Here’s something you don’t see or hear every day – the Four Tops covering the Moody Blues. In the fall of 1971, the Tops released their version of “A Simple Game” in various European territories and it climbed to #3 on the UK chart.

In early 1972 this non-LP single was issued in the US but it failed to gain much attention, grabbing a high of #90. Below we have rare video from a European TV appearance in ’71. Give it a watch and listen. It will improve your Monday.

FOUR TOPS, ‘A SIMPLE GAME’ (1971)

Previously on Music for Monday: The Monkees, ‘Oh My My’ (1970)