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Just Say Yes (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Just Say Yes

| cover = snowpatroljustsayyes.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Snow Patrol

| album = Up to Now

| B-side = "Just Say Yes" (Thin White Duke Mix)

| released = 23 October 2009

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

  • Synth-pop{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/singlesreviews/a338929/snow-patrol-called-out-in-the-dark-single-review.html|title=Snow Patrol: 'Called Out in the Dark' - Single review|work=Digital Spy|first=Mayer|last=Nissim|date=2011-09-07|access-date=2013-08-28}}
  • electronica{{cite web|url=http://musosguide.com/snow-patrol-just-say-yes/8414|title=Just Say Yes - Review|publisher=Muso's Guide|access-date=2013-11-20}} " 'Just Say Yes' is lyrically typical Snow Patrol fare [...] But the electronica leanings really lift it above"

| length = 4:42

| label = *Fiction

| writer =

| producer = Jacknife Lee

| prev_title = The Planets Bend Between Us

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = An Olive Grove Facing the Sea

| next_year = 2009

}}

"Just Say Yes" is a song by Northern Irish–Scottish alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released as the single to follow "The Planets Bend Between Us" in October–November 2009, depending on the region. The song, produced by Jacknife Lee, is one of the three new songs and the lead single of the band's first compilation album, Up to Now (2009). The lyrics were written by Gary Lightbody and the music was composed by Snow Patrol. "Just Say Yes" has its origins as a song written for pop singer Gwen Stefani, who rejected it. Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls was then given permission by Lightbody to record it for her solo debut album, which was later shelved.

Snow Patrol later took the song back and recorded it for their compilation album Up to Now. The song, having an electronic, synthpop sound, marks a distinct change in the Snow Patrol's sound, with writer Gary Lightbody calling it their most adventurous single to date. The video, directed by Blue Leach, features light effects and projection to bring a trippy, dreamy feel. The song was used in a music campaign for Nokia in the Netherlands. It was also used in the trailer for the 2010 film Leap Year. The city of Derry, Northern Ireland was given permission to use the song in their successful bid to be crowned UK City of Culture 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofculture2013.com/Why-Us/Our-Champs/Snow-Patrol.aspx|title=City of Culture 2013- Just Say Yes|publisher=cityofculture2013.com|access-date=24 June 2010|archive-date=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708160203/http://www.cityofculture2013.com/Why-Us/Our-Champs/Snow-Patrol.aspx|url-status=dead}}

It performed well commercially, reaching the top 10 on the singles chart in countries like Belgium, Denmark and Ireland and topped the charts in the Netherlands. However, the critical reaction was mixed. Reviews generally praised the song for encompassing the band's past and new sound. The negative reviews criticized the song for being too linear, and for not having any "spark".

