"Say"
Single byJohn Mayer
from the albumContinuum(2008 reissue)
Released	November 20, 2007
Studio	The Village (Los Angeles)
Length	3:49
Label	Aware Columbia
Songwriter	John Mayer
Producer	John Mayer
John Mayer singles chronology
"Dreaming with a Broken Heart" (2007) "Say" (2007) "Beat It" (2008)
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"Say" is a song byJohn Mayer written for theRob Reiner filmThe Bucket List in 2007. Theballad was released as a single on November 20, 2007, and was the first commercial single in Mayer's career that was not originally released on one of his albums but added to the special edition re-release of his albumContinuum.^[1] The song earned Mayer his record-tying fourth and finalGrammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.

The music video for "Say" was directed by music video director Vem. The song is also referred to as "Say (What You Need to Say)" as this is the main line from the chorus of the song.^[2][3][4] The song was also the first "assignment" song that Mayer had ever written. He notes that when writing the song "I don't know how much harder it gets than to see a beautiful, bittersweet movie and then have to write a song that matches the tone."^[5] Mayer posted the song on his official blog on November 16.^[2]

Chuck Taylor ofBillboard called "Say" a "lilting, bittersweetballad" and said that it "is bound to be another staple for the [AC] format."^[6]In 2009, the song won aGrammy Award forBest Male Pop Vocal Performance at the51st Grammy Awards. It was also nominated forBest Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.^[7]

In the US, "Say" peaked at number twelve in May 2008^[1] on theBillboard Hot 100 chart^[8] and number eight on theHot Digital Songs chart,^[9] surpassing his debut single, "No Such Thing", as his highest-peaking Hot 100 single.^{[citation needed]} It was certified platinum by theRIAA,^[10] and has sold over 2 million copies in the US.^[11] It also peaked at number seventeen on thePop 100 chart^[12] and number six on theHot Adult Top 40 Tracks chart.^[13]

"Say" debuted on the AustralianARIA Singles Chart at number fifty-six, and climbed to its peak of number forty-seven the following week.^[14] On theCanadian Hot 100, it peaked at number twenty-seven.

• John Mayer – vocals, guitar
• Steve Jordan – drums
• Pino Palladino – bass
• Chad Franscoviak – engineer
• Peter Doris – Pro Tools engineer
• Justin Garrish, Brian Montgomery – assistant engineers
• Mark Shaiman – string arrangement
• Pete Karam – string engineer
• Tim Mitchell, Jared Bretcholtz – assistant string engineers
• Ted Jensen – mastering

• 2000s ballads
• 2007 singles
• 2007 songs
• Columbia Records singles
• Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
• John Mayer songs
• Songs written by John Mayer
• Songs written for films

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