Say What You Want

"Say What You Want"
Single by Texas
from the album White on Blonde
B-side "Cold Day Dream"
"Tear It Up"
Released 6 January 1997
Format CD single
Length 3:53
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Johnny McElhone, Sharleen Spiteri
Producer(s) Texas, Boilerhouse Boys
Texas singles chronology
"Fade Away"
(1994)		 "Say What You Want"
(1997)		 "Halo"
(1997)

"Fade Away"
(1994)		 "Say What You Want"
(1997)		 "Halo"
(1997)
Music video
"Say What You Want" on YouTube

"Say What You Want" is a song by Scottish group Texas and the first single to be taken from their fourth studio album White on Blonde.[1] It was remixed as "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" featuring Method Man and RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan and re-released as a double A-side with "Insane" in 1998. Both versions featured on their 2000 album The Greatest Hits.

It is the band's biggest hit commercially to date, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart, with the remixed version reaching number four. Two music videos were made to promote the single, the first video (which is the most common and has the original version) shows lead singer Sharleen Spiteri in a futuristic room and the second video has the remixed version and shows Spiteri in a park. As of February 2015 the single has sold 451,000 copies in United Kingdom. [2]

The song includes interpolations of "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye and "Love... Thy Will Be Done" by Martika.

Track listing

Say What You Want

CD1 (MERCD 480)[3]

  1. "Say What You Want" – 3:53
  2. "Cold Day Dream" – 4:03
  3. "Tear It Up" – 3:25
  4. "Say What You Want" (Boilerhouse remix) – 4:21

CD2 (MERDD 480)[4]

  1. "Say What You Want" – 3:53
  2. "Say What You Want" (Rae & Christian mix) – 4:50
  3. "Good Advice" – 4:50
  4. "Say What You Want" (Rae & Christian Instrumental mix) – 4:50
  • Limited edition including four postcards.

Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)

"They're the biggest guys I've ever seen in my life," observed Sharleen Spiteri of the Wu-Tang Clan. "They're like basketball players. I'd just recorded a vocal, and Chef Raekwon's like, 'Yo! Who's that singing?' And RZA goes, 'It's Girlie' – 'cos they called me Girlie. And Raekwon goes, 'Man, you black!' And I laughed so loud. Method Man's a pussycat."[5]

CD1 (MERCD 499)[6]

  1. "Insane" – 4:45
  2. "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" – 4:06
  3. "Polo Mint City" (Full version) – 2:50
  4. "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" (Trailermen mix) – 8:38

CD2 (MERDD 499)[7]

  1. "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" (Extended version) – 5:02
  2. "Insane" (The Second Scroll) – 6:33
  3. "Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" (RZA Instrumental) – 5:13
  4. "Insane" (The Second Scroll Dub) – 6:35

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Texas - Say What You Want at Discogs".
  2. ↑ "25 years of Texas: "We're stubborn old bastards!"".
  3. ↑ "Texas - Say What You Want". Discogs.
  4. ↑ "Texas - Say What You Want". Discogs.
  5. ↑ Collins, Andrew (February 1998). "Their year: Texas". Q #137. p. 93.
  6. ↑ "Texas - Insane / Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)". Discogs.
  7. ↑ "Texas - Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day) / Insane (The Second Scroll)". Discogs.
  8. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Texas – Say What You Want". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Texas – Say What You Want" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Texas – Say What You Want" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  11. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3306." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Texas – Say What You Want" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  13. ↑ "Musicline.de – Texas Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  14. ↑ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (NR. 209 Vikuna 20.2. '97 - 26.2. '97)" (PDF) (in Icelandic). Dagblaðið Vísir. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Say What You Want". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  16. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 13, 1997" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Texas – Say What You Want" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  18. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Texas – Say What You Want". VG-lista. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  19. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  20. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  21. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Texas – Say What You Want". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  22. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Texas – Say What You Want". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  23. ↑ "Texas: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
  24. ↑ "Texas Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-8.
  25. ↑ "Top 100 Singles 1997". Music Week. 17 January 1998. p. 27.
  26. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Texas feat. The Wu Tang Clan – Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  27. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Say What You Want/Insane". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  28. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 23, 1998" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  29. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Texas feat. The Wu Tang Clan – Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  30. ↑ "Charts.nz – Texas feat. The Wu Tang Clan – Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  31. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  32. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Texas feat. The Wu Tang Clan – Say What You Want (All Day, Every Day)". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  33. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  34. ↑ "JAAROVERZICHTEN - Single 1998" (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  35. ↑ "End of Year Charts 1998". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
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