Background

The song was written by Gary Lightbody in Los Angeles with producer Jacknife Lee. He wrote it at the request of the band's label in the United States for pop singer Gwen Stefani's then upcoming album.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/Gary-Lightbody-quite-busy-on-patrol-63717812.html |title=Gary Lightbody quite busy on patrol |last=Lanham |first=Tom |date=8 October 2009 |newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner |access-date=8 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716044656/http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/Gary-Lightbody-quite-busy-on-patrol-63717812.html |archive-date=16 July 2011 }} However, Stefani rejected it.{{cite web|url=http://www.4music.com/artist/snow-patrol/profile.html |title=Snow Patrol: Up to now |date=27 October 2009 |publisher=4Music |access-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215031051/http://www.4music.com/artist/snow-patrol/profile.html |archive-date=15 December 2009 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13508649 |title=Interview: Snow Patrol |last=Baca |first=Ricardo |date=8 October 2009 |newspaper=The Denver Post |access-date=9 October 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015022638/http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13508649 |archive-date=15 October 2012 }} Later, Lightbody allowed Pussycat Dolls lead singer Nicole Scherzinger to record it. Scherzinger had loved the song, and felt grateful and "blessed" upon being given permission to record it, even calling it an "honour" to sing something written by Lightbody.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1567662/20070822/scherzinger__nicole.jhtml |title=Nicole Scherzinger nabs Kanye West for LP, makes Snow Patrol singer's mom cry |publisher=MTV |access-date=25 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927083132/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1567662/20070822/scherzinger__nicole.jhtml |archive-date=27 September 2009 }}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/archive/2909469.html|title=Gary Lightbody pens Pussycat Doll song|magazine=Hot Press|access-date=25 August 2009}} Appears as: "She later said: "It's just such an honour for me to sing anything written by him."" Scherzinger felt influenced by the Northern Irish Lightbody's accent, and attempted to record the song with an accent herself, with Lightbody acting as the producer.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/scherzinger-makes-snow-patrol-mum-cry_1049662 |title=Scherzinger makes Snow Patrol mum cry |magazine=Contactmusic.com |access-date=2 September 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306174824/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/scherzinger-makes-snow-patrol-mum-cry_1049662 |archive-date=6 March 2019 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=3167 |title=Nicole Scherzinger records Gary Lightbody song |last=Cashmere |first=Paul |date=17 October 2007 |publisher=Undercover |access-date=8 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725131707/http://undercover.com.au/News-Story.aspx?id=3167 |archive-date=25 July 2008 }} Though she was nervous about doing justice to the song, she was relieved when Lightbody told her that her singing had made his mother cry. The song was due to feature on Scherzinger's solo debut album Her Name is Nicole (2006) which was subsequently scrapped. A brand new debut album Killer Love was released in 2011, scrapping much of the earlier recorded material.{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN1933256420080920 |title=Pussycat Dolls' solo work on hold for "Domination" |work=Reuters |access-date=25 August 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030211716/http://www.reuters.com/article/peopleNews/idUSN1933256420080920 |archive-date=30 October 2009 }} According to ASCAP, who register recordings and song rights in the US, The Pussycat Dolls also recorded and registered the song.{{cite web |url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/search/workID/400864231 |title="Just Say Yes" Work ID: 400864231|publisher=ASCAP |access-date=2020-01-28}} When Snow Patrol's label in the United Kingdom heard the song, they were shocked to learn that Lightbody had given away the song in the first place. Lightbody then reclaimed the song for the band.

{{Quote box|width=25%|align=left|quote="..."Just Say Yes", [which] is our most adventurous single to date, it shows we can go anywhere or do anything with our next album, and I can't wait to get stuck into it. Most of the writing we're doing now will be thrown out the window to approach it completely fresh".|source=—Gary Lightbody{{cite web|url=http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_41/page38.cfm |title=Snow Patrol frontman Lightbody on his band, books, and Belfast |last=Rodriguez |first=Albert |date=2 October 2009 |publisher=Seattle Gay News |access-date=10 October 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030220019/http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_41/page38.cfm |archive-date=30 October 2009 }} Vol. 37, Issue 40.}}At the V Festival in August 2009, Lightbody in an interview to NME revealed that the song was to be the band's next single and that it will feature on the compilation Up to Now, accompanying the Reworked Tour of November–December 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c7uRsl-cJA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/5c7uRsl-cJA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Snow Patrol at V Festival 2009|date=23 August 2009 |publisher=YouTube|access-date=25 August 2009}}{{cbignore}} Note: NME's official channel 'NMETV'. Where Scherzinger's recording was a soft and slow song with an electronic beat, the new recording was far from that.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rap-up.com/2007/07/02/nicole-scherzinger-album-preview/|title=Nicole Scherzinger album preview|magazine=Rap-Up|access-date=30 August 2009}} The band changed the texture fully to predominantly electronic and synth.{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/media/video/74873/snow-patrol-just-say-yes |title=Snow Patrol – "Just Say Yes" |last=Harper |first=Kate |date=24 September 2009 |publisher=CHARTattack |access-date=29 September 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5lCJ5t3Jm?url=http://www.chartattack.com/media/video/74873/snow-patrol-just-say-yes |archive-date=11 November 2009 |quote=The video for Snow Patrol's electronic, synth-laced "Just Say Yes" features the band playing inside a spacey, mental hospital-esque padded bandshell underneath trippy, rave-ish lights.}} Drummer Jonny Quinn called the song a progression for the band.

