“The Circle Game” is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell composed in 1966. Have a great night! One of her most-covered songs, it was originally recorded by Ian & Sylvia in 1967, and then by Buffy Sainte-Marie the same year, and by Tom Rush for his 1968 album of the same name. Mitchell recorded it for her 1970 album Ladies of the Canyon; it also appears on her 1974 live album Miles of Aisles. The song shares a title with an award-winning collection of poetry from 1964 by fellow Can

Joni Mitchell “The Circle Game” The Way It Is—CBC TV, Toronto, ON, January 21, 1968. This was recorded two months before her debut album Song to a Seagull was released (March 1968). She was still known mainly as a songwriter whose work had been recorded by others (Tom Rush, Judy Collins, Ian & Sylvia). “The Circle Game” had been written in 1966, recorded by other artists in 1967, but Joni herself wouldn’t release it until 1970 on Ladies of the Canyon. This CBC clip is one of the earliest survivi