Play is the name of more than one artist:

1. A Swedish Pop and R&B g… Read Full Bio ↴Play is the name of more than one artist:

1. A Swedish Pop and R&B group

2. A New Wave/Minimal Synthpop band from the UK

3. A Russian electronica artist

4. A Polish electro artist

5. An American band

6. A Hardcore band from Philippines

7. A German Post-Hardcore band

1) Hailing from Sweden, Play encompasses pop and r&b to create a youthful sound. Formed in 2000 by Laila Bagge, Play was made up of 4 girls; Anna Sundstrand, Anaïs Lameche, Rosie Munter, and Faye Hamlin. With this lineup they released 2 albums and toured with acts such as Destiny's Child and Aaron Carter. Between late 2003 and the middle of 2004 Faye Hamlin decided to leave the group and Janet Leon joined. The girls soon released a 3rd album, titled Don't Stop The Music, and joined the Spring Thing Tour with acts such as Jump5 and Stevie Brock. Later in 2004 the girls also released a christmas album, and proceeded with a small tour to promote the album. Between the releases of the last two albums, Play made the move from Columbia records to a smaller label from which the christmas album was released. News about the girls nearly dried up as rumors circled about the withstanding of the group. This was even more intensified with Columbia's release of Girls Mind, a "best of" album from the groups previous line-up with Faye Hamlin. It was later confirmed in September 2005 that the group had decided to call it quits.

In 2009, two of the original members of the group, Anaïs Lemeche and Fanny ("Faye") Hamlin, decided to rejoin and release a cd. They contacted their previous manager Laila Bagge who welcomed them with open arms. They found a third member in Sanne Karlsson. Their work towards a successful album launch could be followed on the Swedish tv show "Made In Sweden".

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2) Play was a New Wave/Minimal Synthpop band from the UK, formed in the early 80s by Wayne Kennedy, later joined on recordings by Drinking Electricity members David Rome (Survival records founder) and P.K. Edgely (Survival's designer, formerly on a group known as The Limit). They released a number of singles between 1981 and 1985 and their sole album, "Red Movies" later that year.

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3) Play is also the name of a Russian electronica artist.

The front woman Olga "Play" from Voronezh had big success with her debut song "Ty Ne Odin" (You're Not Alone) on many radio stations in Russia and East Europe. There are pop, dance and trance tunes. The second album was released not as PLAY but Olga PLAY, this time into house, disco and downtempo style.

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4) Play is also the name of a Polish electro artist.

Play is a project of Slawek Pietrzak, the former guitarist of the famous vocalist Kazik and his band „Kult”. Additionally, He is the owner of the independent record label SP Records. The band was formed in the summer of 1998 by Slawek Pietrzak, ‘Pyza’ (the drummer who collaborated not only with Play, but first of all with Kasia Nosowska and Tymon Tymański) and Olaf Deriglasoff (The Captain’s Children, Pudelsi, Kazik, Apteka, Yugoton). The musicians recorded in ‘Slabe Studio SP’ firstly rough sketches - their own ideas and compositions - with the invaluable help of Slawek Janowski. For two years Slawek Pietrzak (on and off, while dividing his time between running the company and collaborating with Kazik Staszewski), was enriching the songs and sound tracks as best He could with new musical lines and adding unusual, amazing sounds on his own. When the album was almost completed, He invited Tomasz Stańko and Andrzej Smolik to cooperate. But there was still the unsolved issue of lyrics and vocalist. Then Slawek Pietrzak met Marek Śledziewski by chance while filming the videoclip „Andrzej Gołota” for Kazik Live. Śledziewski, the director of the videoclip, created the lyrics and sang them. The song „001” was released in 2001 as the first single to promote the forthcoming new album. Meanwhile, new material had been gathered and the new album was ready for release. New artists took part in the creative process e.g. Artur Affek (Kayah’s guitarist), Dj Feel X (Kaliber 44) and Kasia Nowicka (Novika).
The whole album was recorded by co-producers Slawek Janowski and Sebastian Witkowski (who also played on the keyboards).

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5) Play is also the name of a New York City four-piece band formed in 2004.

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6) Play! is also the name of the Video Game Symphony playing classic video game classics in Symphonic versions live.

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7) Play (aka Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed) was a German Post-Hardcore band.

Girls
Play Lyrics

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First date you bring me flowers
Sit and talk about how close you're with your mother
Mention how golden you live
As if that shit would be impressive

My wallet just don't need ya
If you don't get it, then we'll see ya!
Who do you think that you're fooling?

