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Speak for Yourself is the second solo album by British singer Imogen Heap, following her collaborative effort with Guy Sigsworth as Frou Frou. The album was released in the United States in 2005. It was written, produced, arranged, and funded by Heap, without the backing of a record label, and features guest appearances from Jeff Beck, who provides a guitar solo on "Goodnight and Go", and Heap's ex-boyfriend, Richie Mills, who argues with her on "The Moment I Said It".
Release
Speak for Yourself was released in the United States in 2005, and released in the UK through Imogen Heap's own label, Megaphonic Records, in a digipak created specifically by Heap, before being licensed to White Rabbit Recordings in 2006 for the UK and international markets. It is licensed to RCA and Sony Legacy in the US, where the first run of 10,000 copies were copy protected and encased in the digipak (further editions are in a standard jewel case with a cardboard slipcase). As of August 2009, it has sold 431,000 copies in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan. The album has also achieved gold status in Canada. In the United Kingdom the album has sold 39,000 copies. Songs Hide and Seek, Speeding Cars and Goodnight and Go have sold 647,000, 223,000 and 159,000 copies in United States.
Speak for Yourself was re-released digitally in deluxe, standard, and Instrumental versions on 24 December 2012 by Sony BMG.
NPR's Ned Wharton named Speak for Yourself one of the best albums of 2005. Also for NPR, American radio presenter Nic Harcourt named "Have You Got it in You?" one of the best songs of the 2005.
In popular culture
"Hide and Seek" and "Goodnight and Go", the album's lead and second single respectively, were both featured in episodes of the US TV drama The O.C., as was "Speeding Cars". "The Moment I Said It" was used in the Criminal Minds episode called "Seven Seconds" and in the Ghost Whisperer episode called "The Gravesitter". "Can't Take It In" was featured in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. "Clear the Area" was sampled by rapper/lyricist Saint. "Hide and Seek" was also used as the soundtrack for an advert by Sky promoting the Series 5 Finale of a television series, Lost. In 2009, "Hide and Seek" was sampled as the hook in the lead single for Jason Derulo, titled "Whatcha Say". The track "The Moment I Said It" was used for a group routine on season 3 of the show, So You Think You Can Dance choreographed by Mia Michaels. Rapper XV also sampled the track "Speeding Cars" for the song "Textbook Stuff" which featured Kendrick Lamar. The song "Just for Now" was featured in the 2006 romantic comedy The Holiday and was later covered by Kelly Clarkson for her 2013 Christmas album, Wrapped in Red.
