"Play It Cool" is the third single from Super Furry Animals' album Radiator. It reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in September 1997.[1]

"Play It Cool"
Single by Super Furry Animals
from the album Radiator
Released	22 September 1997
Length	3:18
Label	Creation Records
Songwriter(s)	Super Furry Animals
Producer(s)	Gorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals singles chronology
"The International Language of Screaming" (1997) "Play It Cool" (1997) "Demons" (1997)

Release and critical reception

"Play It Cool" was released on CD, cassette and 7" on 22 September 1997 and reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart and is a slightly different version from the one featured on their album Radiator.[1] The cover art is the fourth in a series of five Pete Fowler paintings commissioned by the band for Radiator and its singles. Fowler's art was inspired by "Play It Cool" and features a "mutant blue dog" according to Record Collector.[2] The packaging of the single features the Welsh language quote "Adar o'r unlliw hedfant i'r unlle", which roughly translates into English as "Birds of a feather flock together".[3] The track was included on the band's 'greatest hits' compilation album Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1, issued in 2004.[4]

Accolades

Music video

A music video was produced to accompany "Play It Cool" featuring digitised versions of the band beating Brazil in the PlayStation video game Actua Soccer 2.[6]

Track listing

All songs by Super Furry Animals.

• CD (CRESCD275)

1. "Play It Cool" – 3:18
2. "Pass the Time" – 3:49
3. "Cryndod Yn Dy Lais" – 3:15

• MC (CRECS275), 7" poster pack (CRE275)

1. "Play It Cool" – 3:18
2. "Pass the Time" – 3:49

Personnel

• Gruff Rhys – vocals
• Huw Bunford – guitar
• Guto Pryce – bass guitar
• Cian Ciaran – keyboards
• Dafydd Ieuan – drums

Chart positions

References