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"Say I'm Your Number One" is a song by English singer Princess, released in 1985 as the lead single from her self-titled debut studio album (1986).[1] Written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), the song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it reached number 20 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart.[2] British magazine Classic Pop ranked the song number 8 in their list of "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs" in 2021.[3]

"Say I'm Your Number One"
Single by Princess
from the album Princess
Released1985
Recorded1984
Genre
  • Pop
  • R&B
Length3:38
LabelSupreme
Songwriter(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Princess singles chronology
"Let the Night Take the Blame"
(1985)		 "Say I'm Your Number One"
(1985)		 "After the Love Has Gone"
(1985)
Music video
"Say I'm Your Number One" on YouTube

Background


Session singer Desiree Heslop – later to take the stage name Princess – was hired by SAW to workshop some "credible" soul-pop tracks, after distinguishing herself as a backing vocalist on the Brilliant album Kiss The Lips of Life.[1]

“I was a singer who had come in to do a job, and had differentiated myself on a part that the other singer wasn’t getting," the vocalist remembered of winning over SAW. "So they sent the other lady home."[1]

Matt Aitken says the track is a very rare example of a song written by SAW that first came together without a particular artist or project in mind.[4]

According to Princess and her brother/manager Don Heslop, SAW provided them with a number of basic, unfinished tracks for them to choose from and to help develop, including one that later became "Say I'm Your Number One".[1] Mike Stock remembers specifically choosing the track for the vocalist, writing "I thought it would be fine for Desiree."[5]

After a conversation between Don Heslop and producer Pete Waterman, the manager says a plan was floated to collaborate on material between them that could potentially garner a record deal. "What he wanted to do, and what I wanted to do seemed to be written by the same author," said Heslop. "We talked about doing something amazing and taking it to the majors."[1] Waterman recalled of the conversation: "... I'd said that Desiree was only a session singer and has just been paid to sing on something we were working on for Dee C Lee."[6]

Speaking on the genesis of the track, Waterman stated he gave Mike Stock and Matt Aitken a brief to write a song that women could mime to men they were attracted to, as the song was played in nightclubs.[6] Among the guide tracks that influenced production was "Genie" by B.B. & Q. Band.[1][7]

While Stock Aitken Waterman are solely credited as the writers of the song, Princess says she contributed to the lyrics and structure of the song during the demo process.[1] Despite the track initially being intended for Lee,[6] Princess felt the evolution of the song under her guidance meant it was effectively always hers. "It was always mine because I did the sensibility and the feeling of the song, and how it morphed from the demo," she said. "I was almost entwined in the song – we co-wrote the bridge, and all the BVs were mine, and to a certain extent, Don’s influence."[1]

When the record was finished, no major label would pick up it up, and the snub helped inspire the creation of Supreme Records, which released the track and then became an ongoing vehicle for SAW's output.[5] Initial buzz around the track was created by servicing it to pirate radio, and pressing white label copies to create the impression it was an American import.[6]

The video for the song, which featured the singer journeying around London, was designed to highlight the Britishness of the record by including cultural icons such as double-decker buses, and the singer's bowler hat.[1]

"Say I'm Your Number One" was Princess' biggest hit single. Although the first of a run of four hit singles that the artist released with SAW, it proved to be her only top 10 entry in her home country.[8]

The music of "Say I'm Your Number One" was interpolated with Bananarama's "A Trick of the Night" for the latter song's Number One Mix, the U.K. single remix, and related variations.


Track listings


A. "Say I'm Your Number One" – 3:38
B. "Say I'm Your Number One" (Senza Voce) – 4:30
A. "Say I'm Your Number One" (Full Length Version) – 6:20
B1. "Say I'm Your Number One" (Short Version) – 5:42
B2. "Say I'm Your Number One" (Senza Voce) – 3:00
A. "After the Love Had Gone" – 6:48
B. "Say I'm Your Number One" – 6:14

Charts



References


  1. "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 6: Say I'm Your Number One on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 472.
  3. "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs". Classic Pop. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  4. "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 41: Looking Back with Matt Aitken on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  5. Stock, Mike (2004). Hit Factory: The Stock, Aitken and Waterman Story. New Holland. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-84330-729-7.
  6. Waterman, P. (2001-06-07). I Wish I Was Me. Ebury Publishing. pp. 138–140. ISBN 978-0-7535-0573-1.
  7. "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 9: Taking Stock with Mike Stock on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  8. "PRINCESS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  9. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 241. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  10. "Princess – Say I'm Your No. 1" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  11. "Princess – Say I'm Your No. 1" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  12. "European Top 100 Singles" (PDF). Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 40. 7 October 1985. p. 12. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  13. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  14. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Say I'm Your Number One". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  15. "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 28 May 2022. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Princess" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca".
  16. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 43, 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  17. "Princess – Say I'm Your No. 1" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  18. "Princess – Say I'm Your No. 1". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  19. "Princess – Say I'm Your No. 1". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  20. "Princess: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  21. "Princess, DSI". Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  22. "Princess, BSI". Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  23. "Offiziellecharts.de – Princess – Say I'm Your No. 1". GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  24. "Jaaroverzichten 1985 – Singles" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  25. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  26. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  27. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts – 1985" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  28. "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report. No. 650. 29 December 1986 – via Imgur.


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