You Say
{{short description|2018 single by Lauren Daigle}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox song
| name = You Say
| type = single
| cover = You Say (Official Single Cover) by Lauren Daigle.png
| border =
| caption =
| artist = Lauren Daigle
| album = Look Up Child
| B-side =
| released = July 13, 2018{{cite web|url=http://www.itunescharts.net/us/artists/music/lauren-daigle/songs/you-say/|website=iTunesCharts|title=Lauren Daigle – 'You Say' American iTunes Chart Performance}}
| recorded = 2018
| genre =
| length = 4:34
| label = {{hlist|Centricity|Warner Bros.|12Tone}}
| writer = {{hlist|Lauren Daigle|Jason Ingram|Paul Mabury}}
| producer = {{hlist|Jason Ingram|Paul Mabury}}
| prev_title = O'Lord
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = The Christmas Song
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|sIaT8Jl2zpI|"You Say"}}}}
}}
"You Say" is a song by American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter Lauren Daigle. It is the lead single from her third studio album, Look Up Child.{{Cite web|url=http://www.patheos.com/blogs/reelfaith/2018/07/listen-new-lauren-daigle-song-you-say-new-album-coming-soon.html|title=LISTEN: New Lauren Daigle Song 'You Say,' New Album Coming Soon |website=Patheos|date=July 13, 2018 |access-date=July 15, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/look-up-child/1409149359|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716054345/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/look-up-child/1409149359|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2018|title=Look Up Child by Lauren Daigle|website=iTunes Store|access-date=July 15, 2018}} Written by Daigle alongside producers Paul Mabury and Jason Ingram,{{cite web|url=https://www.praisecharts.com/songs/details/71602/you-say-sheet-music|work=PraiseCharts|title=You Say – Lauren Daigle (Look Up Child) }} it was released as a single on July 13, 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallels.com/articles/19697/20180713/lauren-daigle-to-release-new-album-listen-to-first-single-here.htm|title=Lauren Daigle to Release New Album (Listen to first Single Here)|website=iTunes Store|date=October 2, 2014 |access-date=July 15, 2018}} It reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, her first entry on the chart.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8467018/lauren-daigle-you-say-no-1-hot-christian-songs-chart|title=Lauren Daigle's You Say Soars to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 30, 2018}} It also reached the top ten in Belgium. It is also Daigle's third No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs chart.{{Cite magazine|url=https://headlineplanet.com/home/2018/07/23/lauren-daigle-scores-first-billboard-hot-100-entry-say-earns-53/|title=Lauren Daigle Scores First Billboard Hot 100 Entry As 'You Say' Earns No. 53 |magazine=Billboard|date=July 23, 2018 |access-date=July 23, 2018}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8467018/lauren-daigle-you-say-no-1-hot-christian-songs-chart|title=Lauren Daigle's 'You Say' Soars to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs Chart |magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 14, 2018}} The song debuted at No. 22 on the Christian Airplay chart, becoming the best start for a non-holiday song by a solo female artist in over eight years, since Francesca Battistelli's "Beautiful, Beautiful" debuted at No. 21 on March 20, 2010.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8466103/lauren-daigle-you-say-christian-charts-debut|title=Lauren Daigle's New Single 'You Say' Launches on Christian Charts|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 14, 2018}} The song has spent 132 weeks at No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs, breaking the record for the most weeks spent at No. 1 by a song on any chart.
The song was a huge Christian radio success, peaking at No. 1 on multiple different charts including the Christian adult contemporary (AC) radio chart and Christian AC Indicator chart. It was released to mainstream radio on January 15, 2019, by Warner Bros. From there, it reached the Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Top 40 charts. It was the second-biggest Christian song of 2018 in the US, the biggest Christian song of 2019, 2020, and 2021 in the US, and the second-biggest Christian song of the entire 2010's decade in the US. It is certified six-times platinum in the US, signifying sales of over six million units in the country.
