Girls@Play

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Girls@Play

Background information
Origin Flag of England England
Genre(s) Pop
Years active 2000–2001 (disbanded)

Girls@Play were a British five-piece girl group, consisting of Vicky Dowdall, Lisa-Jayne White, Rita Simons, Lynsey Shaw and Shelley Nash.[1] They were produced by Stock & Aitken (Mike Stock and Matt Aitken).

Each member of the band had a different character that they played in their music videos. Dowdall played a cowgirl, White an executive, Simons a mechanic, Shaw a New York City traffic cop and Nash a pilot.

The group released two singles; "Airhead"[2] on 12 February 2001[1] and "Respectable", a cover version of "Respectable" by Mel and Kim, on 1 October 2001. "Airhead" reached number 18 in the UK Top 40 chart on 18 February 2001, while "Respectable" reached number 29 on 7 October 2001.[3] They also supported Hear'Say and Steps on their arena tours in 2000/2001.[3]

The group decided to disband on 18 November 2001.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Girls at Play", Music Moz. URL last accessed 2007-05-28.
  2. ^ "Airhead", Music Moz. URL last accessed 2007-05-28.
  3. ^ a b c "Girls@Play", Mobius' Music Home Page. URL last accessed 2007-05-28.