He Said She Said

"He Said She Said"
Single by Ashley Tisdale
from the album Headstrong
B-side "Be Good to Me"
"Last Christmas"
Released December 19, 2006 (digital download)
January 15, 2007 (Europe)
February 5, 2007 (U.S. radios)
September 17, 2007 (single)
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2006 at
Los Angeles, California
Chalice Recording Studios
Genre Dance-pop, pop rap, R&B
Length 3:09
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Johnathan Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Ryan Tedder
Producer J. R. Rotem
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Ashley Tisdale singles chronology
"Be Good to Me"
(2006)		 "He Said She Said"
(2006)		 "Not Like That"
(2008)

"He Said She Said" is a song recorded by American recording artist Ashley Tisdale. The song was written by Johnathan "J. R." Rotem, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, and Ryan Tedder, and produced by Rotem for Tisdale's debut studio album Headstrong.

The single was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.[1] It also ranked number 81 in About.com's Top 100 Pop Songs of 2007 list and #99 in Z100's top 100 songs of 2007 list.[2][3]

Contents

Versions

There are three versions of this song. The first version is the clean version that was leaked on the internet and was performed on High School Musical: The Concert, the second version is the Radio Disney edit and the third version is the explicit version which is heard on her debut album Headstrong and in the music video.

Critical reception

Nick Levine of Digital Spy said:

Sadly, 'He Said, She Said' fails to capitalize on Tisdale's onscreen charisma. With its Phantom of the Opera-style organ intro, fractured beat and smoothly cooing chorus, it sounds like a Destiny’s Child album track from the early noughties. ().[4]

Common Sense Media said

Parents need to know that Ashley Tisdale's tween-friendly pop is appealing and bright. The lyrics are family-safe, but unsubstantial, flirting around the edges of sexual innuendo on a couple of tracks like "He Said She Said" is an adorable tune about flirtation, the sexiest on the album ("Baby I can see us movin' like that/Baby I can see us touchin' like that"). Unfortunately, pedestrian rhymes and constant repetition of musical and lyrical hooks keep the poetry from taking flight. ().[5]

David Sanford of About.com said:

Sometimes a song comes out that is upbeat and fun from the gate and really needs nothing added on to make it better. This is the case with Ashley Tisdale's "He Said She Said." As the song begins to make inroads at radio, remixes have been commissioned by a slew of top mixers like Friscia & Lamboy and Morgan Page amongst others. Unfortunately, few of them are able to maintain that poppy excitement of the original version. ().[6]

Salim Khan of The Nation said:

'He Said, She Said' is a remarkable up-beat dance song, definitely best of Tisdale's work so far. She is perhaps the best disney hit-maker since the time of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera ()

Chart performance

The single debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number seventy-seven in January 2007 for 2 weeks and re-entered the chart at number ninety-seven, then rose to number fifty-eight in the following week for eight non-consecutive weeks[7] and archived one of its biggest performance on the German Singles Chart, staying in the chart for fifteen weeks.[8]

Music videos

First version

The first video for "He Said She Said" was filmed on January 25, 2007. In the video, Tisdale is in a high school. She becomes attracted to a male student and does various things to impress him. Tisdale enters a classroom, and starts to daydream. Then the class room turns into a nightclub. She starts having a dance-off with the mean girls from her school, and at the end, dances with the object of her affection. Tisdale has mentioned on a YouTube video that for the first scene of the video, she slammed a locker door so hard that it could not be reopened for a retake.[9] She has also stated that there was originally supposed be a kissing scene in the video, but it has been removed for the purpose of her younger fans. The first version was directed by Chris Applebaum. It has been confirmed by Tisdale herself in a YouTube video[10] that video was scrapped.

