Rat Race is the debut studio album by hard rock/heavy metal band Child'ƨ Play, released on June 26, 1990, through Chrysalis Records.

The band released three singles from the album, the title track which was the only song to have an MTV music video,[2] "Day After Night", and "Wind".

Richard Egan at AllMusic gave Rat Race four and a half stars out of five.

The band parted ways with Brian Jack in 1991 and pursued a solo career.

Brian was first replaced by Ty Crook in the Winter of 1992 then by Tommy McRae in late 1992.