Lyrics
It's cold outside It gets so hot in here The boys and girls collide To the music in my ear.
I hear the children crying And I know it's time to go I hear the children crying Take me home.
A painted face And I know we haven't long We thought that we had the answers It was the questions we had wrong.
I hear the children crying And I know it's time to go I hear the children crying Take me home.
Say so, say so Say so, say so.
Wording may vary between live performances and re-recordings.
Song Propaganda
The documented history below belongs to the song's original single or specifically named recording/video—not automatically to this album's mix, live performance or re-recording. Single-era reference: 1980.
Chart positions
- Ireland — Singles peak: 69 Source
Certifications
No song-specific certification has been verified for this entry. The album's certification does not certify each track.
Grammys & other honours
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Checked 2026-09-11. A missing entry means not established here, not necessarily that the song never charted or won an award.
Recording context
Forty songs are reinterpreted in quieter, often radically altered arrangements. These are 2023 re-recordings, not a greatest-hits compilation of original masters.
Album credits, production history and Did you know?