Say What You Want

For the Barenaked Ladies song, see Say What You Want (Barenaked Ladies song). For the Nelly Furtado song, see Powerless (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"
Released6 January 1997 (1997-01-06)
Length3:53
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Texas
Texas singles chronology
"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 rock band Texas, written by band members Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri. It was the first single to be released from the group's fourth studio album, White on Blonde (1997), and released via the bands record label Mercury Records.[1]

A commercial success for the band, it has featured on all the bands compilation albums ― The Greatest Hits (2000),[2] I Don't Want a Lover: The Collection (2004),[3] Say What You Want: The Collection (2012),[4] Texas 25 (2015)[5] and The Very Best of 1989–2023 (2023).[6][7]

  1. ^ "Say What You Want". Amazon UK. Mercury. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "The Greatest Hits". Amazon UK. Mercury Records. 2004. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "I Don't Want a Lover: The Collection - Texas | Album | AllM". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Say What You Want - The Collection". Amazon UK. Spectrum. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Texas 25". Amazon UK. Play it Again Sam. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ Gotto, Connor (25 April 2023). "Texas announce The Very Best Of 1989 – 2023 greatest hits album". RETROPOP. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Texas - The Very Best Of - 1989 - 2023. Texas". Texas Official Store. Retrieved 24 March 2024.