But not only was Agatha Moses’ version released in the early 2000s, the Soweto Gospel Choir did not cover “When Jesus Say Yes” until 2014, just before Michelle dropped her own “Say Yes”. Earlier in the interview, Michelle claimed the melody was inspired by a traditional African praise number. According to the singer, “When Jesus says yes” is “an old Nigerian song”. However, the earliest recording of the words “When Jesus says yes” till date is off Sister Agatha Moses’ 2004 album, New World Praise, featuring a medley of other popular songs you have probably heard blaring off speakers on your average Sunday.īack to Michelle Williams, in this interview with Cross Rhythm, later that year the singer tells the story behind her hit single, “Say Yes” with the tone-deafness of a culture vulture. Michelle was seemingly distraught when the track initially dropped on the interwebs via a Twitter leak, but “Say Yes” went on to chart on the Billboard with a rave of positive reviews commending the catchiness of the composition.īut for Nigerians “Say Yes” and its variations is a popular praise and worship song commonly sang in churches across the country. I couldn't take certain offers that came my way so now we're able to capture some of those opportunities again.Back in 2014, Michelle Williams snagged a bit of spotlight for herself with gospel hit, “Say Yes” featuring former bandmates from the Destiny’s Child, Beyonce and Kelly. "I know there were sacrifices made for the tour. "I'll be honest and say this frees me up to work my album for the summer," she says. On the cancellation of her Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour (which she was set to play Mary Magdalene):
#DESTINY'S CHILD WHEN JESUS SAY YES FREE#
I have been down in a dark place and I want to tell people my story of how I got to that dark place and how I'm free from it now."
I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but I've been there. "Destiny's Child had millions of fans but the second I did 'gospel,' they were, like, 'We love you but I don't know.' My message is that I'm here to inspire and to encourage and give hope. On hoping to reconnect with DC fans with her gospel music: I kept it a secret because I didn't want anyone to know until it was time." "Kelly did it and Beyonce got right in the studio and did her part. "They received an advance copy of the album and called saying, 'We love 'When Jesus Says Yes'… there has to be a Destiny's Child mix of the song,'" Williams recalls. On how Beyonce and Kelly came about to be featured on the song: When the song leaked last week, so many people from Africa and Nigeria were trying to let me know where it came from." I don't think anyone knows who wrote it or who started singing that chorus. "It is a song that came from Africa more than a hundred years ago. They have proven they are my sisters time and time again." They have showed themselves to be loyal to me time after time. On reuniting with her Destiny’s Child bandmates: At the same time, I was overwhelmed by the support.
I woke up to the news of the song being leaked and I just hate when that happens because it was an unmastered version. We filmed at somebody's house and they probably got excited and called their cousins and friends and, next thing you know, the whole town was on one street. "We heard all this commotion going on while we were filming. On how fans found out about the secret filming of the video “Say Yes”: In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter Michelle detailed how the crowd outside of the set came about, her feelings about her first single "Say Yes" leaking, her upcoming gospel album Journey to Freedom (dropping in September) and she also dished on her cancelled Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour. Now…the first sneak peek of the video has been released and Michelle is dishing on the deets on what happened that night in NJ. Soon after, a huge crowd gathered outside of the residence, which resulted in hundreds of people screaming their heads off once they spotted Bey making an exit to her black SUV. The foursome filmed the video inside someone’s house in New Jersey and Michelle believes the secret got out after the owner likely got excited and called up family and friends to let them in on the secret filming. Peep the pic and find out what Michelle had to say about the making of the video inside….Ī Destiny’s Child reunion went down a few weeks ago when Beyonce, Michelle, Kelly and Solange met up in Maplewood, New Jersey to film the visuals for Michelle’s new single “Say Yes.” Now, a brand new picture from the video set has been released. After Beyonce, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland tried to secretly film Michelle's “Say Yes” video in New Jersey last month, Destiny's Child fans totally lost it once the word got out that they were filming.