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"What Do You Say" is a song written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in August 1999 as the first single from her album ''So Good Together''. The song reached number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 2000 and number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 becoming her first crossover hit and top 40 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Reba McEntire > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )〕 It is her highest peaking single on that chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=So Good Together – Reba McEntire > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )〕 A video was produced of the song, and has aired on CMT, CMT Pure Country and Great American Country. ==Storyline and music video== The song's main premise explores a protagonist's struggle to appropriately explain or respond to different situations. The story — as depicted in the song's video, directed by Deaton-Flanigen, is told through the eyes of a typical American family. The first verse sees the father and young son driving around town. While stopped at a red light, the boy sees an adult bookstore and, spotting the marquee, asks "What are those X's for?" The father decides he doesn't want his son to know the type of business taking place inside the store and quickly changes the subject to football. In the next verse, the teen-aged daughter is at a friend's party, where she quickly becomes very drunk. After becoming ill, she becomes frightened and calls her mother to come get her. The mother does just that, upholding a promise to not ask any questions. As shown in the video, the mother is suffering from the final stages of cancer; this is revealed when she removes her wig and sees that she has lost her hair due to chemotherapy. In the song's final verse, the woman's family is at her bedside saying their final goodbyes. Although she has been trying to maintain her strength, she knows that her life is about to end. Her final apparent words to her family are a whispered "I want to go home." As the video ends, a photo collage of the woman and her family in happier times (presumably on display at the woman's visitation and funeral) is shown, before the three surviving members of the family — the father, daughter and son — leave the hospital in tears. They walk by McEntire and two children, who are in the hallway for an unexplained reason. This is the only time Reba is seen in the whole video, making it her second video to not feature her singing, after 1991's "Is There Life Out There." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「What Do You Say (Reba McEntire song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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