''Under My Skin'' is the fifth and final studio album by

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girl group

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, released on 21 April 2010. The first single off the album was "

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". It debuted at #7 on the

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- their first entry on the chart. This was also the group's last album, as less than half a year after Hamlin left a second time the group also disbanded for a second time.

Background and promotion

The Play band members had not seen each other for several years, until one day when

Anaïs Lameche Anaïs Helena Lameche Bonnier (née Kretz Lameche; born 19 August 1987) is a Swedish former singer and one of the original members of the Swedish pop group Play. She is the only member of Play out of its seven different members to appear in all ...

managed to get a hold of

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("Faye") via phone. The two of them talked over lunch about reuniting ''Play'', and decided that it was time for ''Play'' to return. After the launch of ''Made in Sweden'' season two, Laila Bagge, one of the band's former managers, also wanted to reunite the girls as a band. Hamlin and Lameche returned for the reunion; Rosie Munter dropped out in the last minute, and Anna Sundstrand did not join the reunion due to living in the

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. With only two remaining members, they began the search for a third member. After about a week,

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, who was previously a member of the band ''Ghost vs Sanne'', joined the group after recording a demo song for Play. Season two of the TV program '' Made in Sweden'' showcased the hard work all three girls put into making their new album and promoting Play, also including the search for the third member Karlsson. Their new album was recorded in four weeks, and after that, ''Play'' performed their new songs live at several locations, such as Elgiganten stores and television shows in Sweden. They also made other appearances, and took other media trips like radio, magazines, and interviews.

Track listing

Personnel

;Play * Faye Hamlin – lead vocals *

– lead vocals *

– lead vocals ;Crew *

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- songwriting (1, 6, 8, 10) *

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- songwriting (1, 6, 10) *

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- songwriting (6) *Anders Bagge - songwriting (8) *

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- songwriting (8) *Vanilla Black - songwriting (8) *Alex Lamb - remix (11) *Andreas Gyllström - remix (12)

Charts

References

{{Authority control 2010 albums Play (Swedish group) albums Pop rock albums by Swedish artists