`` Pon de Replay '' ( `` Play It Again '' ) is a song written by Vada Nobles , Carl Sturken , Evan Rogers , and Alisha Brooks for pop singer Rihanna 's debut album , Music of the Sun ( 2005 ) . `` Pon de Replay '' is the debut single by Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna . The song was written by Alisha Brooks , Carl Sturken , Evan Rogers and Vada Nobles and produced by the latter three for her debut studio album , Music of the Sun .