Man of the World: The Anthology 1968-1988. My baby, lazy poker goin' on She puts some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot She puts some coal on the fire so I can keep my poker hot. Another great poker song is from core Rat Pack member, old blue-eyes himself, Frank Sinatra, with 'Luck Be a Lady.' Frank spent a lot of time in Vegas, and many songs about poker also include odes to Vegas, like Elvis Presley during his comeback with 'Viva Las Vegas.' Which are your favorite songs about poker? Just be warned though, there is some nudity in the YouTube video for this song. Maybe we’re a little late, but it’s also a greatest songs about poker for Halloween too. So if you’re still in a spooky mood, why not stick this one on.
Posted by Ellis Shuman, January 6, 2014 Intertops classic sportsbook.
Recently we posted a question on our Facebook page, asking our followers for their opinion on a very important question, central to any poker player's heart. We asked, 'What is your favorite poker song of all time?'
Let's consider what poker songs have made their way into our culture, through films, television shows, and the mass-market music industry. Listed below is our all-time poker songlist. Did we miss something?
1) Let's start with a classic song, 'The Gambler', written by Don Schlitz and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. 'The Gambler' was released in November 1978 and won Rogers the Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 1980.
'You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away, know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table,
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.'
Know when to walk away, know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table,
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.'
2) 'Poker Face' by American recording artist and songwriter Lady Gaga is a song from her debut album, The Fame (2008). The song went viral, attaining worldwide success. Do you have a poker face when you play cash games and tournaments?
'I wanna hold em like they do in Texas please
Fold em let em hit me raise it baby stay with me, I love it
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart'
Fold em let em hit me raise it baby stay with me, I love it
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart'
3) The song 'Losing Hand' was included on Ray Charles's 1957 debut album for Atlantic Records. The album was re-released in 1962.
'I thought I'd be your king baby, yes and you could be my queen
I thought I'd be your king baby, yes and you could be my queen
But you used me for your joker ´cause I thought you're deal was clean'
I thought I'd be your king baby, yes and you could be my queen
But you used me for your joker ´cause I thought you're deal was clean'
4) The British heavy metal band Motorhead released its fourth album, 'Ace of Spades', in November 1980. The title track of the same name debuted in October of that year, peaking on the UK singles chart at number 15.
'If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man,
You win some, lose some, all the same to me,
The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say,
I don't share your greed, the only card I need is
The Ace Of Spades'
You win some, lose some, all the same to me,
The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say,
I don't share your greed, the only card I need is
The Ace Of Spades'
5) The song 'Deal' was first performed by the Grateful Dead in February 1971. 'Deal' was also played frequently by the Jerry Garcia Band.
'Since it costs a lot to win, and even more to lose,
You and me bound to spend some time wond'rin' what to choose.
Goes to show, you don't ever know,
Watch each card you play and play it slow,
Wait until that deal come round,
Don't you let that deal go down, no, no.'
You and me bound to spend some time wond'rin' what to choose.
Goes to show, you don't ever know,
Watch each card you play and play it slow,
Wait until that deal come round,
Don't you let that deal go down, no, no.'
6) Did you know that songwriter/singer Leonard Cohen has a song about poker? Listen to his song, 'The Stranger Song', included on his debut album in 1967.
'You hate to watch another tired man
Lay down his hand
Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
You notice there's a highway
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
It's curling up like smoke above his shoulder.'
Lay down his hand
Like he was giving up the holy game of poker
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
You notice there's a highway
That is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
It's curling up like smoke above his shoulder.'
7) Australian hard rock band AC/DC recorded 'She's Got the Jack' (sometimes called simply 'The Jack') in its second studio album, released in December, 1975.
'Poker face was her name
Poker face was her nature
Poker straight was her game
If she knew she could get you'
Poker face was her nature
Poker straight was her game
If she knew she could get you'
8) The song 'No Cheap Thrill' was included in the album 'Nine Objects of Desire', released by Suzanne Vega in September, 1996.
'I'll see you, I'll call you, I'll raise you
But it's no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay.'
But it's no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay.'
9) American rock band O.A.R. (short for Of a Revolution), recorded the song 'That Was a Crazy Game of Poker' on its debut album in 1997, and it became a staple performed at all of the group's live shows.
'That was a crazy game of poker
I lost it all
But someday I'll be back again
And I'm never to fall
Never to fall'
I lost it all
But someday I'll be back again
And I'm never to fall
Never to fall'
10) 'Lonesome Loser' was recorded by Little River Band, an Australian rock band formed in 1975.
'Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'
11) And here's an extra treat = Lonnie Donegan singing 'Gamblin' Man', his 1957 hit that was 19 weeks on the charts, including 2 weeks at the number one spot. Poker home games.
'I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
A gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man'
A gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man, man, man
I'm a gamblin' man'
Lesser Known Poker Songs
** Go Down Gamblin' by Blood, Sweat & Tears
![Poker Poker](https://www.chartattack.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Poker.jpg)
'Raised on brew and poker / And a dollar here and there.'
** The Devil Plays Poker - You me at Six Skrillex remix
** Liquor in the Front, Poker in the Rear
** Roving Gambler
Comment below and let us know what is your favorite poker song!
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14:3022 Sep
Poker and the life of the gambler has always held a mystical appeal to singers and music artists, the game allowing for the ups and downs of life’s crazy adventures to be metaphorically represented. Today we have a list of the top 5 ‘Best Poker Songs of all time’ for you – read’em and weep!
5. Lady Gaga /Poker Face
For some, myself definitely included, Lady Gaga’s nonsense barely passes as music or lyrics worth the paper they are written on, but for millions it became the song of the year.
Classic lines such as 'Cause I'm bluffing with my muffin, I'm not lying I'm just stunning with my love glue gunnin' may well have some poker reference hidden deep inside, but it’s hard to tell for sure because her ‘muffin’ pretty much gets in the way of everything she does.
Nevetheless, her attempts at a poker-themed song did at least have some elements of the game in it, but part of me can’t help wishing all the chambers were full when she sang: ‘Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun, And baby when it's love, if it’s not rough it isn't fun, fun.’
4. Ray Charles/Losing Hand
Charles was an amazing character, and his song ‘Losing Hand’ does a pretty good job of using every clichéd poker phrase and metaphor in the book – not bad for a 4-verse tune with plenty of repetition.
‘I thought I'd be your king baby, yes and you could be my queen, But you used me for your joker cause I thought you're deal was clean’, may just sum up about half the relationships of my own life – but it pales in comparison to the soul singer’s own love life – twice married and father to 12 children by nine different mothers!
So, it’s quite clear his own experience lies within the lines: ‘I gambled on your love baby and got a losing hand, Your ways keep changing like the shifting desert sand’, though not changing as much as his women of course.
3. Elvis Presley/Viva Las Vegas
‘Bright light city gonna set my soul, Gonna set my soul on fire, Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn, So get those stakes up higher,’ sings the legendary Elvis - and he’s not wrong!
A touch of the Vegas lifestyle is on pretty much every bucket list from here to Timbuktu, and the ‘King of Rock’n’Roll’ caught the mood perfectly with his hip-swaying classic which has seen a hundred covers since it appeared in the movie of the same name.
‘Oh, there's blackjack and poker and the roulette wheel, A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal, All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel,’ sings our man, and without spoiling the ending of a 53-year old film for you, racing driver Elvis may just have won enough at the tables to buy that new car he so desperately wanted.
2. Kenny Rogers/The Gambler
It’s one of the best-known poker songs ever written and sung by a legend of the country music scene, Kenny Rogers, whose chorus of ‘You've got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em, Know when to walk away, Know when to run,’ has become a poker player’s mantra ever since.
With over 50 years in the music business it might even come as surprise that ‘The Gambler’ is still his favourite song, perhaps due to the 5 movies it spawned, and honoured by Rogers titling his farewell tour ‘The Gambler’s Last Deal’.
Rap Song About Poker
The bearded legend has obviously played the game, as the lines, 'Cause every hand's a winner, And every hand's a loser, And the best that you can hope for, Is to die in your sleep', show - probably as true as any poker lyric ever written.
1. Motorhead/Ace of Spades
Though many would have Rogers’ ballad as number one in any list such as this, as an old punk and sometime metalhead there can be only one true poker song - the incredible bass intro jumping into my head every time the card appears on the felt – the Ace of Spades, by Motorhead.
Rock Songs About Gambling
The hedonistic approach of the old-school heavy metal band is evident in the very first version: ‘If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man, You win some, lose some, it's all the same to me…The Ace Of Spades!’
Songs About Casinos
Though frontman Lemmy has sadly departed, the song is unlikely to ever disappear from the classic lists, the aces and eights of the final verse - which is claimed to have been the hand Wild Bill Hickock held as he was shot dead - sure to resonate for as long as poker itself is played: ‘Pushing up the ante, I know you got to see me, Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again’.