Say You Will (Foreigner song)

"Say You Will" is a song by British-American rock band Foreigner. It was the first single released from the album Inside Information (1987), and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones (See 1987 in music).

"Say You Will"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Inside Information
B-side"A Night to Remember"
ReleasedDecember 5, 1987
GenreRock
Length4:12 (single version)
5:24 (12" version)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Mick Jones and Lou Gramm
Producer(s)Mick Jones and Frank Filipetti
Foreigner singles chronology
"Down on Love"
(1986)		 "Say You Will"
(1987)		 "I Don't Want to Live Without You"
(1988)
Music video
"Say You Will" on YouTube

Reception

The single reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became their fourth #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, holding the top spot for four weeks, starting on December 19, 1987.[1][2]

"Say You Will" was one of Foreigner's last two Top 10 chart hits in the United States, followed by the 1988 release of the single "I Don't Want to Live Without You" (which reached No. 5 on the Hot 100 chart). The song also became the band's third-highest charting hit in Germany, where it reached No. 22, faring even better in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and particularly Norway, where it reached No. 4. The video clip for this song, directed by David Fincher, reached No. 1 on MTV's Top Twenty chart in February 1988.

Allmusic noted that the single was a "good example" of the band's "balancing act" as "the guitar-heavy style of their early work gave way to slick arrangements that pushed electronics to the fore...temper(ing) its rock guitar edge...and Lou Gramm's quasi-operatic vocals...by thick layers of chiming synthesizers and an array of electronic textures."[3]

Track listing
U.S. 7" single (Atlantic – 789169-7)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Say You Will" 4:12
2."A Night To Remember"Lou Gramm, Mick Jones3:58
Total length:7:52

Chart performance
Chart (1987-88)[4] Peak
position
Dutch Top 40 14
German Singles Chart 22
Norwegian Singles Chart 4
Swiss Singles Chart 20
UK Singles Chart[5] 71
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 6
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 41
U.S. Billboard Album Rock Tracks[2] 1

Year-end charts
Chart (1988) Position
United States (Billboard)[7][8] 73

See also

References
  1. "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. "Foreigner Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/song/t284520
  4. Lescharts.com - Say You Will (Retrieved on November 3, 2008)
  5. "Foreigner singles". The Official Chart Company. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  6. "Foreigner Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  7. "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 100 (52): Y-20. December 24, 1988.
  8. "Billboard Top 100 – 1988". Retrieved October 3, 2016.


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