George Martin, who had worked with the Beatles, produced the song. The production of "Say Say Say" was completed in February 1983, after it had been refined and overdubbed at Cherokee Studios in California. The song was engineered by former Beatles sound engineer, Geoff Emerick. The harmonica was played by Chris Smith, the rhythm guitar was played by David Williams, Nathan Watts played bass and drums were played by Ricky Lawson. McCartney played several instruments on "Say Say Say", including percussion, synthesizer and guitar (though it isn’t mentioned in the credits for the track). Problems playing this file? See media help. Every time someone plays these songs on the radio, or in live performances, I get paid." McCartney's words influenced Jackson's later purchase of ATV Music Publishing in 1985. "Every time someone records one of these songs, I get paid. "This is the way to make big money", the musician informed Jackson. While at the dining table one evening, Paul McCartney brought out a booklet that displayed all the songs to which he owned the publishing rights. Jackson stayed at the home of McCartney and his wife Linda during the recording sessions, and became friends with both. At the time, McCartney was recording Tug of War, his second solo album after the breakup of his group Wings. Recording began at AIR Studios in London in May 1981. McCartney biographer Ray Coleman asserted that the majority of the song's lyrics were written by Jackson and given to McCartney the next day.
The single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in December 1983, representing sales of 1,000,000 copies.
It has also been voted the ninth-best collaboration of all time in a Rolling Stone readers poll. In 2013, Billboard magazine listed the song as the 41st biggest hit of all time on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It was a number-one hit in the United States (his sixth number-one single there), Canada, Norway, Sweden and several other countries, reached number two in the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Switzerland and over 20 other nations. Produced by George Martin, the song was recorded during production of McCartney's 1982 Tug of War album, about a year before the release of " The Girl Is Mine", the pair's first duet from Jackson's album Thriller (1982).Īfter its release in October 1983, "Say Say Say" became Jackson's seventh top-ten hit inside a year. "Say Say Say" is part of McCartney's remastered Pipes of Peace release, which boasts the original album, a DVD and an additional bonus disc that will give McCartney fans all the demos and outtakes of their dreams." Say Say Say" is a song written and performed by English musician Paul McCartney and American musician Michael Jackson, released in October 1983 as the lead single to McCartney's 1983 album Pipes of Peace. Performance artist Ryan Heffington (who worked on Sia's critically acclaimed video for "Chandelier") helmed the choreography and direction for the video, which features a young man shimmying, shaking and soaring through his neighborhood, with a little help from his equally fancy-footed friends.
The remixed "Say Say Say" is almost twice as long as the original and boasts a thrilling new accompanying video, released today on Facebook. It was then that McCartney remembered that he had two previously unused lead vocals by himself and the late King of Pop tucked away, and he had an idea.
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While working on his massive reissue compilation called the Paul McCartney Archive Collection, McCartney heard a remix of "Say Say Say" featuring instrumentals by DJ John "Jellybean" Benitz, according to a press release. Now McCartney has remixed Jackson's vocals on the track, splicing it with previously unheard alternate vocals.
The best-selling single was instantly popular upon its 1983 release, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks straight. In 2014, fans saw the release of his posthumous album Xscape, and now Sir Paul McCartney has released a new remix of "Say Say Say," a hit song the pair worked on together in the '80s. Years after Michael Jackson's untimely death, his distinctive falsetto continues to wriggle its way into contemporary pop songs.
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