The song is about "loving someone so much that you get exasperated they aren't showing the same amount of passion that you are".{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8347544.stm |title=Snow Patrol: Home is where the heart is |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=16 November 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 November 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119050022/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8347544.stm |archive-date=19 November 2009 }} The Denver Post described the song as an "electronic-infused, '80s-kissed track". Lightbody, who as a teenager loved dance music and frequented nightclubs, says "Just Say Yes" is a song that the band has always "had in them", but expressed surprise at the fact it took 15 years to happen. Quinn admitted the band were worried and knew they were taking a chance with the song. He felt a lot of people might hate it, but said the band had no regrets doing it.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5j1HLefBN5f6jTa6gR_1LghJ0oZYw?index=0 |title=Snow Patrol worry over new single |date=2 November 2009 |publisher=Press Association |access-date=3 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524182915/https://www.webcitation.org/5l1Hhdbgz?url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5j1HLefBN5f6jTa6gR_1LghJ0oZYw%3Findex=0 |archive-date= 24 May 2024 }}

Promotion and release

The song received its first airplay on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 17 September 2009. Lightbody joined Lowe on air via phone{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20090917|title=Tracklisting - Thursday 17th September|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 September 2009}} from Toronto, the band's scheduled tour stop.{{cite web|url=http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=22850|title=First play of 'Just Say Yes'|last=Eskimos|first=The|date=16 September 2009|publisher=snowpatrol.com|access-date=16 September 2009|archive-date=25 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925004339/http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=22850|url-status=dead}} The song made Xfm's main playlist,{{cite web|url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/onair/playlist |title=Xfm playlist - Find every track we play |publisher=Xfm |access-date=24 September 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207231026/http://www.xfm.co.uk/onair/playlist |archive-date=7 February 2010 }} was also added on BBC Radio 1's C list on 30 September 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/ |title=Playlist - The C list |date=30 September 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=1 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105200616/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/ |archive-date=5 January 2010 }} and was later promoted to the B list on 7 October{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist |title=Playlist - The B list |date=7 October 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=8 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105200616/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/ |archive-date=5 January 2010 }} and the A list on 21 October 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/ |title=Playlist - The A list |date=21 October 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105200616/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist/ |archive-date=5 January 2010 }} It was later added to BBC Radio 2's C list on 10 October 2009, and got played 5 times a week.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/music/playlist/index.shtml |title=Playlist - The C list |date=10 October 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922071906/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/music/playlist/index.shtml#rotw |archive-date=22 September 2009 }} The song became one of the three top songs in rotation on several radio stations in Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://www.universalmusic.nl/p-detail.php?pid=0602527250465|title=Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes|publisher=Universal Music|access-date=18 October 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}} Additionally, it was picked up for Nokia's Comes With Music campaign on the TV and internet, which ran for eight weeks. The band appeared on T4 programme on Channel 4 twice. On 31 October, they made an appearance on a special show called "4Music Favorites: Snow Patrol", giving an interview, playing "Just Say Yes" and past singles "Chasing Cars" and "Chocolate".{{cite web|url=http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=23467 |title=Snow Patrol special on Channel 4 this Saturday |last=Eskimos |first=The |date=30 October 2009 |publisher=snowpatrol.com |access-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524173849/https://www.webcitation.org/5kv73mAJJ?url=http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx%3Fnid=23467 |archive-date=24 May 2024 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/t4/t4shows/saturday.html |title=Saturday 31st October: 10:25 - 4Music Favorites: Snow Patrol |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013094855/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/t4/t4shows/saturday.html |archive-date=13 October 2009 }} The next night, the band visited the T4 Studio to play the single.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/t4/t4shows/sunday.html |title=Saturday 1st November: 9:20 - Snow Patrol |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013115028/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/t4/t4shows/sunday.html |archive-date=13 October 2009 }}

