Production on this album initially began with former band member and lead vocalist Jenny Berggren, but the resulting sessions were shelved.

After a year of experimenting, they realized they wanted to embrace and preserve the original Ace of Base sound and make it contemporary at the same time.

The song was serviced to European radio stations in mid-July 2010, and was released as a single in digital and physical formats on September 10, 2010.

[4][5] "Mr. Replay" was described as an "amalgamation of every song Ace of Base has ever recorded" and features guest vocals on verses by Lex Marshall.

Rock&Review gave the album a positive review, stating, "Sonically, The Golden Ratio is everything you expect in an Ace of Base album and it's quite hard to tell that Jonas Berggren's sisters are absent as the new vocalists do a great job of filling in where Malin and Jenny left off.