It won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/grammys/8497737/lauren-daigle-video-interview-2019-grammys|title=Lauren Daigle Talks Grammy Wins, Capturing Being 'Carefree & Wild' With 'Look Up Child': Watch|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 11, 2019}} It also won Top Christian Song at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/bbma/8505581/billboard-music-awards-2019-nominations|title=Cardi B Leads 2019 Billboard Music Awards Nominations With 21|last=Warner|first=Denise|website=Billboard.com|access-date=March 4, 2019}}
Background
"You Say" was released on July 13, 2018, as the lead single for her third studio album Look Up Child. The song was released to Christian radio on July 9.{{Cite web|url=http://daily.plaympe.com/lauren-daigle-you-say/|title=Lauren Daigle – You Say |website=DailyPlayMPE|access-date=July 16, 2018}} Daigle sat down for a podcast with Billboard, and discussed her new single and upcoming album. "I knew this would be a song of my identity," she says. "'You say I am loved.' That's the truth." As for the album, Daigle says, "I want this to be such a record of joy, such a record of hope, that people experience a childlikeness again. In the time of making this record, I had to remember who I was as a child. I want people to reflect on, 'The innocence of my childhood … how do I see myself through those eyes again? How do I love myself like that again? Where's that joy? Where's that hope?'"{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/podcasts/8465107/lauren-daigle-new-album-look-up-child-podcast|title=Lauren Daigle on New Album 'Look Up Child' & Single 'You Say': 'I Want This to Be a Record of Joy & Hope' |magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 15, 2018}}
Composition
Sheet music for "You Say" is in the key of F major in common time, with a tempo of 74 beats per minute, and a chord progression of F-Am–Dm–B{{music|b}}. Daigle's vocal range spans from D3 to A4.{{cite web |title=You Say by Lauren Daigle (Piano, Vocal & Guitar (Right-Hand Melody) – 254690) |url=https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/254690/Product.aspx |website=sheetmusicdirect.com |access-date=September 18, 2018}}
Commercial performance
The song debuted at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue week of July 28, 2018.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-07-28|title=Music: Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 30, 2018}} In its ninth week, it climbed to No. 44;{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-09-22|title=Music: Top 100 Songs – Billboard Hot 100 Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 30, 2018}} it reached a new peak of No. 29 in March 2019. It remained on the chart for 43 weeks.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/hsi/|title=Lauren Daigle You Say Chart History |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 19, 2019}}
It debuted at No. 33 on the Billboard Christian Songs chart on the issue week of July 21, 2018.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-songs/2018-07-21|title=Music: Christian Music Chart – Billboard Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 30, 2018}} The following week, it jumped to No. 1, becoming Daigle's third No. 1 on the chart, and breaking the record for the biggest jump to No. 1.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-songs/2018-07-28|title=Music: Christian Music Chart – Billboard Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 30, 2018}} It has since stayed there for 113 weeks, breaking the record for longest running song in the chart's history held by "Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)" by Hillsong United.{{cite magazine|url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2014/6397770/christian-music-carrie-underwood-hillsong|title = The Year in Christian Music: Hillsong and Carrie Underwood Triumph - Billboard|author = Wade Jessen|access-date = 8 June 2019|date = 9 December 2014|magazine = Billboard}} As of April 25, 2019, it has stayed on the chart for 101 weeks.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/christian-songs|title=Hot Christian Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard}} The song has spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on the Christian Airplay chart.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/cri/ |title=Lauren Daigle You Say Chart History|magazine=Billboard}} The song also crossed over to the Canadian Hot 100, New Zealand Hot Singles chart, and Scotland Singles Chart, and Belgian Ultratop Chart, France, Switzerland and in the Netherlands.
It also debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart, breaking the record for the highest-ever debut by a contemporary Christian artist with a non-holiday song.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8467018/lauren-daigle-you-say-no-1-hot-christian-songs-chart|title=Lauren Daigle's 'You Say' Soars to No. 1 on Hot Christian Songs Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 7, 2018}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/digital-song-sales/2018-07-28|title=Music: Digital Music Chart – Billboard Chart |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 30, 2018}} It was ranked at No. 50 on Billboard{{'}}s Decade-End Digital Songs chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/digital-song-sales|title=Digital Song Sales - Decade-End|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 8, 2020}} It also crossed over to the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart, peaking at No. 5.
The song received a six-times platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on May 10, 2023.
