Some Say (Nea song)

"Some Say"
Single by Nea
Released	6 September 2019 (2019-09-06)
Length	2:55
Label	Kookie Diamond Linnea Södahl Milkshake Sony Music Entertainment Sweden
Songwriter(s)	Bryn Christopher Anna Södahl Gianfranco Randone Maurizio Lobina Massimo Gabutti
Producer(s)	Hitimpulse Vincent Kottkamp
Neasingles chronology
"Some Say" (2019) "Dedicated" (2020)
Music video
"Some Say" on YouTube

"Some Say" is a song by Swedish singer Nea and was released as her debut single on 6 September 2019. ^[1] Following the song's success in Europe in late 2019 and early 2020, the song was remixed by German DJ Felix Jaehn. ^[2] The remix was released on 10 January 2020.

The song has since reached number one in Belgium (Wallonia), Slovakia and Poland, the top ten in Austria, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania and Switzerland, as well as the top 20 in Australia, Belgium (Flanders), France, Germany and Sweden. The song interpolates Eiffel 65's 1998 song, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)". ^[3]

Lyrically, it sees Nea singing about an unrequited love and is inspired by events experienced by a friend of hers. ^[4] Nea describes that "the song is about love that you can't attain but that you can't give up on". ^[4] On Genius, she explained that the opening lyrics of the song describe the moment "when you love someone so completely and the other person doesn’t feel the same thing, you just wanna put the blame on something else… The time, the timing, anything but unreturned love." ^[5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. ^[6]

• Linnéa Södahl – vocals, songwriting, composer
• Bryn Christopher – songwriting, composer
• Vincent Kottkamp – production, composer, guitar, mixing engineering
• Hitimpulse – production, mixing engineering
• Alexsej Vlasenko – composer, synthesizer
• Jonas Kalisch – composer, bass
• Henrik Meinke – composer, drums
• Jeremy Chacon – composer, keyboards
• Lex Barkey – master engineering
• Jeffrey Jey (Eiffel 65) – songwriter
• Maurizio Lobina (Eiffel 65) – songwriter/producer
• Gabry Ponte (Eiffel 65) – producer

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Some Say" Chart (2019–2020) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [7] 13 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 9 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [9] 4 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [10] 1 CIS Airplay (TopHit) [11] 2 Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100) [12] 3 Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [13] 19 Denmark (Tracklisten) [14] 4 France (SNEP) [15] 14 Germany (GfK) [16] 15 Global Excl. US ( Billboard ) [17] 74 Hungary (Dance Top 40) [18] 27 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [19] 1 Hungary (Single Top 40) [20] 1 Hungary (Stream Top 40) [21] 4 Iceland (Tónlistinn) [22] 9 Ireland (IRMA) [23] 39 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [24] 5 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [25] 12 New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [26] 33 Norway (VG-lista) [27] 6 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [28] 1 Romania (Airplay 100) [29] 2 Russia Airplay (TopHit) [30] Felix Jaehn Remix 5 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [31] 1 Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [32] 18 Slovenia (SloTop50) [33] 9 Spain (PROMUSICAE) [34] 65 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [35] 12 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 5 UK Singles (OCC) [37] 89 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) [38] Felix Jaehn Remix 1

Year-end charts 2019 year-end chart performance for "Some Say" Chart (2019) Position Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [39] 48 2020 year-end chart performance for "Some Say" Chart (2020) Position Australia (ARIA) [40] 56 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [41] 10 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [42] 8 Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia) [43] 3 Denmark (Tracklisten) [44] 12 France (SNEP) [45] 19 Germany (Official German Charts) [46] 11 Hungary (Dance Top 40) [47] 89 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [48] 10 Hungary (Single Top 40) [49] 13 Hungary (Stream Top 40) [50] 11 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [51] 26 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [52] 47 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [53] 42 Romania (Airplay 100) [54] 17 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [55] 30 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [56] 12 2021 year-end chart performance for "Some Say" Chart (2021) Position Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [57] 38 Hungary (Stream Top 40) [58] 66

Certifications

Certifications for "Some Say"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [59]	2× Platinum	140,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria) [60]	3× Platinum	90,000‡
Belgium (BRMA) [61]	Platinum	40,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [62]	Platinum	80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [63]	2× Platinum	180,000‡
France (SNEP) [64]	Diamond	333,333‡
Germany (BVMI) [65]	3× Gold	600,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [66]	Gold	35,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON) [67]	Gold	30,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [68]	Gold	15,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [69]	3× Platinum	60,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [70]	Gold	5,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [71]	Platinum	60,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [72]	Platinum	20,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [73]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• "I'm Good (Blue)" – by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha

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