Replay (Play album)

Replay
Studio album by Play
Released	10 June 2003
Genre	Pop teen pop
Length	38:26
Label	Columbia
Producer	Pelle Ankarberg Blaze Billions Andreas Carlsson Desmond Child Jem Godfrey Hitvision Richie Jones Bill Padley Pam Sheyne Twin Ric Wake
Play chronology
Playin' Around (2003) Replay (2003) Don't Stop the Music (2004)
Singles from Replay
"I Must Not Chase the Boys" Released: 29 April 2003 [1] "Whole Again" Released: 8 July 2003 [2]

Replay is the second studio album by Swedish girl group Play, released on 10 June 2003. It contains covers from British artists such as Billie Piper, Liberty X and Atomic Kitten. The first single off the album was "I Must Not Chase the Boys". The album peaked at number 67 on the Billboard 200 chart. ^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

AllMusic editor Johnny Loftus noted that Replay "tries to embrace Play's own emerging sexuality in its lyricism and photography, but falls short with unimaginative arrangements that either haven't left the fluffy PG beats of the quartet's (recent) past, or too closely imitate the hot modern R&B of Aguilera and especially Destiny's Child." ^[4] Billboard named "I Must Not Chase the Boys" 76th on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time." ^[5]

Track listing

Replay track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"I Must Not Chase the Boys"	Jem Godfrey Bill Padley Pam Sheyne	Godfrey Padley Sheyne	3:16
2.	"Honey to the Bee"	Jim Marr Wendy Page	Godfrey Padley	4:14
3.	"Just a Little"	Michelle Escoffery George Hammond Hagan John Hammond Hagan	Richie Jones Ric Wake	3:56
4.	"Whole Again"	Godfrey Stuart Kershaw Andy McCluskey Padley	Jones Padley	3:04
5.	"Hot" (featuring Shaggy)	John Bryan Escoffery	Blaze Billions	3:45
6.	"Girl's Mind"	Godfrey Padley Sheyne	Godfrey Padley Sheyne	2:27
7.	"What Is Love?"	Robyn Carlsson Cutfather & Joe Kara DioGuardi	Jones	3:44
8.	"11 Out of 10"	Pelle Ankarberg Charlie Dore Niclas Molinder Joacim Persson	Ankarberg Twin	3:46
9.	"Let's Get to the Love Part"	Chris Braide Andreas Carlsson Desmond Child	Carlsson Child	3:31
10.	"2 Blocks Down"	Aleena Mattias Lindblom Anders Wollbeck	Hitvision	3:27
11.	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"	Nickolas Ashford Valerie Simpson	Hitvision	3:16
12.	"Unspeakable" (Target bonus track)	DioGuardi Simon Ellis Michelle Lewis		3:15
Total length:				38:26

Personnel

• Faye Hamlin – lead vocals
• Anaïs Lameche – lead vocals
• Rosie Munter – backing vocals
• Anna Sundstrand – backing vocals

Album trivia

Several songs on Replay are covers of the original versions by their respective artists:

• "Honey to the Bee" was originally sung and released as a single by British popstar Billie Piper.
• "Just A Little" was recorded with slightly more suggestive lyrics by British group Liberty X in 2001.
• Both Play and American-British girl group No Secrets recorded "Whole Again" in late 2002 - but it was originally a hit for British girl group Atomic Kitten just one year earlier.
• Play was one of many artists to record their version of the classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," which was originally performed in 1967 by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

Other songs on the album were later covered by other artists:

• Play was the first to record "What Is Love," but actress-singer Raven-Symoné covered this song for her 2004 album This Is My Time, it was also covered by British singer Peter Andre for his 2004 album The Long Road Back.
• Tata Young covered Play's song "I Must Not Chase The Boys" in her 2006 album Temperature Rising
• The German singer, Joana Zimmer, covered "Let's Get To The Love Part" for her second album, The Voice In Me.
• "2 Blocks Down" was used to write a Korean group Girls' Generation's song in their debut single "Beginning".
• "11 Out of 10" was later covered by the pop German group No Angels.
• The Belgian singer, Natalia, covered "Unspeakable" in her 2004 album Back for More .

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Replay

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 [3]	67

References

1. "Play - I Must Not Chase the Boys". Discogs. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
2. "Play - Whole Again". Discogs. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2010-05-13.
3. "Chart history Play". Billboard. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
4. Loftus, Johnny. "Replay, Play". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 January 2026.
5. "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. Retrieved July 11, 2017.