High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Say Say Say" is a pop song written and performed by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. The track was produced by George Martin for McCartney`s fifth solo album, Pipes of Peace (1983). The song was recorded during production of McCartney`s 1982 Tug of War album, about a year before the release of "The Girl Is Mine"—the pair`s first duet from Jackson`s record-breaking album, Thriller (1982). After its release in October 1983, "Say Say Say" became Jackson`s seventh top-ten hit inside a year. It was a number one hit in the United States, Norway, Sweden and several other countries, reached number two in the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, the Netherlands Switzerland and over 20 other nations.