"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" is a song by American

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band

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from their sixth studio album, ''

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'' (2018). It was released as the lead single for the album on March 21, 2018. The song became Panic! at the Disco's first number one single on the ''Billboard''

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chart in June 2018.

Release

"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" was released for digital download and

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on March 21, 2018 and was produced by Jake Sinclair and Imad Royal."Panic! At The Disco announce new album and unveil single 'Say Amen (Saturday Night)'"
''NME'', March 21, 2018. Retrieved on March 21, 2018. On the same day, the promotional single "(Fuck A) Silver Lining" was released. The song became Panic! at the Disco's first number one single on the ''Billboard''

chart in June 2018.

Sound and lyrics

"Say Amen (Saturday Night)" is a

song with influences of hip hop and

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with a "dizzying swirl of synth-strings and pitch-shifted vocal samples." The track "features one of Urie’s strongest vocal performances to date. The song is known for Urie's famous A5 to B5 near the end.

Music video

Directed by Daniel "Cloud" Campos, the music video for "Say Amen (Saturday Night)" premiered on March 21, 2018. Panic! at the Disco frontman

Brendon Urie Brendon Boyd Urie (born April 12, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is best known as the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist of Panic! at the Disco, of which he is the only remaining member. In ...

confirmed that the music video serves as a prequel to the band's 2013 music video, "

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", from the band's fourth studio album ''

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'' and the 2015 music video for "

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," from the band's fifth studio album ''

Death of a Bachelor ''Death of a Bachelor'' is the fifth studio album by Panic! at the Disco, and their first as a solo project, released January 15, 2016 on Fueled by Ramen and DCD2. It is the follow-up to the band's fourth studio album, ''Too Weird to Live, Too R ...

.'' The video begins with a news report explaining that an artifact has been stolen. It cuts to a mob of armed assassins breaking into Brendon Urie's home. Urie texts his girlfriend to delay her arrival, then defeats the burglars by various comical means, such as lassoing them into fans by the neck or driving knives into their faces. Urie's girlfriend then arrives, whereupon they hug their way to the bedroom. When she notices the artifact hanging on Urie's chest by a necklace, she beats him and then kills him with a bat. She steals the key from Urie's body as heartbeats reminiscing "This Is Gospel" are heard.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

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References

{{Authority control 2018 singles Panic! at the Disco songs Songs critical of religion Songs written by Jake Sinclair (musician) Songs written by Lolo (singer) Songs written by Brendon Urie Songs written by Sam Hollander 2018 songs Fueled by Ramen singles Songs about nights