The single was released on 30 October 2009 in Ireland and the Netherlands{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/5829108.html |title=New Snow Patrol single 'Just Say Yes' out October 30 |date=18 September 2009 |magazine=Hot Press |access-date=26 September 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201185449/http://www.hotpress.com/news/5829108.html |archive-date=1 December 2009 }} and 2 November 2009 in the UK, about a week before the album was released.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a176894/snow-patrol-to-release-greatest-hits.html |title=Snow Patrol to release greatest hits |last=Balls |first=David |date=11 September 2009 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=11 September 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113205506/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a176894/snow-patrol-to-release-greatest-hits.html |archive-date=13 January 2010 }} In the United States, the single was released digitally on the iTunes Store and Amazon.com on 23 October 2009 (although the US iTunes Store records a 1 November release).{{cite web|url=http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=23371 |title=Download 'Just Say Yes' now! (US only) |last=Eskimos |first=The |date=23 October 2009 |publisher=snowpatrol.com |access-date=24 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107232857/http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=23371 |archive-date=7 January 2018 }}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=336844989&s=143441|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105060837/https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=336844989&s=143441|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=Snow Patrol: Just Say Yes - Single|publisher=iTunes|access-date=24 October 2009}} Note: Need iTunes to view link. The b-side of the physical single is a remix of the song, called the "Thin White Duke Mix". It was done by Stuart Price.{{cite web|url=http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx?nid=23481 |title='Just Say Yes' download now! |date=30 October 2009 |last=Eskimos |first=The |publisher=snowpatrol.com |access-date=30 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524182709/https://www.webcitation.org/5kyCPeNGC?url=http://www.snowpatrol.com/news/default.aspx%3Fnid=23481 |archive-date= 24 May 2024 }}

Music video

File:jsyvidsnap.jpgThe music video for the song was produced by James Bolton{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDpp8sIiAhM|title=Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes|publisher=YouTube|access-date=26 September 2009}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}} Note: Official channel for Universal. and directed by Blue Leach, who has previously directed the video/mini-film for the sixteen-minute "The Lightning Strike",{{cite web|url=http://www.promonews.tv/2009/03/30/snow-patrol%E2%80%99s-the-lightning-strike-live-visuals-by-atticus-finch|title=Snow Patrol's The Lightning Strike live visuals by Atticus Finch|last=Knight|first=David|date=30 March 2009|publisher=Promo News|access-date=2 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090403070653/http://www.promonews.tv/2009/03/30/snow-patrol%E2%80%99s-the-lightning-strike-live-visuals-by-atticus-finch|archive-date=3 April 2009}} which was used during live performances and is included on Up to Now.{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=22785&aid=410 |title=Snow Patrol announce new album 'Up to Now'! |author=The Eskimos |date=11 September 2009 |publisher=Interscope |access-date=12 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160612/http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=22785&aid=410 |archive-date=23 March 2012 }} The video for "Just Say Yes" premiered on 22 September 2009 on MSN and AOL, respectively for users in the United Kingdom and the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=22898&aid=410|title='Just Say Yes' video exclusive!|author=The Eskimos|date=22 September 2009|publisher=Interscope|access-date=22 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160656/http://www.interscope.com/artist/news/default.aspx?nid=22898&aid=410|archive-date=23 March 2012}} The video was shot in an inflatable dome (called the Eventhaus Plus){{cite web|url=http://www.baconinflate.co.uk/news/article/-/headline/Snow%20Patrol%20New%20Video%20Release |title=Snow Patrol new video release |date=29 September 2009 |publisher=Baconinflate |access-date=11 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006025811/http://www.baconinflate.co.uk/news/article/-/headline/Snow%20Patrol%20New%20Video%20Release |archive-date=6 October 2009 }} in Poland.{{cite web |url=http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id=2449 |title=VIDEO: Snow Patrol: Just Say Yes |date=9 October 2009 |publisher=God is in the TV |access-date=11 October 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091014122554/http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/news/news_detail.php?id%3D2449 |archive-date=14 October 2009 }} The dome was enhanced by lighting and projection. The video features the band members dressed in white performing the song on their instruments. The whole performance is supplemented by several light effects projected on the dome's white background, giving the appearance of a disco/nightclub.

