: Iyaz (Keidran Jones), a singer-songwriter from the British Virgin Islands who was 21 at the time of the song's release.

: The Italian rapper sampled "Replay" in his 2022 single "Pensando a lei".

While there are no published "academic" papers on Iyaz’s 2009 hit "Replay," the song remains a fascinating subject for cultural and musicological analysis due to its massive commercial success and its second life as an internet meme.

The song's primary hook— "Shawty’s like a melody in my head" —is a literal description of an earworm . Musically, it utilizes a highly repetitive structure and a simple, catchy "na-na-na-na" refrain designed to mimic the feeling of a song stuck on "replay". This self-referential nature makes it a perfect case study for pop music psychology.

The song has influenced subsequent artists:

If you were writing a "solid paper" on the track, you would likely focus on these three areas:

: Notable EDM-inspired covers, such as the 2017 version by Norwegian duo Davai, highlight the melody's adaptability across genres.