Say My Name

This article is about the song by Destiny's Child. For other uses, see Say My Name (disambiguation).

"Say My Name"
Single by Destiny's Child
from the album The Writing's on the Wall
B-side"Bills, Bills, Bills"
ReleasedOctober 14, 1999 (1999-10-14)
StudioPacifique (North Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length
  • 4:31 (album version)
  • 4:00 (radio/video edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rodney Jerkins
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"Thug Love"
(1999) 		"Say My Name"
(1999) 		"Jumpin', Jumpin'"
(2000)
Music video
"Say My Name" on YouTube

"Say My Name" is a song by American group Destiny's Child from their second studio album, The Writing's on the Wall (1999). It was written by Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson, Kelly Rowland, LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III, and Rodney Jerkins, featuring production by the latter. While the song and single artwork features the group's original line-up consisting of Luckett and Roberson, the music video for the single marked the introduction of the group's second line-up with replacement members Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. "Say My Name" was released as the third single from The Writing's on the Wall on October 14, 1999, by Columbia Records.

"Say My Name" was the most successful of the four singles from The Writing's on the Wall, becoming Destiny's Child's second number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reaching the top ten in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, and the United Kingdom. Critically acclaimed, the song won two Grammy Awards at the 2001 ceremony for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best R&B Song, while also being nominated for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

The accompanying music video for "Say My Name" won the 2000 MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video. The song also won a Soul Train Lady of Soul Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo and a BMI Pop Award for Most Played Song. Billboard ranked the song at number seven on their list of the "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time" and named it the best song of 2000.[2][3] In 2021, Rolling Stone placed the song at number 285 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time while Pitchfork ranked it at number eight on their 2022 list of "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s".[4][5]

  1. ^ Patterson, Sylvia (April 24, 2001). "NME Album Reviews – Destiny's Child : Survivor". NME. Archived from the original on July 9, 2009. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time: Critics' Picks". Billboard. July 10, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  3. ^ "The 100 Greatest Songs of 2000: Staff Picks". Billboard. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s". Pitchfork. September 27, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.