The song was recorded at Rocket Carousel Studios in Culver City by producer Greg Wells and engineer Drew Pearson.

In France, the song was recorded as a duet with the French R&B singer Sheryfa Luna and was renamed as Say (À l'infini).

[7] Filmed partially in black and white the video begins with the sound of church bells waking up Ryan Tedder.

Drew Brown is seen riding a Vespa scooter and Zach Filkins, Eddie Fisher, and Brent Kutzle have individual close-ups on a bridge and walking down some graffiti covered alleys.

As the music swells and begins to climax Tedder races through the city, enters a building and climbs a winding staircase to the top.

Its first appearance was in November, (shortly after Dreaming Out Loud was released) on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs, debuting at number seventy-five.