Don't Stop the Music
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Don't Stop the Music is the third and only studio album that was recorded with the second line-up of the Swedish girlband Play. It is the first and only album by the group to feature vocals from then new member Janet Leon, who replaced founding member and lead singer Faye Hamlin. In fact, many of the albums tracks are believed to have been originally recorded with Faye, as many years later an alternative version of Another Love Story was released featuring her vocals.
It was released on 9 March 2004. This was the group's least successful album and did not chart on Billboard
. it is by far, Play's lowest selling album to date as of August 2008 compared to that of "Replay" and the RIAA certified Gold album "Play"
It was released on 9 March 2004. This was the group's least successful album and did not chart on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
. it is by far, Play's lowest selling album to date as of August 2008 compared to that of "Replay" and the RIAA certified Gold album "Play"
Track listing
- "everGirl" (Giscombe, Mavrolas) – 2:47
- "Don't Stop the Music" (Carlsson, Ekhe, Kronlund, Lindstrom, Sigvardt) –3:11
- "Every Little Step" (Kenneth Edmonds, Reid) – 3:31
- "Girls Can Too" (Godfrey, Oda, Padley) –3:44
- "Hand in Hand" (Godfrey, Padley) – 3:37
- "You Found Me" (Bahnkce, Carlsson, Mann, Tromborg) – 3:42
- "It's the Hard Knock Life" (Martin Charnin, Charles Strouse) – 3:13
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 3:12
- "Seven" (Kvint, Lauer) – 3:12
- "Another Love Story" (Michelle Escoffery, Sharpe, Tim Woodcock) – 3:10
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. "Every Little Step" was originally a track on Bobby BrownBobby BrownRobert Barisford "Bobby" Brown is an American R&B singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits, culminating in a Grammy Award. He was a pioneer of New Jack Swing music, a...
's 1988 album Don't Be Cruel. "Girls Can Too" is a reworked and reworded version of Nanase AikawaNanase Aikawais a Japanese musician known for employing a variety of musical styles, most notably rock. She publishes her music under the Motorod label, a division of Avex Group.- Early life :Nanase Aikawa was born on February 16, 1975, in Osaka, Japan...
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as "Bye Bye Boy"). "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," which also appeared on Play's previous album Replay featuring the vocals of former member Faye HamlinFaye HamlinFanny "Faye" Matilda Dagmar Hamlin is a Swedish singer and model. She is one of the original members of the Swedish pop group Play.-Time in Play:Faye was selected to be in Play by the band's manager, Laila Bagge...
, was originally performed by Marvin GayeMarvin GayeMarvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
and Tammi TerrellTammi TerrellThomasina Winifred Montgomery, known as Tammi Terrell was an American singer-songwriter most notable for her association with Motown and her duets with Marvin Gaye. As a teenager she recorded for the Scepter–Wand, Try Me and Checker record labels. She signed with Motown in April 1965 and enjoyed...
. "It's the Hard Knock Life" is a slightly modified version of the song featuring in the popular musical AnnieAnnie (musical)Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
. - "It's the Hard Knock Life" was recorded two separate times - once with departing member Faye HamlinFaye HamlinFanny "Faye" Matilda Dagmar Hamlin is a Swedish singer and model. She is one of the original members of the Swedish pop group Play.-Time in Play:Faye was selected to be in Play by the band's manager, Laila Bagge...
, and once with incoming member Janet LeonJanet LeonJanet Ava Leon is a professional Swedish singer and dancer of Persian and Spanish descent.-Time in Play:She joined the pop group Play in late 2003...
. Faye appeared in the video version of the song, shot on behalf of the 20th Anniversary DVD release of AnnieAnnie (film)Annie is a 1982 American musical film directed by John Huston and choreographed by Arlene Phillips. The film is an adaption of the 1977 stage musical of the same name, which in turn was based on the 1924 Little Orphan Annie comic strip by Harold Gray. The movie features music by Charles Strouse,...
. - Two music videos for "everGirl" were shot. The first was a more conventional video shot in a Swedish classroom, and the second was a tour diary/performance video filmed in a New York mall.
- In 2006, the song "Another Love Story" was featured in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2Dead or Alive Xtreme 2Dead or Alive: Xtreme 2 is a 2006 video game for the Xbox 360 game console. Developed by Team Ninja, it is the sequel to Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball...
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, this song was originally recorded with departing member Faye HamlinFaye HamlinFanny "Faye" Matilda Dagmar Hamlin is a Swedish singer and model. She is one of the original members of the Swedish pop group Play.-Time in Play:Faye was selected to be in Play by the band's manager, Laila Bagge...
, it's rumored to have been a unreleased song from the group's second album Replay.
Personnel
- Anaïs LamecheAnaïs LamecheAnaïs Helena Kretz Lameche is an original member of the Swedish pop group Play. She is the only member of Play out of its seven different members to appear in all four different line-ups of the group...
– lead vocalist - Janet LeonJanet LeonJanet Ava Leon is a professional Swedish singer and dancer of Persian and Spanish descent.-Time in Play:She joined the pop group Play in late 2003...
– lead vocalist - Rosie Munter – minor vocalist
- Anna SundstrandAnna SundstrandAnna Maria Carolina Sundstrand is a Swedish singer and model. She was a member of the Swedish pop group Play from the group's formation in 2001 when she was 12 until their breakup in 2005...
– minor vocalist
Singles
- "Every Little Step (Featuring Aaron CarterAaron CarterAaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
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in early 2004, though a music video was never made) - "everGirl" (two music videos were shot for this song to promote the Kohl'sKohl'sKohl's Corporation is an American department store chain headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, operating , 1,089 stores in 49 states. In 1998, it entered the S&P 500 list, and is also listed in the Fortune 500...
clothing brand, but this song did not receive radio play) February 17, 2004