vocals
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| * Karli Mayer – vocals
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| * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/675605-Mario-Lehner Mario Lehner] – vocals (chorus)
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| * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/2728216-Gerhard-Schleifer Gerhard "Angel" Schleifer] – guitar
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| * [https://www.discogs.com/artist/788302-Wolfgang-Lohmeier Wolfgang Lohmeier] – drums
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| ==References==
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| *[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D7YkxuhyVagwBgNlM77FcxETGFzDqH2qdnxWVdzTk1o/edit?gid=536269425#gid=536269425 Just A Game Lead Document]
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| *[https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/584899.html The original WatZatSong snippet.]
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| *[https://youtu.be/xjUIyeJn70w?feature=shared Song for comparison with Christof Bachmeier.]
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| [[Category:Identified]]
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| <references />
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| [[Category:Album-oriented rock]]
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