Say It Right

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"Say It Right"
"Say It Right" cover
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Loose
Released October 31, 2006 (U.S.)
December 2, 2006 (Australia)
March 2, 2007 (Germany)
March 5, 2007 (UK)
April 2, 2007 (Mexico)
Format CD single, vinyl single, digital download
Recorded The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida
Genre Pop/R&B
Length 3:43 (main version)
3:35 (radio edit)
Label Geffen
Writer(s) Nelly Furtado, Tim Mosley, Nate Hills
Producer(s) Timbaland, Danja
Certification Platinum (RIAA)
Gold (ARIA)
Chart positions
Nelly Furtado North America/Australia singles chronology
"Maneater"
(2006)		 "Say It Right"
(2006)		 "Give It to Me"
(2007)


Nelly Furtado Europe/Asia/Africa singles chronology
"All Good Things (Come to an End)"
(2006)		 "Say It Right"
(2007)		 "Give It to Me"
(2007)


Nelly Furtado Mexico singles chronology
"Promiscuous"
(2006)		 "Say It Right"
(2007)


Nelly Furtado Latin America singles chronology
"Te Busqué"
(2006)		 "Say It Right"
(2007)


UK download cover
UK download cover
European single cover
European single cover

"Say It Right" is a pop-R&B song written by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley and Nate "Danja" Hills for Furtado's third album Loose (2006). It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and released as the album's third single in North America and Australia, with its U.S. radio release on October 31, 2006 (see 2006 in music).[1] In February 2007 it became Furtado's second number-one single in the United States. The song served as the album's fourth single in Europe and Asia; it was released in the United Kingdom in March 2007 as a download-only single. The song will serve as the album's fifth single in Latin America; in Mexico it is the fourth radio single and, according to MTV, the third single accompanied by a video.

Contents

[edit] Background

The process of creating the song began in the recording studio one morning at around 4:00am, when Timbaland recommended that Furtado go home because she was tired. Furtado, who had heard that the band U2, one of her favorite artists,[citation needed] wrote many of their songs in the studio control room, said "Really? I'll show you", put on her hoodie and began to "jam".[2] Nate Hills and Timbaland soon joined her, writing and producing as they went, and according to Furtado this process intensified as she sang. The team used four microphones in the live room and moved them around during recording, about which Furtado said "...when you listen to it — there's a lot of dimension. It kind of sounds like [Timbaland]'s in another country".[2] Afterwards they picked the best vocals and "perfected" them, before inserting "reverbs and weird alien sounds" onto them. "[W]e experimented a lot with depth and different sounds", Furtado said of the making of the song. "[It] affected my vocals a whole lot."[2]

Furtado has cited the "spooky, keyboard-driven pop sound" of the band Eurythmics, particularly their song "Here Comes the Rain Again" (1983), as an influence on "Say It Right" and other tracks on Loose. "I'm not 100 percent sure what ["Here Comes the Rain Again" is] about, but it always takes me away to another place, and I love it", she said.[3] She said that she does not really know what "Say It Right" is about, "but it captures the feeling I had when I wrote it, and it taps into this other sphere."[3] The song is written in F minor, and its structure resembles a typical Eurythmics song.

Billboard called the song "a Pussycat Dolls-inspired contempo jam, high on hooks and of-the-moment production. Well done, if in the most generic sense."[4]

[edit] Music video

Timbaland and Furtado in the music video for "Say It Right".
Timbaland and Furtado in the music video for "Say It Right".

