diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PauseOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PauseOverlay.cs
index fc13743fe5..990d85b1cf 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PauseOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/PauseOverlay.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
+using Humanizer;
+using NUnit.Framework.Internal;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Audio;
+using osu.Framework.Audio.Sample;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Audio;
 using osu.Game.Audio;
@@ -21,40 +24,40 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
         public override string Header => "paused";
         public override string Description => "you're not going to do what i think you're going to do, are ya?";
 
-        private DrawableSample pauseLoop;
+        private SkinnableSound pauseLoop;
 
         protected override Action BackAction => () => InternalButtons.Children.First().Click();
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(OsuColour colours, AudioManager audio, SkinManager skins)
+        private void load(OsuColour colours)
         {
             AddButton("Continue", colours.Green, () => OnResume?.Invoke());
             AddButton("Retry", colours.YellowDark, () => OnRetry?.Invoke());
             AddButton("Quit", new Color4(170, 27, 39, 255), () => OnQuit?.Invoke());
 
-            var sampleChannel = skins.GetSample(new SampleInfo("pause-loop")) ?? audio.Samples.Get(@"Gameplay/pause-loop");
-
-            if (sampleChannel != null)
+            AddInternal(pauseLoop = new SkinnableSound(new SampleInfo("pause-loop"))
             {
-                AddInternal(pauseLoop = new DrawableSample(sampleChannel)
-                {
-                    Looping = true,
-                });
-            }
+                Looping = true,
+            });
+
         }
 
         protected override void PopIn()
         {
             base.PopIn();
+
+            //SkinnableSound only plays a sound if its aggregate volume is > 0, so the volume must be turned up before playing it
+            pauseLoop?.TransformBindableTo(pauseLoop.Volume, 0.00001);
+            pauseLoop?.TransformBindableTo(pauseLoop.Volume, 1.0f, 400, Easing.InQuint);
             pauseLoop?.Play();
-            pauseLoop?.VolumeTo(1.0f, 400, Easing.InQuint);
         }
 
         protected override void PopOut()
         {
             base.PopOut();
-            pauseLoop?.VolumeTo(0.0f);
-            pauseLoop?.Stop();
+            pauseLoop?.Stop(); 
+            pauseLoop?.TransformBindableTo(pauseLoop.Volume, 0.0f);
         }
+
     }
 }