diff --git a/src/commands/play.ts b/src/commands/play.ts
index 0582ebe..856edec 100644
--- a/src/commands/play.ts
+++ b/src/commands/play.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ export default class implements Command {
 
     const player = this.playerManager.get(msg.guild!.id);
 
-    const queueOldSize = player.queueSize();
     const wasPlayingSong = player.getCurrent() !== null;
 
     if (args.length === 0) {
@@ -147,6 +146,28 @@ export default class implements Command {
 
     const firstSong = newSongs[0];
 
+    let statusMsg = '';
+
+    if (player.voiceConnection === null) {
+      await player.connect(targetVoiceChannel);
+
+      // Resume / start playback
+      await player.play();
+
+      if (wasPlayingSong) {
+        statusMsg = 'resuming playback';
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Build response message
+    if (statusMsg !== '') {
+      if (extraMsg === '') {
+        extraMsg = statusMsg;
+      } else {
+        extraMsg = `${statusMsg}, ${extraMsg}`;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (extraMsg !== '') {
       extraMsg = ` (${extraMsg})`;
     }
@@ -156,14 +177,5 @@ export default class implements Command {
     } else {
       await res.stop(`u betcha, **${firstSong.title}** and ${newSongs.length - 1} other songs were added to the queue${extraMsg}`);
     }
-
-    if (queueOldSize === 0 && !wasPlayingSong) {
-      // Only auto-play if queue was empty before and nothing was playing
-      if (player.voiceConnection === null) {
-        await player.connect(targetVoiceChannel);
-      }
-
-      await player.play();
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/services/player.ts b/src/services/player.ts
index 67b8b38..4a226c5 100644
--- a/src/services/player.ts
+++ b/src/services/player.ts
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ export default class {
     return null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns queue, not including the current song.
+   * @returns {QueuedSong[]}
+   */
   getQueue(): QueuedSong[] {
     return this.queue.slice(this.queuePosition + 1);
   }