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Credits

I was wondering if anyone had any input on the credits on this song. no one cares I was mainly wondering if Ringo Starr played drums.

Info

Update, I searched Google books and couldn't find anything else. Next I'll do Google news. — R ² 14:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, cheers. Pyrrhus16 14:38, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Worse lyrics in a song, for the year 1983. Source = Anthony Violanti. "Schlock: An Unusually Confused and Nasal Dylan". (August 18, 1996). The Buffalo News.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20037860_2,00.html
"Aside from 'Say Say Say' and 'The Man', both co-written and performed with Michael Jackson, McCartney wastes the rest of the album on bathos and whimsy". Source = "Paul McCartney's New Album Is Just 'Embarrassing Fluff'". (January 15, 1983). Lexington Herald-Leader.
"[McCartney] redeemed himself somewhat with the 1983 success of the spunky 'Say Say Say'-another duet with Jackson-but plunged back into wimpdom with 'No More Lonely Nights'". Source = Paul Grein. (January 3, 1988). "Hits That Hurt In Some Cases, That Top 10 Smash Can Smash an Artist's Imahaha your a noobes.
- OK, add these in, if they aren't already, then we are ready to go. :) — R ² 11:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting information in The Girl Is Mine article

The year before [recording The Girl is Mine], the duo had recorded "Say Say Say" and "The Man" for McCartney's fifth solo album, Pipes of Peace (1983).

From The Girl Is Mine article with added emphasis. But this article says:

Prior to recording "Say Say Say", McCartney had collaborated with Jackson on "The Girl Is Mine", for Jackson's Thriller album. In return, Jackson agreed to record "Say Say Say" for McCartney's Pipes of Peace.

So both arPyrrhus16 16:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

yes, it's still wrong - it's saying that they'd already worked on The Girl is Mine. It seems however that Say Say Say was recorded Summer 1981 and The Girl is Mine around April 1982. So despite it being released a year afterwards, Say Say Say was recorded first. I can't change the info as it stands however since there are two refs next to it.--Tuzapicabit (talk) 00:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Too violent

hi im gonna vandalise the page - pyrrhus16 Pyrrhus16 15:22, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There's no violence in the video. I guess they don't know that arm wrestling is a sport, not a crime. Grundle2600 (talk) 14:31, 30 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thats real weird, Say Say Say has no violence, just a comical energy drink scene.

Nikhil121 (talk) 9:28, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

cameo by some big black dude?

Ir vandalism removed hahahahaa noob venferdin|Stevenferdin]] (talk) 08:29, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Location of music video filming

your a idiot (talk) 01:25, 8 August 2011 (UTC)Teddy_foucault[reply]

cameo in say say say video

hi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.44.147.109 (talk) 07:07, 10 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]