Editing Bay City Rollers (section)

===Decline and line–up changes: 1977–1979===
[[File:Bay City Rollers -yhtyeen rumpali Derek Longmuir on saapunut hotelli Hesperian edustalle - G35573 (hkm.HKMS000005-km0000nhk4).jpg|thumb|right|Drummer [[Derek Longmuir]] in Helsinki, 1978]]
As the Rollers' popularity waned, the shuffling of personnel continued; Mitchell quit the band. He was replaced by guitarist [[Pat McGlynn]]. Further struggles involved the direction of their sound, as the members wished to pursue more sophisticated styles. They settled on [[David Bowie]]'s producer, [[Harry Maslin]], and in August 1977 released ''[[It's a Game (Bay City Rollers album)|It's a Game]]'' as a four-piece group, comprising McKeown, Wood, Faulkner and Derek Longmuir. The ''It's a Game'' tour was recorded in 1977 at Japan's [[Nippon Budokan|Budokan Hall]], and was later released in 2001 as ''Rollerworld: Live at the Budokan 1977''.

On the tour, they covered "It's a Game", an unsuccessful 1973 single by [[String Driven Thing]], to give them their final UK Top 20 hit (No. 16 in May 1977). Oddly enough, this single provided them with their highest-charting German hit, reaching No.&nbsp;4 in the same year.<ref>''Starke Zeiten'', Hit-Bilanz, 1988 BMG-Ariola 258850</ref> The follow-up "[[You Made Me Believe in Magic]]" made No.&nbsp;34 in July in the UK and No.&nbsp;10 in the U.S., and this single was their final major success.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>

The Bay City Rollers were on ''[[The Krofft Superstar Hour]]'', later named the ''Bay City Rollers Show'', an hour-long show that aired from September 9, 1978, to January 27, 1979. During this time, the classic line-up released their last album together, [[Strangers in the Wind]], which charted only in Australia, (No. 61) Japan, (No. 5) and the US (No. 128).