"Say It Isn't So"
Single byDaryl Hall & John Oates
from the albumRock 'n Soul Part 1
B-side	"Kiss on My List"
Released	October 1983 (1983-10)
Recorded	September 1983 atElectric Lady Studios inNew York City[1]
Genre	Pop rock,blue-eyed soul
Length	4:17 (album version) 3:56 (7" version) 6:45 (special extended mix) 5:15 (video version)
Label	RCA Records
Songwriter	Daryl Hall
Producers	Daryl Hall,John Oates,Bob Clearmountain[1]
Daryl Hall & John Oates singles chronology
"Jingle Bell Rock" (1983) "Say It Isn't So" (1983) "Adult Education" (1984)
Music video
"Say It Isn't So" onYouTube

"Say It Isn't So" is a song performed by Americanpop rock duoDaryl Hall & John Oates, and written byDaryl Hall. It was released byRCA Records in October 1983 as the first of two newsingles from theircompilation albumRock 'n Soul Part 1, released that same year (see1983 in music). The song wasremixed as a "special extended dance mix" byJohn "Jellybean" Benitez, which toppedBillboard magazine'sHot Dance Club Play chart.^[2] The song peaked at number two on theBillboard Hot 100 for four weeks, behind coincidentally "Say Say Say" byPaul McCartney andMichael Jackson.

"Say It Isn't So" was written by Daryl Hall during the duo's supporting tour forH₂O. It was the first of two new songs recorded during the sessions forRock 'n Soul Part 1. The sessions took place in September 1983 atElectric Lady Studio A inNew York City. The song wasproduced by Daryl Hall andJohn Oates, withrecording byBob Clearmountain, who co-produced the recordings. The backing musicians on the song werebassistTom "T-Bone" Wolk,saxophonistCharles DeChant,guitaristG. E. Smith,drummerMickey Curry, andpercussionist Jimmy Bralower. The song'sarrangement was developed in the studio withbacking vocals inspired bythe Flamingos' version of "I Only Have Eyes for You" and a problem with a break in the song solved by Jimmy Bralower.^[1]

Cash Box called it "a derivative and decidedlyMotown-inflected outing" that is "more vital than nostalgic."^[3]

There were two versions of the video. The first version was once aired onMTV as part of the duo's special titled The Greatest & The Latest. The second version, which was on heavy rotation during the channel's heyday, was filmed on location in New York City and depicted the band gathering under theBrooklyn Bridge at 3:00 a.m. to play the song.

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