Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)

Infobox Single
Name = Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)
Type = Single
Artist = Elton John
from Album = 21 at 33
B-side = "Cartier""White Man Danger"
Released = August 5, 1980
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:44
Label = Rocket Records
Writer = Elton John / Tom Robinson
Producer = Elton John & Clive Franks
Last single = "Little Jeannie" (1980)
This single = "Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?)" (1980)
Next single = "Dear God" (1980)

"Sartorial Eloquence (Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?) is a song by Elton John with lyrics written by Tom Robinson. It is the third track of his 1980 album, "21 at 33". In the U.K., it was issued as "Sartorial Eloquence", and in the U.S. as "Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More?". It was a modest success, only reaching #39 on the Billboard Hot 100. Musically, it's a great example of the pop-ballad theme that dominates most of the songs on that album. It came with two b-sides, like another one of his songs, Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, the first being "Cartier", a 54-second long commercial-like anthem about expensive jewellery, and "White Man Danger", which never has been officially issued on CD - like most of the B-sides from that period.

"Cartier" later appeared on his 1990 box set, To Be Continued.

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