The music video for "Say It Right" was directed by British duo Rankin & Chris and filmed at various locations in Los Angeles, California in late October 2006,[5] shot back-to-back with the video for "All Good Things (Come to an End)" (the album's third single in Europe).[6] The video debuted on MTV's Total Request Live in the U.S. on November 6 and on Canada's MuchMusic in the week ending November 16. It reached number nine on the Total Request Live top ten video countdown on November 8, its first day on the countdown;[7] it returned to the countdown on December 14[8] and peaked at number one twice. The video reached number one on the MuchMusic series Countdown for the week ending February 16.[9] The "Say It Right" video became Furtado's first retired video on TRL (see List of Total Request Live retired videos), after it spent forty days on the countdown. According to MTV, in Mexico "Say It Right" was the third single from Loose, after "Maneater" and "Promiscuous", to be released with a video. The video debuted on MTV NORTH on April 2, 2007.[citation needed]

The clip starts with a helicopter landing on top of a black helipad with Furtado's name on it in Downtown Los Angeles, and Furtado getting out. The short black dress she is wearing was designed specifically for her by Australian designer Alex Perry.[10] She is shown on the roof of the building throughout the video, with the Los Angeles skyline in the background. The video features mostly face shots of her and Timbaland intercut with shots of dancers. Furtado described the clip as "a throwback to the '80s" because the shots of her and Timbaland reminded her much of those of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in videos for Eurythmics' singles, and "the strange relationship [they] had, where ... you get this intense vibe from it. And Tim and me, we're partners, we vibe on a serious creative level, so the video captures that energy."[6] The video ends with Furtado climbing back into the helicopter, which flies off.

[edit] Chart performance

The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-November at number ninety-three,[11] and it has since risen to number one in its fourteenth week, becoming Furtado's second number-one single after "Promiscuous".[12] It has peaked at number one on the Canadian BDS Airplay Chart, which it entered in early December.[13] It is Furtado's second Canadian number-one single, and it has also reached number one on the Billboard Pop 100 chart.

"Say It Right" peaked at number two for three consecutive weeks on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, becoming her fifth top ten hit and third number-two single. It reached number one in New Zealand, becoming her third number-one hit there. It has reached number ten on the UK Singles Chart based only on download sales[14] and has been more successful than Furtado's previous singles, "Maneater" and "Promiscuous", on the United World Chart; it has reached number two,[15] becoming her highest-peaking worldwide single. In Germany, the song debuted at number two, its highest chart debut.[16]

"Say It Right" peaked at number one on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. It reached number one on several countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland. It peaked inside the top five in Austria, Brazil, Estonia, Hungary and Ukraine; the top ten in Malta, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus and Russia; and just missed the top ten in Ireland, South Africa, Philippines, Finland and Sweden.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Say It Right".

Australian CD single
  1. "Say It Right" (radio edit)
  2. "Maneater" (Radio 1 Live Lounge session)
USA promotional CD
  1. "Say It Right" (radio edit)
  2. "Say It Right" (album version)
  3. "Say It Right" (music video)
USA promotional 12"
  1. "Say It Right" (main version)
  2. "Say It Right" (instrumental)
German maxi CD
  1. "Say It Right" (radio edit)
  2. "What I Wanted"
  3. "Say It Right" (Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction mix Part 1)
  4. "Say It Right" (music video)
UK download
  1. "Say It Right" (radio edit)
  2. "What I Wanted"
  3. "Say It Right" (iTunes Live Session)
Versions
  1. "Say It Right" featuring Balistik

[edit] Credits

  • Second engineered by James Roach, Kobla Tetey, Ben Jost and Vadim Chislov
  • Additional recording by Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica
  • Vocal production by Jim Beanz
  • Recorded and mixed at The Hit Factory, Miami, Florida

