Make Her Say

"Make Her Say" is performed by Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Common. It was originally titled "I Poke Her Face", but was changed to make it more acceptable for radio. The song was written by all three artists, produced by West, and features scratches from DJ A-Trak. Lady Gaga (of whom West is a fan) and producer RedOne are credited as co-writers, because an acoustic version of Gaga's song "Poker Face" from The Cherrytree Sessions EP is sampled throughout the song.{{cite web | author=Reid, Shaheem | title=Kanye West 'Inspired' By Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face' For Kid Cudi Single | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1612265/20090527/west_kanye.jhtml | work=MTV | publisher=MTV Networks | date=May 28, 2009 | access-date=May 28, 2009 | archive-date=May 29, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529194827/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1612265/20090527/west_kanye.jhtml | url-status=dead }} Gaga voiced approval of the track, saying that West "had so much insight into what the song was about."{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610702/20090505/lady_gaga.jhtml | title=Lady Gaga Says Kanye West Saw Past Her 'Poker Face' | work=MTV | publisher=MTV Networks | author=Reed, Shaheim | date=May 6, 2009 | access-date=May 6, 2009 | archive-date=May 8, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508091344/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610702/20090505/lady_gaga.jhtml | url-status=dead }} Incidentally, just a few weeks later, the two revealed plans to tour together; however, the tour was later canceled.{{cite web|author=Vena, Jocelyn|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1613630/20090610/west_kanye.jhtml|title=Kanye West To Tour With Lady Gaga|date=June 10, 2009|access-date=June 10, 2009|work=MTV|publisher=MTV Networks Inc|archive-date=December 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210202610/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1613630/20090610/west_kanye.jhtml|url-status=dead}} In addition to the Lady Gaga sample, the song also makes musical references to T.I.'s "Whatever You Like", Asher Roth's "I Love College", and Jamie Foxx's "Blame It".

The music video for "Make Her Say" was directed by Nez Khammal and released on July 20, 2009. The video carries a minimal aesthetic, with scenes taking place in empty, wide-open spaces.

Although Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Common all appear in the video, they never attended a film shoot together. The music video utilizes a split screen effect to create the illusion that the three artists were all filmed in the same location. In reality, they had shot their individual scenes on opposite coasts of the United States; Common and Kid Cudi were filmed in New York City while Kanye was filmed in Los Angeles. The group had wanted Lady Gaga to be included in the video, but she was too busy to make the appearance.{{cite web| author1=Kash, Tim| author2=Roberts, Steven| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616551/20090720/kid_cudi.jhtml| title=Kanye West, Common Lend Kid Cudi Bicoastal Support In Video| work=MTV| publisher=MTV Networks| date=July 20, 2009| access-date=July 20, 2009| archive-date=July 21, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721013500/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616551/20090720/kid_cudi.jhtml| url-status=dead}} The video uses a shortened version of the song that cuts out the outro.

The "Make Her Say" video is also the first music video to feature the hardware from Activision's DJ Hero.

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Kid Cudi performed the song solo during his set at the 2009 Bamboozle music festival.{{cite magazine |author= Weingarten, Christopher |title="Journey" Surprise Fall Out Boy Crowd With Bamboozle Set |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/03/journey-surprise-fall-out-boy-crowd-with-bamboozle-set/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090505085402/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/03/journey-surprise-fall-out-boy-crowd-with-bamboozle-set/|url-status= dead|archive-date= May 5, 2009|date=May 3, 2009 |magazine= Rolling Stone|publisher= RealNetworks, Inc|access-date=May 7, 2009}} Kid Cudi also performed the song on June 13 in Chicago at The B96 Pepsi Summer Bash and in London at the 2009 O2 Wireless Festival. He also performed his verse of the song at Lollapalooza 2009 in Chicago, IL. He performed the song with Lady Gaga on her Monster Ball tour in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Man on the Moon CD: The End of Day

1. "Make Her Say" - 3:36

Digital single

1. "Make Her Say" – 3:57

Promotional CD single

1. "Make Her Say" (Clean) – 3:58
2. "Make Her Say" (Dirty) – 3:58
3. "Make Her Say" (Instrumental) – 3:57

Promotional CD single 2nd Version

1. "Make Her Say" – 3:58
2. "Make Her Say" (Instrumental) – 3:57
3. "Make Her Say" (Afrojack Remix) – 4:20
4. "Make Her Say" (Nadastrom 88 Dub) – 6:10

U.S. CD single

1. "Make Her Say" – 3:59
2. "Day 'N' Night" – 3:42
3. "Day 'N' Night" (Crookers Remix) – 4:41

In the United States, "Make Her Say" debuted at number fifty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 18, 2009.{{cite magazine |author=Ben-Yehuda, Ayala |title=Black Eyed Peas Take Top Two Slots On Billboard Hot 100 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268343/black-eyed-peas-take-top-two-slots-on-billboard-hot-100 |date=June 18, 2009 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |access-date=June 18, 2009 |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517173142/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268343/black-eyed-peas-take-top-two-slots-on-billboard-hot-100 |url-status=live }} That same week, it also entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number seventy-eight.{{cite magazine |title=Canadian Hot 100 – Make Her Say |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-06-27/canadian-hot-100 |date=June 18, 2009 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |access-date=June 18, 2009 |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018151341/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/ |url-status=live }} The song entered the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart at number six for the issue date of July 4.{{cite magazine |title=Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles – Make Her Say|url= {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=common|chart=Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}}|date=June 27, 2009 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc |access-date=June 27, 2009}} The following week, it appeared on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number seventy-three.{{cite magazine|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles – Make Her Say|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-07-11/r-b-hip-hop-songs|date=July 4, 2009|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=July 4, 2009|archive-date=August 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811030946/http://www.billboard.com/charts/2009-07-11/r-b-hip-hop-songs|url-status=live}}

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