"Just Say So" is the lead single released from Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 singer-songwriter Brian McFadden

Brian McFadden

Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...

's third studio album, Wall of Soundz

Wall Of Soundz

Wall of Soundz is the third studio album from Irish singer-songwriter, Brian McFadden. It was released in Australia on 23 April 2010. The album debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 27, its highest peak to date and spent only three weeks in the ARIA top 50. The album produced McFadden's fourth No...

. The single was released on 9 April 2010, and features American singer-songwriter, Kevin Rudolf

Kevin Rudolf

Kevin Rudolf is an American singer-songwriter and record producer signed to Cash Money Records. Rudolf is mostly known for singing and producing rock/pop music...

. The video for the song was shot in The Ivy Nightclub in Sydney, Australia in March 2010. The video was done in one shot, and lip-synced backwards, to allow for McFadden to still be in sync while the video goes backwards.

Tracklisting

Australian Digital Download

1. "Just Say So" (Featuring Kevin Rudolf
   Kevin Rudolf
   Kevin Rudolf is an American singer-songwriter and record producer signed to Cash Money Records. Rudolf is mostly known for singing and producing rock/pop music...
   
   ) - 3:13 (Brian McFadden, Robert Conley)

Critical reception

The song received mostly positive reviews from critics. Access All Areas stated "Just Say So is a ridiculously catchy electro-pop track with heavy auto tune and dance beats." Tim Byron of The Vine gave it a mixed review saying "So it's not very surprising that the backing music on Just Say So sounds almost entirely synthesised; synth drums, synth bass and synthy keyboards. The AutoTune vocal effect on McFadden's vocals is so prominent that it not only destroys anything distinctive in the voice, but also makes the lyrics hard to hear. Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...

 wish their music could sound this mechanical."

Chart performance

"Just Say So" debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 and stayed in that position for three weeks. It spent seven weeks in the ARIA top ten and thirteen weeks in the top 50 and gained a platinum accreditation. The song became McFadden's second number one single in Australia.

Chart (2010)	Peak position
ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	1

Year-end charts

Charts (2010)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	48