"Games People Play", also known as "'They Just Can't Stop It' The (Games People Play)", is a song recorded by American
R&B vocal group
The Spinners. Released in 1975 from their Pick of the Litter album, featuring
lead vocals by
Bobby Smith, it was a
crossover success, spending a week at number one on the US
Hot Soul Singles chart and peaking at number five on the
Billboard Hot 100.[1] Recorded at Philadelphia's
Sigma Sound Studios, the house band
MFSB provided the backing.
Female backing vocals on the song were performed by
Carla L. Benson, Evette Benton, and
Barbara Ingram, who together formed the legendary studio backing vocal group
Sweethearts of Sigma. The female lead vocal on the track is by Evette Benton. This song was an
RIAA-certified million seller for the Spinners.[2]