The video has been described as a "spacey, mental hospital-esque padded bandshell underneath trippy, rave-ish lights". Spinner.com praised it, calling the light effects "impressive", saying they added a "dreamy spin" to the performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/09/23/snow-patrol-just-say-yes-video-premiere|title=Snow Patrol, 'Just Say Yes' - New Video|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|date=23 September 2009|publisher=Spinner.com|access-date=30 September 2009|archive-date=22 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222031934/http://www.spinner.com/2009/09/23/snow-patrol-just-say-yes-video-premiere|url-status=dead}} MTV reviewer Chris Ryan felt that there was plenty about the video to make fun of, but found it to be good.{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/10/14/new-video-snow-patrol-just-say-yes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727135856/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/10/14/new-video-snow-patrol-just-say-yes|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 July 2011|title=New Video: Snow Patrol, 'Just Say Yes'|last=Ryan|first=Chris|date=14 October 2009|publisher=Viacom. MTV Buzzworthy|access-date=15 October 2009}} Filter called it a "perfect winter time companion".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id%3D19954%26c%3D6 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240524172729/https://www.webcitation.org/5krlBEIsO?url=http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php%3Fid=19954&c=6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2024 |title=Snow Patrol, Just Say Yes Video |date=27 October 2009 |magazine=Filter |access-date=28 October 2009 }}

Track listing

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  • CD single:
  1. "Just Say Yes" – 4:42
  2. "Just Say Yes" (Thin White Duke Mix) (Edit) – 4:14
  • Australian iTunes:{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/just-say-yes-ep/338743344|title=Just Say Yes - EP|publisher=iTunes|access-date=10 November 2009}} Note: Need iTunes to view link.
  1. "Just Say Yes" – 4:42
  2. "Just Say Yes" (Thin White Duke Mix) – 7:26
  3. "Shut Your Eyes" (Live) – 9:09

Live track recorded at V Festival, Chelmsford on 23 August 2009.

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  • UK/Irish iTunes:{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=336945550&s=143449|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071225/https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=336945550&s=143449|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=Just Say Yes - Single|publisher=iTunes|access-date=1 November 2009}} Note: Need iTunes to view link.{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=336945550&s=143444|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105071236/https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=336945550&s=143444|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=Just Say Yes - Single|publisher=iTunes|access-date=1 November 2009}} Note: Need iTunes to view link.
  1. "Just Say Yes" – 4:42
  2. "Just Say Yes" (Video) – 4:12
  • US iTunes/Amazon.com:
  1. "Just Say Yes" – 4:42

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Critical reception

EW called Scherzinger's version "elegant"{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/12/14/nicole-scherzingers-solo-debut-delays/|title=The pussycat with nine lives|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=30 August 2009|first=Tim|last=Stack|date=14 December 2007|archive-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101022249/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20166116,00.html|url-status=live}} and Rap-Up magazine "understated". Critical reaction towards Snow Patrol's version was mixed. Q magazine picked the song as their Track of the Day on 15 October 2009. It noted the change in musical direction with the usage of beats and synthesizers, but still calling it "undoubtedly Snow Patrol", writing that the song was trademark Snow Patrol: Lightbody's love-ridden lyrics with stadium-sized guitar lines and a sweeping chorus.{{cite magazine|url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2009/10/snow_patrol_-_just_say_yes.html |title=Track of the day: Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes |date=15 October 2009 |magazine=Q |access-date=15 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019185410/http://news.qthemusic.com/2009/10/snow_patrol_-_just_say_yes.html |archive-date=19 October 2009 }} MTV reviewer Chris Ryan liked the song, and wrote that the vocal parts and the video's light show were very cheesy but they went well with the song. He however noted that the song had the same style of build-up and release of past hits "Run" and "Chasing Cars", with "some Simple Minds/sedated in the 80s keyboards" added to "up the romance." Planet Sound gave the single 7 out of 10. Reviewer John Earls said that the song encompassed the band's early sound and recent ballads, and felt it will keep the listener intrigued as to what the band does next.{{cite web |url=http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/single-reviews/55d790a27e5a847c84ee47ec01ae7ae0/New+singles,+by+John+Earls.aspx |title=New singles, by John Earls |publisher=Planet Sound |access-date=10 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105180817/http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/single-reviews/55d790a27e5a847c84ee47ec01ae7ae0/New+singles,+by+John+Earls.aspx |archive-date=5 November 2009 }}