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[17] 2
Austria Singles Top 75[18] 3
Brazilian Hot 100 Singles Chart[19] 3
Bulgarian Airplay Chart[20] 1
Canadian BDS Airplay Chart[21] 1
Croatian Singles Chart[22] 1
Cyprus Singles Chart[23] 9
Czech Chart[24] 37
Chile Top 100 Singles[citation needed] 72
Denmark Singles Chart[25] 7
Dutch Top 40[26] 37
European Singles Chart[27] 1
European Hit Radio Top 40[28] 1
Finland Singles Top 20[29] 15
German Singles Chart[30] 2
Hungarian Airplay Chart[31] 3
Ibero America Top 100[32] 11
Irish Singles Chart[33] 12
Galgalatz Israel Top 20[citation needed] 1
Latvian Airplay Chart[34] 1
Lithuania Airplay Chart[35] 1
Luxembourg Singles Chart[36] 1
Malta Singles Chart[37] 6
Chart (2007) Peak
position
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[38] 1
Norway Singles Top 20[39] 7
Philippines MYX Hit Chart[citation needed] 14
Polish Singles Chart[40] 1
Portugese National Top 50[41] 1
Puerto Rican Top 20 Countdown[citation needed] 12
Romanian Airplay Chart[42] 1
Russian Airplay Chart[43] 9
Russia Top 20[44] 2
Slovak Republic Airplay Chart[45] 1
South Africa 5FM Chart[46] 6
Sweden Singles Top 60[47] 13
Swiss Chart[48] 1
UK Singles Chart[14] 10
Ukraine Airplay Chart[49] 3
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40[50] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 1
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[12] 1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[51] 1
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[51] 2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[51] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[12] 1
United World Chart[15] 2

[edit] Successions

Preceded by
"Smack That" by Akon featuring Eminem		 RIANZ New Zealand number-one single
January 15, 2007 - January 22, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Smack That" by Akon featuring Eminem
Preceded by
"How to Save a Life" by The Fray		 Canadian BDS Airplay Chart number-one single
January 24, 2007 - March 22, 2007		 Succeeded by
"It's Not Over" by Daughtry
Preceded by
""Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé"		 U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one single
February 3, 2007 - March 1, 2007		 Succeeded by
"What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake
Preceded by
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" by Fall Out Boy		 U.S. Billboard Pop 100 number-one single
February 10, 2007 - February 24, 2007
Preceded by
"Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé		 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
February 24, 2007
Preceded by
"All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado		 European Hit Radio Top 40 number-one single
March 4, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado		 Lithuania Singles Chart number-one single
March 9, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"Relax, Take It Easy" by Mika		 Poland Singles Chart number-one single
March 12, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Relax, Take It Easy" by Mika
Preceded by
"Irreplaceable" by Beyoncé		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
March 17, 2007		 Succeeded by
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" by Jennifer Hudson
Preceded by
"Viem Že Povieš Áno" by Tina		 Slovak Republic Airplay Chart number-one single
March 17, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"All Good Things (Come to an End)" by Nelly Furtado		 Switzerland Singles Chart number-one single (1st run)
March 18, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Qué Hiciste" by Jennifer Lopez
Preceded by
"Bez puišiem nevar" by Jenny May featuring Double Faced Eels		 Latvian Airplay Top number-one single
March 18, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Var jau būt" by Gain Fast
Preceded by
"Wait a Minute" by The Pussycat Dolls featuring Timbaland		 Romanian Airplay Chart number-one single
March 25, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"Sempre Que Te Vejo-So Tu Podes Alcançar" by 4 Taste		 Portuguese National Top 50 number-one single
March 25, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"She's Madonna" by Robbie Williams with Pet Shop Boys		 European Singles Chart number-one single
March 25, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"Qué Hiciste" by Jennifer Lopez		 Switzerland Singles Chart number-one single (2nd run)
March 25, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Qué Hiciste" by Jennifer Lopez
Preceded by
"The Sweet Escape" by Gwen Stefani ft. Akon		 Croatian Singles Chart number-one single
March 31, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by
"Var jau būt" by Gain Fast		 Latvian Airplay Top number-one single (2nd run)
April 1, 2007		 Succeeded by
incumbent

