Just A Game

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Just A Game
Alternative name(s) Choose The Way To Play, Rules To Play
Genre Rock
Length 4:52
Year 2009?
Original poster Gabor72
Search started 2018
File:JustAGameFull.mp3

Just A Game is a nearly solved rock / AOR (album-oriented rock) song that was uploaded to WatZatSong by Gabor72 on December 22nd, 2018.

Background

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.[1], until late 2023, when multiple YouTube reuploads of the song were published, increasing its popularity.[2][3][4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8]

On June 30th, 2024, Gabor's daughter discovered the full version of the song on his computer and promptly uploaded it to Google Drive.[9]

It was mislabeled as Der G.E.R.D - Just A Game.

The song is most likely Christof Bachmeier - Just A Game because GEMA gives the same length and alternate title of "Here I Stand, All Alone Again", which is the first line of the song. Additionally, they sound the same.

Leads

Possible

  • Christof Bachmeier - Just A Game: German multi-instrumentalist who has produced music for TV since 1997[10][11], has recorded AOR music similar in style to the song[12] and has a song in the GEMA database named "Just A Game" with an alternate title matching the song's first words and the same runtime.[13]

Debunked

  • Shower Team - Just A Game:[14]
  • GustI Lütjens & Nina Blazewski - Game of Love:[15][16]
  • Millennya - Just A Game: Not the same song[17]
  • Cats in Exile - All A Game: Not the same song[18]
  • The Love Buttons: Now I Know:[19] Not the same song[20]
  • Limited Edition: Packet From Herbie: Not on the album[21]
  • The Answer - Just A Game[22]: Not the same song[23]
  • Piero Cotto: Did not make the song[24]
  • The Strategy/Yvonne Morrison: Did not make the song[25]
  • The Flower Band - Rules[26][27]: AI hoax[28]
  • Soulseek "Full Version": AI hoax[29]
  • "Rillo.exe" lead: Hoax, confirmed by OP[30][31]

Lyrics

The lyrics most commonly agreed upon are:

(Verse 1)

Here I stand all alone again

Now I realize the signs are pushed away

A thousand times, I tried to remind myself

To live for the moment, be happy with me

But I lost the chance 'cause I didn't (deter?) my heart

And it hurts so much to feel everything has gone

(Verse 2)

Lets make a new start

and realize what we're doin'

Not the money, or the power

Will catch you when you fall

See the children in the desert

See the hopeless, desperate eyes

Ask the father what he feels, when his hungry baby cries

But I lost the chance 'cause you tried to get it all

And you won't understand until your back is to the wall

(Chorus)

And now I know, it's just a game

and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad

But you can't choose the way to play

And now I know, it's just a game

and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad

But you can't choose the way to play

(Verse 3)

Dead or alive, that's the password (I put in time?)

We've got all (???), but we got no time to leave

Oh, we don't care about, the real things in life

While we kill ourselves, for a little bit of printed paper

Oh god, and we will (always stand?) until our back is to the wall

(Chorus)

And now I know, it's just a game

and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad

But you can't choose the way to play

And now I know, it's just a game

and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad

But you can't choose the way to play

(Guitar Solo)

And now I know, it's just a game

and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad

But you can't choose (you can't!)

And now I know, it's just a game

and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad

But you can't choose the way to play

And now I know (Oh now I know), it's just a game

(It's just a game) and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad (Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad)

But you can't choose the way to play

And now I know, it's just a game

and I don't need the rules to play

Maybe it's happy, maybe it's sad (oh, it's sad, so sad)

But you can't choose the way to play

(Outro)

I need no rules to play

No rules to play

I don't need no rules to play

To play, no rules

References

  1. ↑ https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/584899.html
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNMoNr9otpA
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FN99t4ef9k
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfv07P161Fs
  5. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cmhodc/we_need_more_help_to_find_just_a_game/
  6. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cmgxd1/gabor_is_dead_we_found_his_facebook_and_his_wife/
  7. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cnyfsf/message_from_gabors_daughter/
  8. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cqddin/new_info_from_gabors_daughter/
  9. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1ds6qrf/found/
  10. ↑ https://nebraskarecords.de/about/christof-bachmeier-2/
  11. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/16278650-Various-Die-BR-Comedy-Show/
  12. ↑ https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/Jpegk8j-ywQ
  13. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1ds92d5/just_a_game_by_christof_bachmeier/
  14. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1apbc95/we_can_officially_rule_out_shower_teams_just_a/
  15. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Lostwave/comments/1cedf5e/a_possible_lead_on_the_just_a_game_song_is_it/
  16. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1cs62pt/guys_are_yall_just_ignoring_the_gusti_l%C3%BCtjens_lead/
  17. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/southarchive/comments/1d95cn1/milenya/
  18. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dixsnv/comment/l9bswdh/
  19. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d0pb98/maybe_something_to_look_into/
  20. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d1og31/jo_bisseker_lead_vocalist_of_the_love_buttons/
  21. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dg3u31/packet_from_herbie_limited_edition_debunked/
  22. ↑ https://imgur.com/IlAOQPK
  23. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d2ix10/the_answer_didnt_make_jag/
  24. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d3zqu0/piero_cotto_did_not_song_jag/
  25. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1dcn0m2/yvonne_morrison_confirms_it_is_not_her/
  26. ↑ https://lostmediawiki.com/Just_A_Game_(partially_found_full_version_of_unidentified_song;_date_unknown)
  27. ↑ https://vocaroo.com/1fEbTPuco1pl
  28. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1ddbc3f/regarding_hoaxes/
  29. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1da222a/full_song_confirmed_ai_hoax/
  30. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d8m55x/i_am_in_contact_with_the_potential_creator_of_jag/
  31. ↑ https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame/comments/1d9j2gw/update_with_the_email/
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