Say it right
| Say it right | |
|---|---|
| Nelly Furtado | |
| publication | October 31, 2006 |
| length | 3:43 |
| Genre (s) | Pop , Contemporary R&B |
| Author (s) |
N. Furtado , TZ Mosley , N. Hills |
| music |
Timbaland , Danja , Jim Beanz |
| album | Loose |
Say It Right is a song by the Portuguese - Canadian pop - singer Nelly Furtado , who by Timbaland and Danja third for Furtado's studio album Loose was produced. Say It Right was released on October 31 , 2006 in the USA as the third release of the album . In Germany , the number was released as the fourth track on the album, after All Good Things (Come to an End) , as a single. In Latin America , Say It Right was Loose's fifth song to be released .
The band Bloc Party covered the song on Jo Whiley's Radio Show on April 11, 2007.
Video
The production of the music video for Say It Right was directed by British directors Rankin & Chris . This was filmed at various locations in Los Angeles and was shot in late October 2006.
The clip starts with a helicopter landing on the roof of a building in Los Angeles. On this roof, NELLY FURTADO is written in large, white letters on the black floor of the helipad. After the helicopter, a dark gray Eurocopter AS 350 B2 with your name on it, lands, Furtado gets out of it.
The short, black dress was specially designed for her by the Australian designer Alex Perry . During the video, the silhouette of Los Angeles or its black-clad dancers are repeatedly shown in the background. Another feature is the recordings made by producer Timbaland. The video for Say It Right ends with Furtado getting back into the helicopter and it then takes off.
In the US edition of MTV 's Total Request Live , Say It Right was at the top for two weeks, and viewers in Germany also voted the song in second place.
Chart successes
The song debuted at number 93 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in mid-November and topped the charts in week 14. This made Furtado their second number one hit in the States. The song also reached first place in the hit lists in her home country Canada and New Zealand . In the UK, Say It Right made it straight to # 10 on the charts based on downloads only.
In Germany , the song debuted at number two in the charts and stayed there for a total of nine weeks (the top position at that time was consistently occupied by DJ Ötzi's Ein Stern (... that bears your name) ). In the German airplay charts , the single reached the top position for four weeks . The single achieved platinum status here .
In Switzerland , Furtado replaced himself at the top, Say It Right pushed her previous single All Good Things (Come to An End) from pole position after eleven weeks.
Say It Right also reached number one in countries like Bulgaria , Costa Rica , Israel , Croatia , Luxembourg , Panama , Poland , Portugal , Romania , South Africa , the Czech Republic , Turkey and Hungary .
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Web links
- Say It Right at Discogs
- Music video on YouTube
- Lyrics of Say It Right in English and German on Golyr.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Say It Right on WhoSampled.com
- ↑ www.bbc.co.uk
- ↑ www.nellyfurtado.com ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ www.billboard.com
- ↑ Airplay Charts Germany Top 30. surfmusik.de, accessed on June 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Gold / Platinum database (search for Nelly Furtado required)
- ↑ a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US / CA
- ↑ a b c d e annual charts: DE AT CH UK US
