Computer Games (song)

"Computer Games" is a song by New Zealand band Mi-Sex, released in September 1979 in Australia and New Zealand as the second single from their debut studio album, Graffiti Crimes (1979). The song peaked at number 1 in Australia and 5 in New Zealand. The music video was filmed on location at what was at the time Control Data Corporation's North Sydney centre and included gameplay from the 1979 arcade games Speed Freak, Basketball and Star Fire. The single won the award for Best Australian Single at the 1979 TV Week/Countdown Music Awards.

"Computer Games"
Single by Mi-Sex
from the album Graffiti Crimes
ReleasedSeptember 1979 (Australia/NZ)
Recorded1979
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:54
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)
  • Murray Burns
  • Steve Gilpin
  • Kevin Stanton
Producer(s)Peter Dawkins
Mi-Sex singles chronology
"But You Don't Care"
(1979)		 "Computer Games"
(1979)		 "People"
(1980)

The single was also released in Europe and North America, as well as South Africa where the band's name was altered to MS to satisfy censorship.

The song was also re-recorded as the final track for the band's 1983 album Where Do They Go?, a dub version was the 12" B-side of their 1983 single "Lost Time" and again on the 2016 EP Extended Play.

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