This could be the first song of praise to crossover since Mary Mary‘s “Shackles (Praise You)” in 2000. Not only does the catchy toe-tapper feature Beyonce and Kelly Rowland (and thus reunite Destiny’s Child), it also expertly bridges the gap between gospel and popular music. “When new single “Say Yes” surfaced online. Devon reads one more quote on the song from : The audience stood up again and joined Harmony in singing. This thing rules.”ĭevon takes his seat and Harmony proceeds to sing, “When Jesus Says Yes, Nobody Can Say No”. But LA Times is here to proclaim that she can chill. Williams took to Twitter not long after “Say Yes” began circulating to bemoan the fact that the version of the song that leaked hadn’t been mixed or mastered. Said to be due for inclusion on Michelle Williams’ upcoming gospel album, “Say Yes” reunites Williams with Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland in a lively rendition of a traditional praise song popular in Nigeria. “On Wednesday, though, Destiny’s Child fans had their memories refreshed - and their hopes for future awesomeness raised - when a killer new tune appeared online featuring the group’s three members. Motivational speaker and author Devon Franklin interprets reading from a tablet: We had people from all over the world talk about this record like the song says, “When Jesus Say Yes, Nobody Can Say No”. Then Jesus spoke to me like “Calm down! Watch!” In 24 hours, we had Rolling Stone, Billboard and all the high magazines speak about this record. I’m waking up in the morning like, “Say Yes is leaked” and I’m mad and screaming like who did it. 6 months goes by and then God turns up and leaks the song himself. So, they’re going to do a release in the Gospel world. Radio’s not going to play it.” We’re being told, “It’s not going to crossover. I’m being told, “No it’s not going to work. Now, in the time we have done the song, we have three of the biggest artists in the world on this song. So, they do the song and just to let you know when God decides to switch the light on he’s always going to have his way. The one they requested! They requested to be on that song. They listen to the album and request to be on that song. Beyoncé comes into town, Kelly comes into town. They’ll get it.” But when Jesus Says Yes, Nobody Can Say No. She was like, “This is very different” and I was like, “Maybe you should go to Africa and release it. She was like, “You have to produce this for me.” We produced the record and for 12 months we didn’t know what to do with it. She had a moment in the studio literally out on the floor praising Jesus. She was going to Nigeria to do something and I told her to sing that (When Jesus Say Yes). On this plane to LA I said, “Lord I need to make sure whatever I do, what I do for you is greater.” The opportunity came to work on Michelle’s album, which is awesome. I’ve worked with some really great people. So, it was always great for me to produce for great people. So, I always wanted to do something great for the Lord. It’s so simple, “When Jesus Says Yes, Nobody Can Say No.” It don’t get no clearer than that. Anyone from Africa knows it was an anthem we grew up to and it got us through a lot of hard times. Harmony then began to explain why he produced the song and the difficulties the song encountered before it leaked to the public: The audience got up and joined in a dancing celebration of the song. After announcements during a live-streamed church service, Harmony asked the programmer to play Michelle’s single. Harmony, Kelly and Michelle are all members of One Church International. Recently at One Church International in LA, producer Harmony Samuels whom produced Michelle Williams new single “ Say Yes” featuring Kelly Rowland and Beyoncé explained where the song originated from and how the song almost wasn’t heard.