Say Anything (Marianas Trench song)

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"Say Anything"
Say Anything Marianas Trench song.webp
Single by Marianas Trench
from the album Fix Me
ReleasedJune 13, 2006 (2006-06-13)
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length3:49
Label 604
Songwriter(s) Josh Ramsay
Producer(s) Dave Genn
Marianas Trench singles chronology
"Say Anything"
(2006)
"Decided to Break It"
(2006)
Music video
"Say Anything" on YouTube

"Say Anything" is a song recorded by Canadian pop rock band Marianas Trench. It was released on June 13, 2006 as the lead single from their debut studio album Fix Me . [2] The song peaked at number three on the Canadian Singles Chart. [3]

Contents

Background and composition

"Say Anything" was written by Josh Ramsay and was produced by Dave Genn. Ramsay described the track as "metaphorical." [4]

"It's sad that someone can be in a situation where they feel so threatened or the textbook layout would be that they 'feel so numb so that they're cutting themselves so that they can feel anything,' and I can definitely relate, because I think that once you look at it, everyone has their own masochistic tendencies, regardless of whether they’re physical or not." [4]

When asked about the song's meaning, Ramsay stated that "[it's about] when his girlfriend deserted him while he was going through a difficult time with depression." [4] The track runs at 179 BPM and is in the key of G# major. [5] The band performed the song on the American science fiction television series, Kyle XY . [6]

Release

"Say Anything" was first released on the band's MySpace page on March 6, 2006. [7] The song was released as a single to digital retail music stores on June 13, 2006. [2] The song was later released as a CD single on July 24, 2006. [8]

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. [9] The music video was directed by Kyle Davison and Brendan Steacy. [10]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Say Anything"3:49
2."Shake Tramp"3:35
3."Feeling Small"3:27
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Say Anything" (radio edit)3:56
2."Say Anything" (album version)3:49

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Say Anything"
Chart (2006)Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart (Nielsen Soundscan) [3] 3

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
CanadaJune 13, 2006 Digital download 604 Records [2]
July 24, 2006 CD [8]

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