N Dey Say

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"N Dey Say"
Nelly - N Dey Say CD cover.jpg
Single by Nelly
from the album Suit
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2005 (2005-01-24)
Studio
  • Derrty (Los Angeles)
  • Basement Beats (St. Louis)
Length3:37
Label Universal
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s) Nelly
Producer(s) Jayson "Koko" Bridges
Nelly singles chronology
"Na-NaNa-Na"
(2005)		"N Dey Say"
(2005)		"Errtime"
(2005)

"N Dey Say" is a song by American rapper Nelly. It was released on January 24, 2005, as the third and final single from his album Suit (2004). The song uses a musical sample of "True" by Spandau Ballet, so songwriter Gary Kemp was given a writing credit. The song reached number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and entered the top 20 in Australia, Finland, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

Contents

Music video

The video directed by Chris Robinson presents comparison of different lifestyles while putting an accent on their similarities (like war is equal with street gang rivalries in the civil life). It is brought into effect with a comic-like city background with strong strokes that seems like a merge of a photo and a drawing. This "in-between" feeling is realized by masking the background with a non-lifelike orange pattern. Using Bluescreen technology to separate the actors/artists from the background the performers remain realistic and stand out from the whole picture. The casting includes Gabriel Casseus (from Lockdown ) as the patron of a homeless and Faune A. Chambers (from White Chicks ) as the mourning widow and the St. Lunatics as cameos.

Track listings

UK CD1 and Australian CD single [1]

  1. "N Dey Say" – 3:34
  2. "N Dey Say" (Shake Ya Cookie remix) – 3:31
  3. "N Dey Say" (Craig Groove remix) – 3:54
  4. "Another One" – 4:39

UK CD2 and European CD single [2] [3]

  1. "N Dey Say"
  2. "N Dey Say" (Shake Ya Cookie remix)

UK 12-inch single [4]

A1. "N Dey Say"
A2. "Another One"
B1. "N Dey Say" (Shake Ya Cookie remix)
B2. "N Dey Say" (Craig Groove remix)

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Australian CD single liner notes. [1]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United StatesJanuary 24, 2005 Contemporary hit radio Universal [28]
February 7, 2005 Rhythmic contemporary radio [29]
AustraliaMay 30, 2005CD [30]
United KingdomJune 13, 2005
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [31] [32] [33]

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