Music video
A music video for the single "You Say" was released on July 13, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaT8Jl2zpI|title=Lauren Daigle – You Say (Official Music Video)|date=July 13, 2018 |via=YouTube|access-date=July 15, 2018}} The video shows Daigle singing the song around a house in soft, golden-hour lighting.{{Cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/lauren-daigle-delivers-beautiful-new-music-video-for-you-say-exclusive-premiere/ar-AAA1uF5|title=Lauren Daigle Delivers Beautiful New Music Video for 'You Say': Exclusive Premiere |via=YouTube|access-date=July 15, 2018}} The video has over 300 million views on YouTube.{{cite web|title=Lauren Daigle - You Say (Official Music Video)| date=July 13, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaT8Jl2zpI|access-date=November 17, 2020|publisher=Lauren Daigle}}
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|title=Look Up Child / Lauren Daigle|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/101244256|publisher=Tidal|date=August 21, 2019|access-date=August 21, 2019}}
- Lauren Daigle – vocals, songwriter
- Jason Ingram – songwriter
- Paul Mabury – songwriter
- Joe La Porta – mastering engineer
Track listings
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- ;CD single
- "You Say" — 4:34
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- ;Digital download
- "You Say" (piano/vocal) — 4:36{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-say-piano-vocal-single/1450113140|title=You Say (Piano/Vocal) by Lauren Daigle|website=iTunes Store|access-date=November 8, 2019}}
- ;Digital download (Spanglish version)
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Live performances
Daigle first performed the single "You Say" in the close out of the 2018 GMA Dove Awards.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8480338/tauren-wells-corey-asbury-and-colby-wedgeworth-2018-dove-awards|title=Tauren Wells, Corey Asbury and Colby Wedgeworth Take Top Honors at the 2018 Dove Awards|first=Deborah Evans | last=Price | magazine=Billboard | date=October 16, 2018 |access-date=November 24, 2018}} She also performed the track on Good Morning America.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news/5566-lauren-daigle-performs-you-say-on-good-morning-america|title=Lauren Daigle Performs 'You Say' On 'Good Morning America' |work=TheChristianBeat|access-date=December 28, 2018}} She then performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on February 26, 2019.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8500293/lauren-daigle-jimmy-kimmel-performance-you-say|title=Lauren Daigle Shimmers With Performances Of 'You Say', 'This Girl' On 'Kimmel': Watch|date=February 27, 2019 | first=Angelica |last=Acevedo |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 15, 2019}} On May 1, 2019, Daigle performed the song during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8509916/lauren-daigle-you-say-most-shazamed-performance-billboard-music-awards|title=Lauren Daigle's 'You Say' Was the Most-Shazamed Performance at 2019 Billboard Music Awards|date=May 2, 2019 | first=Kevin | last=Rutherford|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 15, 2019}} In December 2020, Daigle performed "You Say" on the season 19 finale of The Voice.{{Cite web|title="Lauren Daigle Performs 'You Say' on The Live Voice Finale"|url=https://www.christianradio.com/features/video/lauren-daigle-performs-you-say-on-the-live-voice-finale/|website=christianradio.com}}
Accolades
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|+Awards |
| Year
! Organization ! Award ! Result ! Ref. |
|---|
| rowspan="4" scope="row" |2019
|Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song |{{won}} |
| Billboard Music Awards
|Top Christian Song |{{won}} |
| rowspan="2"|GMA Dove Awards
|{{won}} |
| Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
|{{nom}} |
Charts
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= Weekly charts =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Weekly chart performance for "You Say" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2018–2021)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.top100singles.net/2019/01/every-aria-top-100-single-in-2019.html#show|title=ARIA Charts Week #517|publisher=auspOp|date=March 25, 2019|access-date=March 24, 2019}}
| 96 |
| {{single chart|Flanders|10|artist=Lauren Daigle|song=You Say|rowheader=true|access-date=August 23, 2019|refname=Flanders}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia|7|artist=Lauren Daigle|song=You Say|rowheader=true|access-date=September 6, 2019|refname=Wallonia}} |
| {{single chart|Canada|45|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|7|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=May 21, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|49|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=April 8, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|22|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=February 26, 2019}} |
| scope="row"| China Airplay/FL (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboardchina.cn/top/radiocharts/2019-06-03.html|title=China Airplay Chart/Foreign Language - 03/06/2019|work=Billboard China|language=zh|access-date=June 13, 2019}}
| 9 |
| scope="row"| France (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=23|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 23, 2019)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=June 11, 2019}}
| 65 |
| scope="row"| Iceland (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/lagalistinn/|title=TÓNLISTINN – LÖG - Plötutíðindi|access-date=May 2, 2019}}
| 13 |
