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{{About|the Super Furry Animals song|other songs with the same title|Play It Cool (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Play It Cool
| cover      = PlayItCool-SFA.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Super Furry Animals]]
| album      = [[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]
| released   = 22 September 1997
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = <!--Do not add unsourced genres -->
| length     = 3:18
| label      = [[Creation Records]]
| writer     = Super Furry Animals
| producer   = [[Gorwel Owen]], Super Furry Animals
| prev_title = [[The International Language of Screaming]]
| prev_year  = 1997
| next_title = [[Demons (Super Furry Animals song)|Demons]]
| next_year  = 1997
}}
"'''Play It Cool'''" is the third single from [[Super Furry Animals]]' album ''[[Radiator (album)|Radiator]]''. It reached number 27 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] on its release in September 1997.<ref name=Guinness>{{cite book|title=British Hit Singles|editor-first=David|editor-last=Roberts|edition=16th|year=2003|publisher=Guinness World Records Ltd|isbn=0-85112-190-X|page=452}}</ref>
==Release and critical reception==
"Play It Cool" was released on [[Compact Disc single|CD]], [[Cassette single|cassette]] and [[Gramophone record|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 (album)|Radiator]]''.<ref name=Guinness /> 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]]''.<ref name=RecordCollector>{{Citation|last=Kane|first=Jack|title=Super Furry Animals|journal=[[Record Collector]]|publisher=Diamond Publishing|volume=238|pages=46–51|date=June 1999}}</ref> 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".<ref name=Linernotes>{{cite AV media notes|title=Play It Cool|title-link=Play It Cool (Super Furry Animals song)|others=[[Super Furry Animals]]|year=1997|page=[Inside cover]|type=CD single|publisher=[[Creation Records]]}}</ref> The track was included on the band's 'greatest hits' compilation album ''[[Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1]]'', issued in 2004.<ref name=SingleVol1>{{cite AV media notes|title=Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1|title-link=Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 |others=[[Super Furry Animals]]|year=2004|at=back cover|type=CD|publisher=[[Epic Records]]|location=[[New York City|New York]]}}</ref>
;Accolades
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Publication
! Country
! Accolade
! Year
! Rank
|-
| ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| United Kingdom
| Singles of 1997<ref name=rocklist>{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/select.html#1997|title=Select 1997 Lists|accessdate=2008-08-04| publisher=RockListMusic}}</ref>
| 1997
| 15
|}
==Music video==
A music video was produced to accompany "Play It Cool" featuring digitised versions of the band beating [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the [[PlayStation]] video game [[Actua Soccer 2]].<ref name=BBCWales>{{cite web|title=Super Furry Animals FAQ|work=[[BBC Wales]]|date=c. 2003|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/superfurryanimals/pages/sfa_faq.shtml|accessdate=2008-07-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315050909/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/superfurryanimals/pages/sfa_faq.shtml|archive-date=2008-03-15}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
All songs by Super Furry Animals.
*[[Compact Disc single|CD]] <small>(CRESCD275)</small>
#"Play It Cool" – 3:18
#"Pass the Time" – 3:49
#"Cryndod Yn Dy Lais" – 3:15
*[[Cassette single|MC]] <small>(CRECS275)</small>, [[Gramophone record|7"]] poster pack <small>(CRE275)</small>
#"Play It Cool" – 3:18
#"Pass the Time" – 3:49
==Personnel==
*[[Gruff Rhys]] – vocals
*[[Huw Bunford]] – [[guitar]]
*[[Guto Pryce]] – [[bass guitar]]
*[[Cian Ciaran]] – [[Keyboard (instrument)|keyboards]]
*[[Dafydd Ieuan]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
==Chart positions==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1997)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name=Guinness />
|align=center|27
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Super Furry Animals}}
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[[Category:Super Furry Animals songs]]
[[Category:Creation Records singles]]
[[Category:1997 singles]]
[[Category:1997 songs]]