However, Digital Spy{{'}}s review of the single was negative. Reviewer Mayer Nissim gave it 2 stars out of 5 and said that the song does not succeed as a new sound for the band, and that it merely sounded as if it had been created on a "few floaty keys". He criticised the song for utilizing the "same over-earnest lyrics and soporific melodies as ever", and sarcastically noted that guitarist Nathan Connolly was not lying when he said that the band will continue to sound like "Snow Patrol", no matter what musical direction they take.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a184263/snow-patrol-just-say-yes.html |title=Snow Patrol: 'Just Say Yes' |last=Nissim |first=Mayer |website=Digital Spy |access-date=29 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091104073456/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a184263/snow-patrol-just-say-yes.html |archive-date=4 November 2009 }} BBC's Fraser McAlpine gave the single 2 stars out of 5. He said that it "wanted" itself to be seen as something magical, but did not have good enough tricks to do so. He criticised the linearity of the song, citing that it had only two melody lines: one for the verse and another for the chorus.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/10/snow_patrol_just_say_yes.shtml |title=Snow Patrol - 'Just Say Yes' |last=McAlpine |first=Fraser |date=28 October 2009 |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 November 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128180848/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/10/snow_patrol_just_say_yes.shtml |archive-date=28 January 2010 }} The song has gained popularity with the Emmerdale fanbase after being used as backing music for Jackson Walsh and Aaron Livesy's second kiss.{{YouTube|iOHk4MDc2-o}}

Commercial performance

The song was described as being a potential worldwide hit, in the vein of the Snow Patrol song "Chasing Cars". The single did well on the iTunes Store, becoming the top selling song on the Dutch and Irish iTunes{{cite web|url=http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html |title=iTunes Store Top 10 Songs |date=28 October 2009 |publisher=Apple Inc. |access-date=28 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923074753/http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html |archive-date=23 September 2009 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html |title=Tunes Store Top 10 Songs |date=1 November 2009 |publisher=Apple Inc. |access-date=1 November 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923074753/http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html |archive-date=23 September 2009 }} and the third best selling single in Belgium.{{cite web|url=http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html |title=iTunes Store Top 10 Songs |date=10 November 2009 |publisher=Apple Inc. |access-date=10 November 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923074753/http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html |archive-date=23 September 2009 }} In the French-speaking part of the country, Wallonia, the song debuted the first position on the component Ultratip chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/9885a/Snow-Patrol-Just-Say-Yes|title=Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes (Chanson)|publisher=Hung Medien. ultratop.be|access-date=13 November 2009}} The single did well in the Netherlands. It was chosen as the "Record of the Week" in the Netherlands by two radio stations: by Radio 538 for week 39 of 2009 and by 3FM.{{cite web|url=http://www.3fm.nl/page/3fm_playlist_new/megahit |title=Playlist - Megahit |publisher=3FM |access-date=5 October 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814003325/http://www.3fm.nl/page/3fm_playlist_new/megahit |archive-date=14 August 2013 }} It subsequently debuted at the top of the Dutch Tipparade and 3FM Mega Top 50 in its first week on both charts,{{cite web|url=http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=876013 |title=Tip parade van week 40 - 2009 |publisher=Radio 538 |language=nl |access-date=30 September 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306044929/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=876013 |archive-date= 6 March 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=s3&year=2009&date=20091031|title=Gfk Dutch 3FM Mega Top 50|publisher=Hung Medien. dutchcharts.nl|access-date=1 November 2009}} and also became the highest-charting single of the band in the Netherlands by reaching the first position,{{cite web|url=http://www.futuremusiccharts.nl/futuremusiccharts/2009/11/nederlandse-t-4.html#more|title=Nederlandse Top 40 (wk49)|publisher=Futuremusiccharts|access-date=3 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204172050/http://www.futuremusiccharts.nl/futuremusiccharts/2009/11/nederlandse-t-4.html#more|archive-date=4 December 2009|url-status=dead}} succeeding the success of "Shut Your Eyes" and "Crack the Shutters" which peaked at fourteen. The song also peaked at the second position on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart, which contains physical and digital sales, and became the most downloaded song in the country.{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Snow+Patrol&titel=Just+Say+Yes&cat=s|title=Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes (Nummer)|publisher=Hung Medien. dutchcharts.nl|access-date=7 November 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=si&year=2009&date=20091107|title=GfK Dutch Download Top 50|publisher=Hung Medien. dutchcharts.nl|access-date=9 November 2009}} In the United States, for the 25th anniversary of Billboard{{'}}s Adult Alternative Airplay chart in early 2021,{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531232100/https://www.billboard.com/pro/adult-alternative-airplay-25th-anniversary-recap/|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/adult-alternative-airplay-25th-anniversary-recap/|title=Dave Matthews Band & The Wallflowers' 'One Headlight' Top Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Charts|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|magazine=Billboard|date=18 February 2021|archive-date=31 May 2023|access-date=23 October 2023}} the magazine would rank "Just Say Yes" at number 85 on its list of the top 100 most successful songs in the history of the chart.{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011155120/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-adult-alternative-songs/|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-adult-alternative-songs/|title=Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs|archive-date=11 October 2023|access-date=23 October 2023|url-status=live|magazine=Billboard}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2009–2010)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|38|artist=Snow Patrol|song=Just Say Yes|access-date=21 April 2020}}
{{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=Snow Patrol|song=Just Say Yes|access-date=21 April 2020}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|8|artist=Snow Patrol|song=Just Say Yes|access-date=21 April 2020}}
{{single chart|Denmark|4|artist=Snow Patrol|song=Just Say Yes|access-date=21 April 2020}}
European Hot 100 Singles{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?begin=21&order=position|title=European Hot 100 - Week of November 21, 2009|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc.|access-date=16 November 2009}}

