People Like You much like "Games That Lovers Play" was recorded right after the successful song it shares a name with. It was Eddie Fisher's 15th album, released and recorded in 1967.
Background.
'People Like You' was recorded right after the successful single People Like You, with many of the songs coming from the musical Mame, like "My Best Girl", "Mame" (the B-side of Games That Lovers Play), "If She Walked Into My Life", other songs like "Born Free" were a pop hits. "I Will Wait For You" also comes from a musical. "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do" was the B-side of his last charting single "Now I Know".
Charts.
The single, "People Like You", debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart on February 11, 1967, and peaked at number 97 during a three-week stay on the chart. The song spent a week at number four on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its 14-week stay. It reached number 74 on the Cashbox singles chart and stayed on the chart for four weeks.
The album debuted on the "Billboard" Top LPs chart in the issue dated July 1, 1967, and remained on the chart for three weeks, peaking at number 193. It was his last charting album.
Reception.
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic believed "People Like You" sounded like something Dean Martin should be doing, and Fisher indulged his affection for Al Jolson in the Mame cuts. There were some enjoyable performances, but the album as a whole was a disappointment after the standard set by Games That Lovers Play and its commercial failure (it only just made the charts), slowed the momentum of Fisher's comeback.