| scope="row"| Mexico Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/mex/|title=Lauren Diagle Chart History (Mexico Airplay)|access-date=June 13, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}
| 32 |
| scope="row"| Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard){{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauren-daigle/chart-history/min/|title=Lauren Diagle Chart History (Mexico Ingles Airplay)|access-date=March 26, 2019|magazine=Billboard}}
| 2 |
| {{single chart|Dutch40|12|year=2019|week=37|rowheader=true|access-date=September 14, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|28|artist=Lauren Daigle|song=You Say|rowheader=true|access-date=August 24, 2019}} |
| scope="row"| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2018-07-27|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=July 30, 2018|access-date=July 27, 2018}}
| 40 |
| {{single chart|Scotland|25|date=20190503|rowheader=true|access-date=May 4, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|41|artist=Lauren Daigle|Daigle|song=You Say|rowheader=true|access-date=October 28, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|UKdownload|21|date=20190503|rowheader=true|access-date=July 27, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|29|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=March 26, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=August 5, 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|5|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=February 5, 2019|refname="Adult Top 40"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardchristiansongs|1|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=July 23, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|20|artist=Lauren Daigle|rowheader=true|access-date=March 19, 2019}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2018 year-end chart performance for "You Say" ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Christian Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/hot-christian-songs|title = Hot Christian Songs – Year-End 2018 |magazine = Billboard|access-date = December 4, 2018}}
| 2 |
|---|
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2020 year-end chart performance for "You Say" ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020}}
| 24 |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Christian Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2020/hot-christian-songs|title=Hot Christian Songs – Year-End 2020|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 4, 2020}}
| 1 |
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2021 year-end chart performance for "You Say" ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Christian Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2021/hot-christian-songs|title=Hot Christian Songs – Year-End 2021|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 3, 2021}}
| 1 |
|---|
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=Decade-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Decade-end chart performance for "You Say" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2010s)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Christian Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url = https://www.billboard.com/music/lauren-daigle/chart-history/3AT|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191031225400/https://www.billboard.com/music/lauren-daigle/chart-history/3AT|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 31, 2019|title = Hot Christian Songs – Decade-End 2010s|magazine = Billboard|access-date = October 31, 2019}}
| 2 |
| scope="row"| US Digital Song Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|url = https://www.billboard.com/music/lauren-daigle/chart-history/3AF|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191031225421/https://www.billboard.com/music/lauren-daigle/chart-history/3AF|url-status = dead|archive-date = October 31, 2019|title = Hot Christian Songs – Decade-End 2010s|magazine = Billboard|access-date = October 31, 2019}}
| 50 |
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Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2019|access-date=August 9, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Canada |award=Platinum |number=2|type=single |relyear=2018|certyear=2019|title=You Say|artist=Lauren Daigle |access-date=November 7, 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Lauren Daigle|title=You Say|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2024|accessdate=24 July 2024|id=14180}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Lauren Daigle|title=You Say|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2021|access-date=9 May 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Lauren Daigle|title=You Say|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2021|access-date=December 10, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|artist=Lauren Daigle|title=You Say|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|id=file_2022-05-13-15-04-29.pdf|access-date=23 May 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Lauren Daigle|title=You Say|award=Silver|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2020|id=16697-5378-1|access-date=September 14, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Lauren Daigle|title=You Say|award=Platinum|number=6|type=single|relyear=2018|certyear=2022|access-date=September 12, 2022}}
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Release history
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| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| Ref. |
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| scope="row" rowspan="2"| United States
| July 9, 2018 |
| January 15, 2019
| {{flat list |
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