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Unknown (2006). In Loose [CD liner notes]. United States: Geffen Records.
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  2. ^ a b c Scaggs, Austin. "Why Is Nelly Furtado's New Album So Loud?". Rolling Stone. June 19, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  3. ^ a b "Nelly Furtado". Universal Music Canada. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  4. ^ "Single Reviews: Chris Daughtry, Avril Lavigne, Brooks & Dunn, Nelly Furtado, Hinder". Billboard. November 27, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  5. ^ Furtado, Nelly. "Nelly at MTV Europe Awards". Nellyfurtado.com. November 11, 2006. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
  6. ^ a b Vineyard, Jennifer. "Nelly Furtado Double-Dips With Two Soaking-Wet Videos". MTV News. November 6, 2006. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
  7. ^ "The TRL Archive - November 2006". popfusion.net. Retrieved January 1, 2007.
  8. ^ "The TRL Archive - December 2006". popfusion.net. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
  9. ^ "Nelly Furtado - Say It Right". top40-charts.com. Retrieved January 26, 2007.
  10. ^ Moran, Jonathan. "Perry's frock star status". The Daily Telegraph. March 9, 2007. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
  11. ^ Hope, Clover. "Timberlake, T.I. Still No. 1 On Hot 100". Billboard. November 16, 2006. Retrieved November 16, 2006.
  12. ^ a b c d "Nelly Furtado - Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
  13. ^ "Nelly Furtado". Mariah-charts.com. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
  14. ^ a b "The Official UK Top 40 Singles". BBC. February 25, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2007.
  15. ^ a b United World Chart Singles". United World Chart. Retrieved February 17, 2007.
  16. ^ "Say It Right" on MusicSquare.net
  17. ^ ARIA Singles". ARIA Charts. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
  18. ^ Austria Top 75
  19. ^ Hot100Brasil. Brazilian Charts. Retrieved December 23, 2006.
  20. ^ Bulgarain Singles Chart
  21. ^ Canadian Singles Chart". Canadian Singles Chart. Retrieved December 20, 2006.
  22. ^ Croatian Airplay Chart
  23. ^ Cyprus Singles Chart
  24. ^ Czech Chart
  25. ^ Denmark Singles Chart
  26. ^ Dutch Top 40
  27. ^ European Top 200
  28. ^ European Hit Radio Top 40
  29. ^ Finland Top 20 Singles
  30. ^ German Singles Top 100
  31. ^ Hungarian Airplay
  32. ^ Ibero America Top 100
  33. ^ Irish Singles Chart
  34. ^ Latvian Airplay Top". Latvian Airplay Top. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
  35. ^ Lithuania Airplay Top 5". Lithuanian Airplay. Retrieved January 29, 2007.
  36. ^ Luxembourg Singles Chart
  37. ^ Malta Singles Chart
  38. ^ RIANZ Singles". RIANZ. Retrieved January 17, 2007.
  39. ^ Norway Singles Top 20
  40. ^ Polish Top 50
  41. ^ Portugese National Top 50
  42. ^ Romanian Airplay Chart
  43. ^ Russian TopHit 100
  44. ^ Russian National Top 20
  45. ^ Slovakia Republic Airplay Chart
  46. ^ 5fm South Africa
  47. ^ Sweden Charts
  48. ^ Swiss Charts
  49. ^ Ukraine Airplay Chart
  50. ^ ARC Weekly Top 40
  51. ^ a b c "Nelly Furtado - Billboard Singles". Billboard and All Music Guide. Retrieved November 11, 2006.
Nelly Furtado
v • d • e

Albums: Whoa, Nelly! (2000) • Folklore (2003) • Loose (2006) • First album in Spanish (2007)

Singles: "Party's Just Begun (Again)" • "I'm like a Bird" • "Turn off the Light" • "...On the Radio" • "Hey, Man!" • "Powerless (Say What You Want)" • "Try" • "Força" • "Explode" • "The Grass Is Green" • "Promiscuous" • "Maneater" • "Te Busqué" • "No Hay Igual" • "All Good Things (Come to an End)" • "Say It Right" • "In God's Hands"

Guest singles: "Ching Ching" • "Fotografía" • "What's Going On" • "Give It to Me"

Awards • Discography

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