Girls@Play were a British five-piece girl group band from London formed in 2000, consisting of Vicky Dowdall, Lisa-Jay White, Rita Simons, Lynsey Shaw and Shelley Nash. They were signed to GSM Records and produced by Stock & Aitken (Mike Stock and Matt Aitken). Each member of the group played a different character 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. This gimmick led to Girls@Play being described as the female version of the Village People.

History

The group released two singles: "Airhead" on 12 February 2001 and a cover version of "Respectable", originally by Mel and Kim, on 1 October 2001. "Airhead" reached number 18 on the UK Singles Chart on 18 February 2001, while "Respectable" reached number 29 on 7 October 2001. They also supported Hear'Say and Steps on their arena tours in 2000 and 2001. The announcement of Girls@Play's disbanding was made on 18 November 2001.

Possible reunion

In January 2014, it was announced that the group's management were in talks to reform the group. They were also in discussion to reunite the group for the second series of The Big Reunion; however, the group have never materialised since. Rita Simons hinted the group may reunite in the future. In March 2016, it was announced that the group were again in talks about reforming, but nothing came of it. In 2019, Girls@Play again came to the streaming service Spotify with previously unreleased material from their unreleased album, including "When Love Takes Over You", "Outta My Head", "Forget About Love", "Everything I Need", and "Brand New Car".

Members

Discography

Singles