Say Yes (Michelle Williams song)

"Say Yes"
Single by Michelle Williams featuring Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland
from the album Journey to Freedom
ReleasedJune 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
Recorded2014
StudioLondon Bridge Studios, L.A.
Genre
LabelE1 Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Harmony Samuels
Michelle Williams singles chronology
"Fire"
(2013)
"Say Yes"
(2014)
"Believe in Me"
(2015)
Beyoncé singles chronology
"Partition"
(2014)
"Say Yes"
(2014)
"Pretty Hurts"
(2014)
Kelly Rowland singles chronology
"Love & Sex, Pt. 2"
(2014)
"Say Yes"
(2014)
"I Know What You Did Last Summer"
(2015)
Music video
"Michelle Williams - Say Yes ft. Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland" on YouTube

"Say Yes" is a song by American singer Michelle Williams, taken from her fourth studio album Journey to Freedom (2014). It features Williams' former Destiny's Child groupmates Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland. The song was written by Williams, Carmen Reece, Al Sherrod Lambert and Harmony Samuels who also produced it. E1 Music released "Say Yes" as the album's third single on June 2, 2014. "Say Yes" marks the third time the trio collaborated as solo artists following the disbandment of their group in 2006.

Musically, "Say Yes" is an uptempo gospel and pop song, which takes influence from dance music. It copies a popular Nigerian gospel tune originally titled "When Jesus Says Yes", believed to be originally sung by artist Agatha Moses.[1] Upon release, "Say Yes" received universal acclaim from contemporary music critics who called the song infectious and praised its catchiness. Commercially the song performed well on the gospel charts in the US, peaking at number one for seven non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs. It also appeared on charts in the UK, France and Belgium across Europe. "Say Yes" appeared seventh on the 2014 year-end Hot Gospel Songs chart and twenty-three on the 2015 year-end chart.[2] In 2019, Billboard ranked "Say Yes" number fifty on the decade-end (2010-2019) Hot Gospel Songs chart.[3]

An accompanying music video for "Say Yes" was directed by Matthew A. Cherry. It was released on June 18, 2014 when Williams appeared on Good Morning America. The clip depicts the three singers at a street party, dancing and singing with a crowd; along with solo appearances of each singer in a forest, wearing white clothes during their respective verses. It received generally positive reviews from critics who accredited it as a reunion of Destiny's Child and praised its feel-good nature. In 2015, the video won a Stellar Award for Music Video of the Year.[4]

  1. ^ Sokunbi, Toye (4 July 2018). "THE SHUFFLE: THAT TIME MICHELLE WILLIAMS RIPPED OFF SISTER AGATHA MOSES' "WHEN JESUS SAY YES"". NATIVE. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Hot Gospel Songs Year End 2014". Billboard.com. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Hot Gospel Songs". Billboard.com. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stellar Win 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).