Say When by Dan Mangan

Dan Mangan returns with the sizzling summer single "Say When", an upbeat and driven track about the all-consuming and almost obsessive longing for approval and acclaim, regardless of where you are in life. Speaking on the track, Dan reflects: "I wrote 'Say When' with my pal Lowell - we were talking about how no matter how grateful you are for wherever you’re at in your artist journey, you still want more. It always feels like a truly big break is just around the corner, but that the obstacles between you and that break are ambiguous and ephemeral. It’s like you’re trying so hard and you’re stuck waiting for luck to come and anoint you. The song is totally in earnest, but it’s also self-aware… like, I understand how ridiculous and self-indulgent it is to want cheerleaders to carry you through your hometown."

Tracklist

1.	Say When	3:11

Lyrics

Lyrics

Can I get a...
Can I get a...
Can I get a...
I need a goddamn godsend
I need a goddamn godsend
Can I get an amen?
Godforsaken goddamn?
Can I get an amen?
Say when
Any time now, now
Say when
Any time now, now, now
Fire me from a cannon, put my head in the clouds
I want cheerleaders to carry me through my hometown
God damn
I need a goddamn godsend
Someone define me
Commodify the sorrow
Gimme that lightning
Pass me that bottle
I’m waiting on a Hail Mary
Fryin’ on the pavement
Screamin’ for the hell of it
Can I get an amen?
Say when
Any time now, now
Say when
Any time now, now, now
Fire me from a cannon, put my head in the clouds
I want cheerleaders to carry me through my hometown
God damn
I need a goddamn godsend
God damn
Heaven help the one who wants to be the one
Heaven help the one who wants to be the one
Say when
Any time now, now
Say when
Any time now, now, now
Fire me from a cannon, put my head in the clouds
I want cheerleaders to carry me through my hometown
God damn
Any time now, now
Say when
Any time now, now, now
Fire me from a cannon, put my head in the clouds
I want every little single thing I think I want
God damn
God damn
(I need a goddamn godsend)
Main man
Bird in the hand
God damn
(I need a goddamn godsend)

Credits

released July 19, 2023
RECORDED at
National Park Studio (Vancouver, BC)
The Rooster Recording Studio (Toronto, ON)
Tugboat Pl. Studio (Vancouver, BC)

MIXED at
Tugboat Pl. Studio (Vancouver, BC)
MASTERING by Ryan Morey at Ryan Morey Audio Mastering (Montreal, QC)

Written by Dan Mangan (Arts & Crafts Music, SOCAN/ASCAP) & Elizabeth Lowell Bowland
Produced by Dan Mangan & Steve Bays
Engineered by Dan Mangan, Steve Bays, Don Kerr
Additional Recording by Marcel·lí Bayer, Jason Haberman, Mike O'Brien
Mixed by Steve Bays
Performed by:
Dan Mangan (vocals, whistles, acoustic guitar, drum machine, synthesizer)
Don Kerr (drums, percussion)
Jason Haberman (bass, synthesizer)
Mike O’Brien (electric guitar)
Marcel·lí Bayer (alto sax, tenor sax, bari sax, clarinet, flute)
Steve Bays (electric guitar, sampling, synthesizer, drum programming)
Parker Bossley (bass)

Released By Arts & Crafts Productions Inc.

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