Say the Word was the fifth and final single released by the Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...

 off-shoot band, Arcadia

Arcadia (band)

Arcadia were the pop group formed in 1985 by Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran, during a break in that band's schedule. However, Roger Taylor appeared in only a few band photographs and in none of the music videos, and stated he was only to be involved in the recording side...

. Recorded for the soundtrack of Playing for Keeps

Playing for Keeps (film)

Playing for Keeps is a 1986 comedy film directed and written by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein. It stars Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn and Leon W. Grant as a trio of inner-city teenagers attempting to strike it rich by turning a hotel into a rock 'n' roll resort...

, it was released as a single in the US by Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

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Music video

The video was an amalgam of previous Arcadia videos, interspersed with scenes from the film.

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

The single's B-side comprised an instrumental version.

The extended mixes on the promo 12" were remixed by Shep Pettibone

Shep Pettibone

Robert E. Pettibone, Jr. is a record producer, remixer, songwriter and club DJ, one of the most prolific of the 1980s. His earliest work known to the public was for one of New York City's top disco/dance radio stations, WRKS 98.7 "Kiss" FM, and later as remixer/producer for the disco label Salsoul...

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7": Atlantic / 7-89370 (US)

1. "Say the Word" [LP version] (4:29) +
2. "Say the Word" [Instrumental] (4:31)

+ The actual LP version of the song (appearing on the Playing for Keeps soundtrack) has a length of 5:07; the labeling of the A-side on the single release as the "LP version" is a misprint.

7": Atlantic / PROMO (with blue label) / 7-89370 (US)

1. "Say the Word" [LP version] (4:29)
2. "Say the Word" [LP version] (4:29)

7": Atlantic / PROMO / 78-93707 (CA)

1. "Say the Word" [LP version] (4:29)
2. "Say the Word" [Instrumental] (4:29)

This Canadian promo only release contains a misspressing with an incorrect song, which is instrumental, that has a time of 3:31. According to Nick Rhodes, who listened to the unknown song in January of 2009, this track is not Arcadia and it seems as if a pressing plant error caused an unknown artist to be subsitituted instead of the instrumental Arcadia track, which does actually exist and appears in its correct form on the US 7-inch release.

12": Atlantic / PROMO / PR939 (US)

1. "Say the Word" [Extended Remix] (6:39)
2. "Say the Word" [Extended Instrumental] (5:49)

This record was only released as a promotional 12 inch in the United States.
No stock copies were ever made.

Other appearances

Albums:

• Playing for Keeps OST
• So Red The Rose
  So Red the Rose
  So Red the Rose is the platinum-selling album by the Duran Duran-spinoff group Arcadia, which was released in 1985 — the only album the band ever released...
  
   Reissued 2010 version.

Personnel

Arcadia are:

• Simon Le Bon
  Simon Le Bon
  Simon John Charles Le Bon is an English musician, best known as the lead singer, lyricist and musician of the band Duran Duran and its offshoot, Arcadia.-Early life:...
  
   - vocals
• Nick Rhodes
  Nick Rhodes
  Nick Rhodes is an English musician, is best known as the keyboardist of the pop rock band Duran Duran...
  
   - keyboards

Also credited:

• Alex Sadkin
  Alex Sadkin
  Alex Sadkin is best remembered as a record producer in the early 1980s, but actually got his start in the music industry as a saxophonist for the Las Olas Brass in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....
  
  - producer and engineer