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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Head Games
| Type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]
| Cover = Foreigner-head-games80.jpg
| Released = [[September 11]], [[1979]]
| Recorded = June-July 1979
| Genre = [[Rock and Roll|Rock]]
| Length = 38:13
| Label = [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]
| Producer = [[Roy Thomas Baker]],<br>[[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]],<br>[[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:88q3g4attv4z~T1 link]
| Last album = ''[[Double Vision (album)|Double Vision]]'' <br /> (1978)
| This album = '''''Head Games''''' <br /> (1979)
| Next album = ''[[4 (album)|4]]'' <br /> (1981)
}}
:''For the ''Doctor Who'' novel, see [[Head Games (Doctor Who)]]. There is also a [[defunct]] computer game company called Head Games, which was later acquired by [[Activision Value]].''
'''''Head Games''''' is the third [[album]] by [[United States|American]] [[rock and roll|rock]] band [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]], released in 1979. The album charted at #5 on the [[Billboard 200]] chart, and has sold over five million copies in the US alone. It is perhaps as famous (or infamous) for its extremely lurid album cover, depicting a young, scantily clad girl in a filthy men's room, as it is for its music. The title track and "Dirty White Boy" were the album's big hits, peaking at #14 and #12, respectively.
==Track listing==
# "Dirty White Boy" (Gramm, Jones) – 3:37
# "Love on the Telephone" (Gramm, Jones) – 3:18
# "Women" (Jones) – 3:25
# "I'll Get Even with You" (Jones) – 3:40
# "Seventeen" (Gramm, Jones) – 4:43
# "Head Games" (Gramm, Jones) – 3:37
# "The Modern Day" (Jones) – 3:26
# "Blinded by Science" (Jones) – 4:54
# "Do What You Like" (Gramm, McDonald) – 3:58
# "Rev on the Red Line" (Gramm, Greenwood) – 3:35
# "Zalia"* (Gramm, McDonald) – 2:34
<nowiki>*</nowiki> bonus track on 2002 re-issue
==Personnel==
*[[Dennis Elliott]] – [[drums]], [[vocals]]
*[[Lou Gramm]] – lead vocals, [[percussion instrument|percussion]]
*[[Al Greenwood]] – [[synthesizer]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]
*[[Mick Jones (Foreigner)|Mick Jones]] – [[guitar]], [[piano]], keyboard, vocals
*[[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]] – guitar, drums, keyboard, vocals
*[[Rick Wills]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], vocals
==Production==
*Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald
*Engineer: Geoff Workman
*Assistants: Randy Mason, John Weaver
*Mastering: George Marino
*Studio assistants: Randy Mason, John Weaver
*Musical director: Mick Jones
*Art direction: Sandi Young
*Design: Sandi Young
*Photography: David Alexander, Chris Callis, William Coupon
==Miscellaneous==
*In [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]], ''Head Games'' is one of the abilities of the ''Foreigner Belt''. This ability allows the wearer to transform their victim's [[head]] into a [[game]], possibly limited to [[Connect Four]].
*Another [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]-related reference is seen on [http://www.adultswim.com adultswim.com]; one of the games featured on the website is titled "Head Games". The game features the character Meatwad helping Carl through numerous levels in order to get his head back onto his body (hence the name, Head Games).
*The song "Dirty White Boy" from the album was used as the season two theme song for the show [[Dirty Jobs]].
==Charts==
'''Album''' - [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1979
|align="left"|Pop Albums
|align="left"|5
|-
|}
'''Singles''' - Billboard (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Single
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1979
|align="left"|"Dirty White Boy"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|12
|-
|align="left"|1979
|align="left"|"Head Games"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|14
|-
|align="left"|1980
|align="left"|"Women"
|align="left"|Pop Singles
|align="left"|41
|-
|}
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