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| artist = [[Kanye West]] featuring [[Caroline Shaw]]
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| released = October 19, 2015
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"'''Say You Will'''" is a song by American [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artist [[Kanye West]], from his fourth studio album ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]''. It was produced solely by West.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |others=Kanye West |title=808s & Heartbreak |year=2008 |work=[[Roc-A-Fella Records]] |id=0-06025-1791919-8}}</ref> A remix was released in 2015 featuring [[Caroline Shaw]]. The song was covered by [[Mobius Band (band)|Mobius Band]] and [[Trey Songz]]. Despite never being released as a single, the song has developed a significant legacy within the time after its release.
"'''Say You Will'''" is a song by American [[hip hop music|hip hop]] artist [[Kanye West]], from his fourth studio album ''[[808s & Heartbreak]]''. It was produced solely by West.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |others=Kanye West |title=808s & Heartbreak |year=2008 |work=[[Roc-A-Fella Records]] |id=0-06025-1791919-8}}</ref> A remix was released in 2015 featuring [[Caroline Shaw]]. The song was covered by [[Mobius Band (band)|Mobius Band]] and [[Trey Songz]]. Despite never being released as a single, the song has developed a significant legacy within the time after its release.
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==Remix==
==Remix==
A remix of the track featuring [[Caroline Shaw]] was uploaded by West to his [[SoundCloud]] in October 2015, alongside a new song titled "When I See It".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hendicott |first1=James |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-242-1206855 |title=Kanye West launches surprise tracks 'Say You Will' (feat Caroline Shaw) and 'When I see It' |website=[[NME]] |access-date=September 29, 2018 |date=October 19, 2015}}</ref> The cover art for both is a photo of flowers, which is actually part of a body of large still-life images released by [[photographer]] [[Nick Knight (photographer)|Nick Knight]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=Karizza |url=https://www.complex.com/style/2015/10/kanye-west-when-i-see-it-say-you-will-cover-art-details |title=Kanye West's "When I See It" and "Say You Will" Cover Art Details |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=September 29, 2018 |date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> Shaw said that initially, one of West's producers asked: 'if I’d be interested on working on songs for a live show with an orchestra' and said that after this: 'I didn’t do anything for a week or two, then I did a deep dive into [the Kanye West album] ''808s and Heartbreak''. Say You Will is the song that hit me most'.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Stacey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/09/caroline-shaw-classical-music-kanye-west |title=Is Caroline Shaw really the future of music? {{!}} Music |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=December 11, 2018 |date=June 9, 2016}}</ref>
A remix of the track featuring American composer and [[Pulitzer Prize for Music| Pulitzer Prize]] recipient [[Caroline Shaw]] was uploaded by West to his [[SoundCloud]] in October 2015, alongside a new song titled "When I See It".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hendicott |first1=James |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-242-1206855 |title=Kanye West launches surprise tracks 'Say You Will' (feat Caroline Shaw) and 'When I see It' |website=[[NME]] |access-date=September 29, 2018 |date=October 19, 2015}}</ref> The cover art for both is a photo of flowers, which is actually part of a body of large still-life images released by [[photographer]] [[Nick Knight (photographer)|Nick Knight]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=Karizza |url=https://www.complex.com/style/2015/10/kanye-west-when-i-see-it-say-you-will-cover-art-details |title=Kanye West's "When I See It" and "Say You Will" Cover Art Details |website=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]] |access-date=September 29, 2018 |date=October 20, 2015}}</ref> Shaw said that initially, one of West's producers asked: 'if I’d be interested on working on songs for a live show with an orchestra' and said that after this: 'I didn’t do anything for a week or two, then I did a deep dive into [the Kanye West album] ''808s and Heartbreak''. Say You Will is the song that hit me most'.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Stacey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/09/caroline-shaw-classical-music-kanye-west |title=Is Caroline Shaw really the future of music? {{!}} Music |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=December 11, 2018 |date=June 9, 2016}}</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==

Revision as of 21:02, 23 January 2019

"Say You Will"
Song by Kanye West
from the album 808s & Heartbreak
Recorded2008
Genre
Length6:17
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Kanye West
"Say You Will (Remix)"
Song by Kanye West featuring Caroline Shaw
B-side"When I See It"
ReleasedOctober 19, 2015
Recorded
  • 2008
  • 2015
Length4:45


"Say You Will" is a song by American hip hop artist Kanye West, from his fourth studio album 808s & Heartbreak. It was produced solely by West.[1] A remix was released in 2015 featuring Caroline Shaw. The song was covered by Mobius Band and Trey Songz. Despite never being released as a single, the song has developed a significant legacy within the time after its release.

