Say My Name

"Say My Name"
Single by Destiny's Child
from the album The Writing's on the Wall
B-side"Bills, Bills, Bills"
ReleasedOctober 14, 1999 (1999-10-14)
Recorded1999
StudioPacifique (North Hollywood, California)
Genre
Length
  • 4:31 (album version)
  • 4:00 (radio/video edit)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rodney Jerkins
Destiny's Child singles chronology
"Thug Love"
(1999)		 "Say My Name"
(1999)		 "Jumpin', Jumpin'"
(2000)
Music video
"Say My Name" on YouTube

"Say My Name" is a number-one single by American R&B group Destiny's Child for the Columbia Records label, released in early 2000. The single was the third of four singles from the group's 1999 album The Writing's On The Wall, and the most successful of the four. It is considered to be one of their signature songs. It won a Grammy and an MTV Video Music Award.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from The Writing's on the Wall album booklet.

Studio

Personnel

  • Rodney Jerkins – writing, all music, production
  • Fred Jerkins III – writing
  • LaShawn Daniels – writing, vocal production, recording
  • Beyoncé Knowles – writing
  • LeToya Luckett – writing
  • Kelly Rowland – writing
  • LaTavia Roberson – writing
  • Brad Gildem – recording
  • Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) 2× Platinum 140,000^
Belgium (BEA) Gold 25,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)
Homecoming Live Version 		Gold 30,000double-dagger
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) Platinum 60,000double-dagger
France (SNEP)
Sales in 2000 		Gold 250,000*
France (SNEP)
Sales since 2016 		Gold 150,000double-dagger
Germany (BVMI)
Timbaland remix featuring Static 		Gold 250,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ) 5× Platinum 150,000double-dagger
Portugal (AFP) Gold 20,000double-dagger
Spain (PROMUSICAE) Gold 30,000double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI) 3× Platinum 1,800,000double-dagger
United States (RIAA) 3× Platinum 3,000,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Say My Name"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Japan October 14, 1999 Maxi CD SME
United States November 1999 Promotional recording Columbia
January 10, 2000 Urban contemporary radio
Australia February 4, 2000 Maxi CD Sony Music
United States February 29, 2000 Columbia
France March 13, 2000 Maxi CD Sony Music
United Kingdom March 27, 2000
  • Cassette
  • two maxi CDs
 Columbia
Germany April 10, 2000 Maxi CD Sony Music
France April 17, 2000 CD

Cover versions

In 2021, English rapper ArrDee released his third solo single, "Flowers". The song heavily samples the track of the same name by Sweet Female Attitude and interpolates "Say My Name". It peaked at number 5 on the UK's Official Singles Chart Top 100, spending thirteen weeks in the Top 40, seventeen weeks in the Top 100, with seven of those weeks being in the chart's Top 10.

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