Playback or Play Back may refer to:

Film

* ''Playback'' (1962 film), a British film in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' series * ''Playback'', a 1996 film starring Shannon Whirry * ''Playback'' (2012 film), an American horror film by Michael A. Nickles * '' Play Back'', a 2021 Indian Telugu-language film * ''Playback'' (2019 film), an Argentine documentary

Literature

* ''Playback'' (magazine), a Canadian film, TV, and new media trade publication * ''Playback'' (novel), by Raymond Chandler, also a screenplay

Music

Gapless playback Gapless playback is the uninterrupted playback of consecutive audio tracks, such that relative time distances in the original audio source are preserved over track boundaries on playback. For this to be useful, other artifacts (than timing-related ...

, uninterrupted play of audio tracks *

Playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

, a singer in films whose singing is prerecorded, who lip syncs (see also

lip-synching in music Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced , like the word ''sink'', despite the spelling of the participial forms ''synced'' and ''syncing''), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements ...

)

Performers

* Playback (South Korean group), a girl group * Playback, an American boyband that competed in season 2 of the U.S. ''X Factor'' * Playback, credited performers in the U.S. of the 1979 Player One song "

Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Taito for Arcade video game, arcades. It was released in Japan in April 1978, with the game being released by Midway Manufacturing overseas. ''Space Invaders'' was the first fixed s ...

Albums

* ''Playback'' (The Appletree Theatre album), 1968 * ''Playback'' (Phi Life Cypher album), 2006 * ''Playback'' (Sam Lazar album), 1962 * ''Playback'' (SSQ album), 1983 * ''Playback'' (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album), 1995 * '' Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology'', 2017

Songs

* "Playback", by Carlos Paião, representing Portugal at the

Eurovision Song Contest 1981 The Eurovision Song Contest 1981 was the 26th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Dublin, Ireland, following the country's victory at the with the song "What's Another Year" performed by Johnny Logan. Organised by the Euro ...

* "Playback", by NCT 127 from ''

2 Baddies ''2 Baddies'' () is the fourth Korean-language studio album (fifth overall) by South Korean boy band NCT 127. It was released on September 16, 2022, by SM Entertainment, and contains 12 tracks in a variety of genres, including the lead single ...

'', 2022

Other uses

Playback (technique) In chaos magic, playback is a form of magical practice developed by William S. Burroughs, primarily as a way of placing curses on people or places. Burroughs was a part of the chaos magic movement, and this technique – along with others ...

, a chaos magic technique *

Playback attack Playback or Play Back may refer to: Film * Playback (1962 film), ''Playback'' (1962 film), a British film in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' series * ''Playback'', a 1996 film starring Shannon Whirry * Playback (2012 film), ''Playback'' (2012 film ...

, or replay attack, a type of network attack *

Playback FM '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' is an open-world, action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. First released on 26 October 2004 for the PlayStation 2, ''San Andreas'' has an in-game radio that can t ...

, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' *

Playback Theatre Playback Theatre is an original form of improvisational theatre in which audience or group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot. History The first Playback Theatre company was founded in 1975 by Jonathan Fox a ...

, a form of improvisational theatre