Usage in media

Wiz Khalifa rapped over the track's instrumental for his song "Say U Will", which still includes vocals from the original by West.[2] Drake released a remix of it titled "Say What's Real" for his mixtape So Far Gone (2009).[3]

Critical reception

The song was described by The Observer as being "a slow jam built around a simple radioactive pulse".[4] Scott Plagenhoef of Pitchfork pointed out the outro in praise, describing it as "a patient, defeated-sounding collection of choral vocals and drum machines".[5]

HotNewHipHop placed "Say You Will" at number 21 on their list of West's 50 best songs.[6]

Live performances

West performed the track for his 2010 live album VH1 Storytellers in February 2009, where it appeared in even more ratcheted form down than the album version.[7] On February 22, 2012, a video recorded in Australia of him freestyling to it live surfaced online.[8] When the song was performed by West at the 2015 Hollywood Bowl, he sang to a woman painted gold at center stage and fireworks accompanied the performance to underscore the heat linked to the music, created before marriage and fatherhood.[9]

Covers

Mobius Band released a cover version on their 2009 EP EMPIRE OF LOVE.[10] As well as this, "Say You Will" was covered by R&B singer Trey Songz, who also covered fellow Kanye songs "Runaway" and "Love Lockdown".[11]

Remix

A remix of the track featuring American composer and Pulitzer Prize recipient Caroline Shaw was uploaded by West to his SoundCloud in October 2015, alongside a new song titled "When I See It".[12] The cover art for both is a photo of flowers, which is actually part of a body of large still-life images released by photographer Nick Knight.[13] Shaw said that initially, one of West's producers asked: 'if I’d be interested on working on songs for a live show with an orchestra' and said that after this: 'I didn’t do anything for a week or two, then I did a deep dive into [the Kanye West album] 808s and Heartbreak. Say You Will is the song that hit me most'.[14]

Legacy

In May 2011, around three years after the release of 808s & Heartbreak, Colin McGuire of PopMatters described the song as proving "to be the absolute, no-doubt-about-it perfect way to begin an album smothered in, well, echoes and loneliness".[15] Kim Kardashian West listed it among her top 28 favourite songs by her husband in August 2016.[16] An article was published by Rachel Jackson of Odyssey in September of the same year with an in-depth analysis of "Say You Will" as West's most influential song.[17]

References

  1. ^ 808s & Heartbreak. Roc-A-Fella Records (Media notes). Kanye West. 2008. 0-06025-1791919-8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Wiz Khalifa - Say U Will by Love' Jay". Free Listening on SoundCloud. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "February 2009: Drake remixes Kanye West's 'Say What's Real' for his own..." Capital XTRA. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "CD: Urban review: Kanye West, 808s and Heartbreak". The Observer. The Guardian. November 9, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  5. ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (December 2, 2008). "Kanye West: 808s and Heartbreak Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  6. ^ Schwartz, Danny (February 15, 2018). "Top 50 Best Kanye West Songs". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  7. ^ Young, Alex (January 20, 2010). "Kanye West – VH1 Storytellers | Album Reviews". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  8. ^ Lilah, Rose (February 22, 2012). "Kanye West "Say You Will Freestyle" Video". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  9. ^ Appleford, Steve (September 26, 2015). "Kanye West Turns '808s & Heartbreak' Into High Art at Hollywood Bowl". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  10. ^ Fitzmaurice, Larry (February 11, 2009). "Free Download: Mobius Band Cover Kanye West". SPIN. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  11. ^ Bain, Becky (November 4, 2010). "Trey Songz Remixes Kanye West's "Runaway"". Idolator. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  12. ^ Hendicott, James (October 19, 2015). "Kanye West launches surprise tracks 'Say You Will' (feat Caroline Shaw) and 'When I see It'". NME. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  13. ^ Sanchez, Karizza (October 20, 2015). "Kanye West's "When I See It" and "Say You Will" Cover Art Details". Complex. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  14. ^ Anderson, Stacey (June 9, 2016). "Is Caroline Shaw really the future of music? | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  15. ^ McGuire, Colin (May 31, 2011). "Hip-Hop's Heartbreak: Kanye West - "Say You Will"". PopMatters. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  16. ^ Britton, Luke Morgan (August 30, 2016). "Stream Kim Kardashian's playlist of her favourite Kanye West tracks". NME. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  17. ^ Jackson, Rachel (September 12, 2016). "Why Say You Will is Kanye's Most Influential Song". Odyssey. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
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