"Say Yes" is a song by performed by

Floetry Floetry were an English R&B duo comprising Marsha Ambrosius ("The Songstress") and Natalie Stewart ("The Floacist"). The group recorded two studio albums and one live album and sold over 1,500,000 records worldwide. Formed in 1997 Floetry st ...

, issued as the second single from their debut studio album '' Floetic''. 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, 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 Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, but lost to " My Boo" by

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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 Colu ...

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

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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 (D ...

. The video begins with Marsha riding the

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

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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

External links

* * 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