Second version

In June 2007, Tisdale filmed the song's second music video which was directed by Scott Speer. The new video is the first part of the DVD There's Something About Ashley. In the video, Tisdale and her friends go to a club, where a man played by the actor Josh Henderson notices her. She starts to dance with her friends and looks after the man. Her older sister Jennifer Tisdale appears in the music video. The world premiere of the video was on MTV's Total Request Live on September 19, 2007.[11] On February 25, 2008, the video was premiered in MTV Latin America. The video peaked at number one on the TRL video countdown four times in October 2007.[12] And in Australia her video clips entered at number #10 on the top 10 request list for channel v in July 2010 and in the second day it was at number #8 then feel down to number #9 and then it short up to number #4 for 5 weeks.[13]

Live performances

Tisdale performed the song in the High School Musical: The Concert alongside the songs "Headstrong" and "We'll Be Together". Tisdale also performed the song on several television shows such as Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Early Show and TRL.[14][15][16] The song was used in a Red by Marc Ecko and Degree Girl commercial which she appeared in. She performed the song at her free mall tour, Headstrong Tour Across America.[17]

Track listings and formats

U.S CD single[18]
  1. "He Said She Said" (Radio Disney Edit) – 3:07
  2. "Be Good to Me" (Radio Disney Edit) – 3:14
European CD single[19]
  1. "He Said She Said" (Album Version) – 3:08
  2. "He Said She Said" (Von Doom Mixshow) – 6:00
  3. "He Said She Said" (Redtop Edit) – 4:59
  4. "Last Christmas" (Single Version) – 3:55

He Said She Said EPs

Tisdale released a three-track EP on December 12, 2006 prior to the release of her debut album. The EP was released to promote the album and has the original version of the song, "Headstrong" and "Last Christmas". The EP was available for purchase at the High School Musical: The Concert.[20] In June 2009, a remixes EP was released on iTunes, which contained over 10 remixes of the song.[21]

He Said She Said MegaRemix EP[22]
  1. "He Said She Said" (Von Doom Mixshow) – 5:59
  2. "He Said She Said" (Von Doom Club Remix) – 7:15
  3. "He Said She Said" (Von Doom Radio Edit) – 4:12
  4. "He Said She Said" (Redtop Edit) – 4:58
  5. "He Said She Said" (Redtop Edit Club Mix) – 7:22
  6. "He Said She Said" (Jack D. Elliot Radio Mix) – 3:39
  7. "He Said She Said" (Morgan Page Club Edit) – 4:57
  8. "He Said She Said" (Morgan Page Club) – 7:18
  9. "He Said She Said" (Funky Junction & Antony Reale Radio Edit) – 3:17
  10. "He Said She Said" (Friscia & Lamboy's Club) – 8:08
  11. "He Said She Said" (Friscia & Lamboy's Dub) – 7:33
  12. "He Said She Said" (Friscia & Lamboy's Mixshow) – 6:07
  13. "He Said She Said" (DJ Gomi's Radio Vox) – 4:43
  14. "He Said She Said" (Funky Junction & Korovon Club Mix) – 4:55
  15. "He Said She Said" (Karaoke Version) – 3:08
  16. "He Said She Said" (Friscia & Lamboy's Radio) – 3:49

Credits and personnel

Song Credits

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[8] 21
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles[23] 65
German Singles Chart[8] 17
UK Singles Chart[24] 155
Chart (2008) Peak
position
Canadian Hot 100[7] 62
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 58
U.S. Pop Songs[7] 37
U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs[7] 21

Certifications

Country Certification
United States Gold[1]

References

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  2. ^ "Top 100 Pop Songs of 2007". About.com. http://top40.about.com/od/bestandworstof2007/tp/top100songs2007.01.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
  3. ^ Z100's Top Songs of 2007
  4. ^ "Review for Ashley Tisdale: 'He Said, She Said'.". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a75980/ashley-tisdale-he-said-she-said.html. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
  5. ^ Common Sense Media. "Headstrong - Ashley Tisdale (Review)". Commonsensemedia.com. http://www.commonsensemedia.org/music-reviews/headstrong.html. Retrieved 2009-01-10. 
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  17. ^ "Tour Archive". ashleytisdale.com. http://www.ashleytisdale.com/tour/archive. Retrieved 2009-09-28. 
  18. ^ "He Said She Said (CD Single)". Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000M06A66. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
  19. ^ "He Said She Said (European Single)". Amazon. http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000WQGW40. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
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