"Say Anything" is a song recorded by Canadian

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. It was released on June 13, 2006 as the lead single from their debut studio album ''

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''. The song peaked at number three on the

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Background and composition

"Say Anything" was written by

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and was produced by

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. Ramsay described the track as "metaphorical." When asked about the song's meaning, Ramsay stated that " t's aboutwhen his girlfriend deserted him while he was going through a difficult time with depression." The track runs at 179 BPM and is in the key of G# major. The band performed the song on the American

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Release

"Say Anything" was first released on the band's MySpace page on March 6, 2006. The song was released as a single to digital retail music stores on June 13, 2006. The song was later released as a CD single on July 24, 2006.

Music video

The music video for "Say Anything" was released in 2006. The video depicts scenes of flash dancing, tea parties with stuffed animals, modeling, and black mail. The music video was directed by Kyle Davison and

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Track listing

Personnel

Marianas Trench *

— lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Matt Webb — lead guitar, backing vocals * Mike Ayley — bass guitar, backing vocals * Ian Casselman — drums, backing vocals Production * Mike Fraser — mixing, engineering *

— producer

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{Marianas Trench 2006 songs 2006 singles 604 Records singles Songs written by Josh Ramsay Marianas Trench (band) songs