You Say

"You Say"
Single by Lauren Daigle
from the album Look Up Child
ReleasedJuly 13, 2018[1]
Recorded2018
Genre
Length4:34
Label
Songwriter(s)
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

"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 alongside producers 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 also reached the top ten in Belgium. 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 132 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs, breaking the record for the most weeks spent at No. 1 by a song on any chart.

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. It was the second-biggest Christian song of 2018 in the US, the biggest Christian song of 2019, 2020, and 2021 in the US, and the second-biggest Christian song of the entire 2010's decade in the US. It is certified six-times platinum in the US, signifying sales of over six million units in the country.

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]

  1. ^ "Lauren Daigle – 'You Say' American iTunes Chart Performance". iTunesCharts.
  2. ^ "LISTEN: New Lauren Daigle Song 'You Say,' New Album Coming Soon". Patheos. July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "Look Up Child by Lauren Daigle". iTunes Store. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "You Say – Lauren Daigle (Look Up Child)". PraiseCharts.
  5. ^ "Lauren Daigle to Release New Album (Listen to first Single Here)". iTunes Store. October 2, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  6. ^ "Lauren Daigle's You Say Soars to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  7. ^ "Lauren Daigle Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Entry As 'You Say' Earns No. 53". Billboard. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
  8. ^ "Lauren Daigle's 'You Say' Soars to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs Chart". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  9. ^ "Lauren Daigle's New Single 'You Say' Launches on Christian Charts". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "Lauren Daigle Talks Grammy Wins, Capturing Being 'Carefree & Wild' With 'Look Up Child': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  11. ^ Warner, Denise. "Cardi B Leads 2019 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 21". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.