You Say

"You Say " is a song by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. It is the lead single from her third studio album, Look Up Child.[2][3] Written by Daigle, Paul Mabury and Jason Ingram,[4] it was released as a single on July 13, 2018.[5] It reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, her first entry on the chart.[6] It is also Daigle's third No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.[7][8] The song debuted at No. 22 on the Christian Airplay chart, becoming the best start for a non-holiday song by a solo female artist in over eight years, since Francesca Battistelli's "Beautiful, Beautiful" debuted at No. 21 on March 20, 2010.[9] The song has spent 113 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs, breaking the record for the most weeks spent at No. 1 by a song.

"You Say"
Single by Lauren Daigle
from the album Look Up Child
Released	July 13, 2018[1]
Recorded	2018
Genre	Contemporary Christian music
Length	4:34
Label	Centricity Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Jason Ingram Paul Mabury Lauren Daigle
Producer(s)	Jason Ingram Paul Mabury
Lauren Daigle singles chronology
"O'Lord" (2017) "You Say" (2018) "The Christmas Song" (2018)
Music video
"You Say" on YouTube

The song was a huge Christian radio success, peaking at No. 1 on multiple different charts including the Christian adult contemporary (AC) radio chart and Christian AC Indicator chart. It was released to mainstream radio on January 15, 2019 by Warner Bros. From there, it reached the Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Top 40 charts. Billboard ranked the song as the second-biggest Christian song of the 2010s. The magazine also ranked it as the second-biggest Christian song of 2018.

It won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song.[10] It also won Top Christian Song at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.[11]

Background

"You Say" was released on July 13, 2018, as the lead single for her third studio album Look Up Child. The song was released to Christian radio on July 9.[12] Daigle sat down for a podcast with Billboard, and discussed her new single and upcoming album. "I knew this would be a song of my identity," she says. "'You say I am loved.' That's the truth." As for the album, Daigle says, "I want this to be such a record of joy, such a record of hope, that people experience a childlikeness again. In the time of making this record, I had to remember who I was as a child. I want people to reflect on, 'The innocence of my childhood … how do I see myself through those eyes again? How do I love myself like that again? Where's that joy? Where's that hope?'"[13]

Composition

"You Say" is originally in the key of F major, with a tempo of 74 beats per minute. Written in common time, the song is based around a chord progression of F-Am–Dm–B♭. Daigle's vocal range spans from D₃ to A₄ during the song.[14]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue week of July 28, 2018.[15] In its ninth week, it climbed to No. 44;[16] it reached a new peak of No. 29 in March 2019. It remained on the chart for 43 weeks.[17]

It debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart on the issue week of July 21, 2018.[18] The following week, it jumped to No. 1, becoming Daigle's third No. 1 on the chart, and breaking the record for the biggest jump to No. 1.[19] It has since stayed there for 113 weeks, breaking the record for longest running song in the chart's history held by "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" by Hillsong United.[20] As of April 25, 2019, it has stayed on the chart for 101 weeks.[21] The song has spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart.[22] The song also crossed over to the Canadian Hot 100, New Zealand Hot Singles chart, and Scotland Singles Chart, and Belgian Ultratip Chart, France, Switzerland and in the Netherlands.

It also debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, breaking the record for the highest-ever debut by a contemporary Christian artist with a non-holiday song.[23][24] It was ranked at No. 50 on Billboard's Decade-End Digital Songs chart.[25] It also crossed over to the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, peaking at No. 5.[26]

The song received a triple platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on March 26, 2020.

Music video

A music video for the single "You Say" was released on July 13, 2018.[27] The video shows Daigle singing the song around a house in soft, golden-hour lighting.[28] The video has over 185 million views on YouTube.[29]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[30]

• Lauren Daigle – vocals, songwriter
• Jason Ingram – songwriter
• Paul Mabury – songwriter
• Joe La Porta – mastering engineer

Track listings

CD single "You Say" — 4:34

Digital download "You Say" (piano/vocal) — 4:36[31] Digital download (Spanglish version) "Tú Dices"  — 4:33[32]

Live performances

Daigle first performed the single "You Say" in the close out of the 2018 GMA Dove Awards.[33] She also performed the track on Good Morning America.[34] She then performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on February 26, 2019.[35] On May 1, 2019, Daigle performed the song during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.[36]

Accolades

Awards

Year	Organization	Award	Result	Ref.
2019	Grammy Awards	Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song	Won	[37]
	Billboard Music Awards	Top Christian Song	Won	[38]
	GMA Dove Awards	Song of the Year	Won	[39]
		Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year	Nominated

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "You Say" Chart (2018–19) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[40] 96 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[41] 10 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[42] 7 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[43] 45 Canada AC (Billboard)[44] 7 Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard)[45] 49 Canada Hot AC (Billboard)[46] 22 China Airplay/FL (Billboard)[47] 9 France (SNEP)[48] 65 Iceland (Tonlist)[49] 13 Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard)[50] 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[51] 12 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[52] 28 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[53] 40 Scotland (OCC)[54] 25 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[55] 41 UK Download (OCC)[56] 21 US Billboard Hot 100[57] 29 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[58] 1 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[26] 5 US Christian Songs (Billboard)[59] 1 US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[60] 20

Year-end charts 2018 year-end chart performance for "You Say" Chart (2018) Position US Christian Songs (Billboard)[61] 2 2019 year-end chart performance for "You Say" Chart (2019) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[62] 30 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)[63] 26 France (SNEP)[64] 184 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[65] 35 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[66] 77 Portugal (AFP)[67] 260 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[68] 75 UK Cross Rhythms Annual Chart[69] 15 US Billboard Hot 100[70] 60 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[71] 3 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[72] 20 US Christian Songs (Billboard)[73] 1 US Rolling Stone Top 100[74] 74 2020 year-end chart performance for "You Say" Chart (2020) Position US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[75] 24 US Christian Songs (Billboard)[76] 1 Decade-end charts Decade-end chart performance for "You Say" Chart (2010s) Position US Christian Songs (Billboard)[77] 2 US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[78] 50

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[79]	Gold	20,000
Canada (Music Canada)[80]	2× Platinum	160,000
France (SNEP)[81]	Gold	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[82]	Silver	200,000
United States (RIAA)[83]	3× Platinum	3,000,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	July 9, 2018	Christian radio	Centricity	[84]
	January 15, 2019	Top 40 radio	Centricity Warner Bros.	[85]

See also

• List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2019

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