"Say OK" is a song recorded by American singer
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (; born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in '' Thirteen'' (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the ''High School Musical'' film series (2006� ...
on her debut album ''
V'', which was written by
Arnthor Birgisson
Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson, born 12 February 1976 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic-Swedish songwriter and producer. Arnþór moved to Sweden in 1978 at age two and lives in Stockholm.
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and
Savan Kotecha
Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian ( Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'', fo ...
.
Background
At first, "Let Go" would have been the second single from the album, but this was replaced at the last minute for "Say OK". The song was released on the U.S.
iTunes on January 12, 2007 and was played U.S. radio two months later, on March 27. In New Zealand the song was released on May 26, 2007 and in Europe on May 28, 2007.
The song was included on the CD ''
Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 10
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The first album was released in 1999, titled ''Radio Disney Kid Jams'', containing the top songs from Radio Disney's pla ...
'', as well as the Family Jams CD Under Walt Disney Records. Vanessa released the song on the tour of
High School Musical: The Concert and opening some shows on the tour the band
The Cheetah Girls: The Party’s Just Begun Tour.
Music Video
The first version premiered on
Disney Channel on January 12, 2007, after the series premiere of ''
Cory in the House
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''. It features Hudgens performing the song on the
High School Musical: The Concert tour and also includes some behind-the-scenes footage shown in black-and-white. It was directed by
Chris Applebaum, who directed her first music video, "
Come Back to Me".
The second version and official music video premiered on March 13, 2007, on
Disney Channel and March 26, 2007, on
MTV's
Total Request Live
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, it was directed by
Darren Grant
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In 2005, Grant directed his debut film Tyler Perry's '' Diary of a Mad Black Woman''. In 2008, h ...
and features Hudgens with her then-boyfriend
Zac Efron
Zachary David Alexander Efron (; born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the ''High School Musical'' trilo ...
and some friends at a bowling alley playing a game of bowling. After they finish the game, they have dinner at the bowling alley. The video then shows Hudgens and Efron frolicking on a beach together and later, their friends arrive and join in on the fun. Solo shots of Hudgens both at the bowling alley and on the beach in
Los Angeles, California
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, sitting on a swing and merry-go-round are interspersed throughout the video.
Track listing
*Digital download
Say Ok - Single by Vanessa Hudgens - Download Say Ok - Single on iTunes
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# "Say OK" – 3:32
*CD Single
# "Say OK" ingle Mix– 3:32
# "Say OK" lbert Castillo Extended Remix– 6:01
# "Say OK" lbert Castillo Remix– 3:25
Credits and personnel
* Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (; born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in '' Thirteen'' (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the ''High School Musical'' film series (2006� ...
– lead vocals
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* Arnthor Birgisson
Arnthor Birgisson (Icelandic: Arnþór Birgisson, born 12 February 1976 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic-Swedish songwriter and producer. Arnþór moved to Sweden in 1978 at age two and lives in Stockholm.
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– keyboards, producer
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*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
, programming, songwriting
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* Savan Kotecha
Savan Harish Kotecha is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian ( Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'', fo ...
– songwriting
* Brian Reeves – engineer
* Jeanette Ohlsson – background vocals
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Credits are adapted from the ''V'' album liner notes.
Chart performance
The song debuted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart of February 17, 2007, at number 67 and peaked at number 61 the following week.
In Brazil, the song was the 19th most played international song of 2007 in the radios, according to Crowley Broadcast Analysis Crowley Broadcast Analysis is an official institution of research, which monitors the radios in Brazil since 1997. Currently the company provides data to the Escritório Central de Arrecadação e Distribuição (ECAD) and the Brazilian Associati ...
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Charts
Weekly charts
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Say Ok
2007 singles
Vanessa Hudgens songs
Music videos directed by Chris Applebaum
Music videos directed by Darren Grant
Songs written by Savan Kotecha
Songs written by Arnthor Birgisson
Hollywood Records singles
2006 songs