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{{single chart|Finland|20|artist=Snow Patrol|song=Just Say Yes|access-date=21 April 2020}}
{{single chart|Germany|47|artist=Snow Patrol|song=Just Say Yes|songid=624730|access-date=21 April 2020}}
{{single chart|Ireland3|6|artist=Snow Patrol|access-date=21 April 2020}}
Japan (Japan Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/51-100/ |title=2009/12/07 - Billboard Japan Charts |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media Inc. |language=ja |access-date=4 December 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209050057/http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/51-100 |archive-date=9 December 2009 }} Note: Translation can be found [https://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billboard-japan.com%2Fsystem%2Fjp_charts%2Fhot100%2F51-100%2F&sl=ja&tl=en here].

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{{single chart|Dutch40|1|year=2009|week=49|access-date=27 January 2024}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=Snow Patrol|song=Just Say Yes|access-date=27 January 2024}}
{{single chart|Scotland|11|date=20091114|access-date=2 April 2021}}
{{single chart|UK|15|date=20091114|access-date=21 April 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|4|artist=Snow Patrol|access-date=23 December 2014}}
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|39|artist=Snow Patrol|access-date=9 November 2009}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (2009)

!scope="col"|Position

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2009|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2009|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=21 April 2020}}

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Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2009&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2009|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=21 April 2020}}

|align="center"|33

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!scope="col"|Chart (2010)

!scope="col"|Position

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2010|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2010|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=21 April 2020}}

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Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|title=dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/yearchart.asp?cat=s|language=nl |work=dutchcharts.nl|publisher=Hung Medien / hitparade.ch|access-date=3 January 2011}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Snow Patrol|title=Just Say Yes|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2011|certyear=2025|accessdate=25 January 2025|id=14096-441-1}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

Release history

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Country

!Date

!Format

!Label

United States

|23 October 2009

|rowspan="2"|Digital download

|Interscope

Netherlands

|27 October 2009

|Universal

Ireland

|rowspan="2"|30 October 2009

|rowspan="2"|Compact Disc

|Fiction

Netherlands

|Universal

United Kingdom, Ireland

|1 November 2009

|Digital download

|rowspan="2"|Fiction

United Kingdom

|2 November 2009

|Compact Disc

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{YouTube|id=vW1hv37imjw|title=Music video for "Just Say Yes"}}
  • {{YouTube|id=0So-KPVFEYA|title=Nokia Comes With Music campaign}}

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