"Say Yes" is a song by performed by

Floetry Floetry were an English contemporary R&B, R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("The Songstress") and The Floacist, Natalie Stewart ("The Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums and one live album and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwi ...

, issued as the second

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from their debut studio album ''

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''. It was written by lead singer

Marsha Ambrosius Marsha Ambrosius-Billups (born 8 August 1977) is an English singer and songwriter from Liverpool, England. She embarked on her musical career as a member of Floetry. Ambrosius released her debut solo album '' Late Nights & Early Mornings'' in Ma ...

along with

Andre Harris Andre "Dre" Harris is an American songwriter and record producer. Biography Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harris grew up in a city known for its contributions to Black American music, namely the sub-genre of Philly soul. De ...

, and was produced by Harris. The song was the group's only single to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, peaking at #24 in 2003. In 2004, the song was nominated for a

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for

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, but lost to " My Boo" by Usher and

Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Col ...

. In 2012, Floetry member Natalie "The Floacist" Stewart recorded the song for her sophomore album ''Floetry Re:Birth''. Smooth jazz musician and saxophonist

Pamela Williams Pamela Williams (born 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist. Williams exhibits diverse musical elements in her repertoire, including nu Jazz, funk, R&B, house, Latin and pop. She is also known for her visual art. Biography Williams gre ...

covered the song from her 2006 album ''Elixir''.

Music video

The official

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for the song was directed by

Jeremy Rall Jeremy Rall is an American music video director, photographer and independent film director. Videography 1999 * Heather B. — "Do You" * Philly's Most Wanted — "Suckas" 2000 * Drama — " Left, Right, Left" * Drama — "Double Time ( ...

. The video begins with Marsha riding the subway along with other passengers. As she singing the song, she begins writing the lyrics of the song in her notebook. Meanwhile, Natalie is walking down the street and towards the subway station. She is seen passing various people including a professional skater (Cato Williams), a young couple, a young female soccer team, and a

starving artist {{Short description, Artist who focuses on their art above even their own well-being A starving artist is an artist who sacrifices material well-being in order to focus on their artwork. They typically live on minimum expenses, either for a lack ...

. Upon entering the subway station, Natalie is flattered by a puppeteer (

E Reece Ebon Herndon is an American rapper-songwriter, actor, and model, commonly known by his stage name E Reece. He rose to fame in the mid-2000s when he signed a recording contract with Kajmere Sounds in 2005. Reece released his first studio album ...

) who performing a street puppet show. The video ends with Natalie catching the train and sitting next to Marsha as they ride away. A scene flips back to passengers of the train who deep in their own thought.

Omari Hardwick Omari Latif Hardwick (born January 9, 1974) is an American actor known for his starring role as James "Ghost" St. Patrick, the protagonist of Starz's ''Power'' and his role as Vanderohe in Zack Snyder's ''Army of the Dead'' (2021). He is also kn ...

makes a cameo appearance as an artist who is one of the passengers that appears to be drawing a picture of Marsha.

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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* * 2002 songs 2003 singles DreamWorks Records singles Floetry songs Music videos directed by Jeremy Rall Polydor Records singles Songs written by Marsha Ambrosius Songs written by Andre Harris Soul ballads 2000s ballads {{2000s-R&B-song-stub