If you don't get it then prove it
But don't fuckin' over do it

Girls just wanna have fun
Take the moves and turn them all around cause
Girls just wanna have fun
Take my word don't wanna let you down
Girls just wanna have fun
Why ya'll so dedicated
When it's not that complicated?

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Your lines are over-rated
This time you almost got me irritated
What part of no don't you get
Bet your ego got a turn and now you're upset

My wallet just don't need ya
If you don't get it, then we'll see ya!
Who do you think that you're fooling?
If you don't get it then prove it
But don't fuckin' over do it

Girls just wanna have fun
Take the moves and turn them all around cause
Girls just wanna have fun
Take my word don't wanna let you down
Girls just wanna have fun
Why ya'll so dedicated
When it's not that complicated?

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Woo!

You want me over here
You want me over there
You like me best when
I'm not the rest of the girls that demand nothing

But you're missing out
What it's all about
So if you think you bore me here is the story...

Girls just wanna have fun
Ah-ah-ah-ah

Oh girls just wanna have fun, woo!

Girls just wanna have fun
Take the moves and turn them all around cause
Girls just wanna have fun
Take my word don't wanna let you down
Girls just wanna have fun
Why ya'll so dedicated
When it's not that complicated?

Girls just wanna have fun
Take the moves and turn them all around cause
Girls just wanna have fun
Take my word don't wanna let you down
Girls just wanna have fun
Why ya'll so dedicated
When it's not that complicated?

They wanna have fun, ah-ah
They wanna have fun, ah-ah
They wanna have fun, fun, fun

They wanna have fun
They just wanna have fun

Overall Meaning

The song "Girls" by Play is an anthem for women who want to have a good time without any unnecessary baggage from men. The lyrics talk about how women just want to have fun and that men should not complicate things. The song starts by describing a first date where the guy tries to impress with the basic cliches like talking about his relationship with his mother and his wealth. But the women are not impressed by these things, and they warn the men that if they don't get it, they will be rejected.

The lyrics then go on to talk about how women get irritated by men who use cheesy lines and do not understand that they do not need to impress them with material wealth. Women just want to have fun and do not want men to overdo their attempts at impressing them. The lyrics encourage men to let women take the lead when it comes to having a good time and not try to control everything.

In summary, the song's message is that women just want to enjoy themselves without the need for men to complicate things. They don't want to be impressed with wealth or over-the-top actions, but instead, they want to have fun and enjoy their own company.

Line by Line Meaning

First date you bring me flowers
You think you can impress me with shallow gestures, but that's not what I'm looking for

Sit and talk about how close you're with your mother
You think that bonding over a shared relationship with your mother is going to score points with me, but it's not enough

Mention how golden you live
You flaunt your wealth and status, as though they're the most important things in the world

As if that shit would be impressive
You're trying too hard to impress me, and it's not working

My wallet just don't need ya
I'm not interested in your money or what you can buy me

If you don't get it, then we'll see ya!
If you can't understand that, then we have nothing to talk about

Who do you think that you're fooling?
You're not convincing anyone with your empty attempts to impress me

If you don't get it then prove it
If you can't understand what I'm saying, then show me that you do

But don't fuckin' over do it
Don't try too hard, it's not necessary

Girls just wanna have fun
I'm not interested in anything serious, I just want to enjoy myself

Take the moves and turn them all around cause
I don't want to follow society's rules, I want to do things my own way

Take my word don't wanna let you down
I want to be honest with you, I don't want to disappoint you

Why ya'll so dedicated
Why are people so obsessed with finding a serious relationship, when it's not necessary for everyone

When it's not that complicated?
It doesn't have to be as serious or complicated as people make it out to be

Your lines are over-rated
You're not impressing anyone with your usual pick-up lines

This time you almost got me irritated
I'm getting fed up with your attempts to impress me, you're close to annoying me

What part of no don't you get
I've tried to politely tell you that I'm not interested, what part of that is unclear to you

Bet your ego got a turn and now you're upset
You're probably used to getting what you want, and now that I'm not falling for your attempts to impress me, it's bruising your ego

You want me over here
You want me to play the game, and follow your lead

You want me over there
You want me to go where you go, and do what you do

You like me best when
You only like me when I'm conforming to your expectations

I'm not the rest of the girls that demand nothing
I don't fit the mold of what you think most girls are like, but that's a good thing

But you're missing out
You're too focused on trying to impress me, and you're missing out on the chance to get to know the real me

What it's all about
You're not understanding what's really important to me

So if you think you bore me here is the story...
If you think I'm just playing hard to get, let me tell you what's really going on

Ah-ah-ah-ah
This is just a catchy hook that doesn't have any deeper meaning

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