The discography of Say Anything, an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Say Anything is composed of Max Bemis (lead vocals), Coby Linder (drums), Jake Turner (guitar, vocals), Jeff Turner (guitar, vocals), and Parker Case (keyboard, vocals). They have released eight studio albums, four EPs, and seven singles (along with music videos for each single). In addition, they have appeared on numerous compilation albums and have recorded many tracks that were never officially released.
In addition to this, as with any band with a large fanbase, there exist numerous live recordings of Say Anything, often recorded off of radio programs such as DJ Rossstar and GTFU.
Studio albums YearAlbumChart positionsSalesBillboard 200Top HeatseekersUS Alternative AlbumsUS Rock Albums 2001 Baseball: An Album by Sayanything Released: 2001 Label: Self-released — — — — 2004 ...Is a Real Boy Released: August 3, 2004 Label: Doghouse — 8 — — 20,000 2007 In Defense of the Genre Released: October 23, 2007 Label: J 27 — 8 12 25,228 2009 Say Anything Released: November 3, 2009 Label: RCA 25 — 7 9 16,647 2012 Anarchy, My Dear Released: March 13, 2012 Label: Equal Vision 22 — 4 5 11,960 2014 Hebrews Released: June 10, 2014 Label: Equal Vision 37 — 7 — 17,9502016 I Don't Think It Is Released: February 5, 2016 Label: Equal Vision 31 — 3 2 19,0002019 Oliver Appropriate Released: January 25, 2019 Label: Dine Alone — — — — —2024 ...Is Committed Released: May 24, 2024 Label: Dine Alone — — — — —
Mixtapes Release date Title Label December 4, 2025 The Noise of Say Anything's Room Without... Rory Records
Live albums Release date Title Label NA Purevolume Studio Sessions Featuring Say Anything PureVolume 2009 The Myspace Transmissions N/A July 7, 2011 Daytrotter Digital EPhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110713195402/http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/max-bemis-of-say-anything-concert/20054860-3738432.html Daytrotter 2014 Say Anything/Matt Pryor: Daytrotter Presents N. 23 Daytrotter 2025 Say Anything ...Is A Real Boy (Live Version) Doghouse Records
Compilation albums Release date Title Label 2011 Playlist: The Very Best Of Say Anything J Records 2013 All My Friends Are Enemies: Early Rarities Equal Vision Records 2021 Makeup for Lost Timeshttps://maxbemis.bandcamp.com/album/makeup-for-lost-times Self Released
Extended plays and splits Release date Title Label 2000 Junior VarsitySelf-released 2001 In Your Dreams 2002 Menorah/Majora EP May 2004 For Sale... Doghouse April 2008 Say Anything/Manchester Orchestra Tour Download Card N/A November 3, 2009 Secret Origins N/A October 3, 2012 Say Anarchy Fall 2012 Tour Sampler N/A May 10, 2013 Say Anything/Eisley Equal Vision Records September 4, 2014 Say Anything/Saves The Day Digital Tour Split N/A April 20, 2016 Say Anything/mewithoutYou NA March 31, 2017 Say Anything/Bayside Equal Vision Records & Hopeless Records July 16, 2024 The Emo Singer Dine Alone Records October 10, 2025 ...Is Committed (Remixes) Dine Alone Records 2025 ...Is Sleazy Rory Records
Singles YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbumUS Alternative2003"A Boston Peace"—Non-album single(s)2005"Belt (Acoustic)"—"Alive with the Glory of Love"28...Is a Real Boy2007"Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"—...Was a Real Boy"Baby Girl, I'm a Blur"29In Defense of the Genre2008"Shiksa (Girlfriend)"—"Skinny Mean Man"—"Spores"—2009"Hate Everyone"31Say Anything2010"Do Better"https://www.amazon.com/Do-Better-Digital-Say-Anything/dp/B07DQL9JDN-Say Anything2011"Burn a Miracle"—Anarchy, My Dear2012"Say Anything"—2014"Six Six Six"—Hebrews"Judas Decapitation"—"Hebrews"—2018"Daze"—Oliver Appropriate"Pink Snot"—"It's a Process"—"Send You Off"—"It's Chill"—Non-Album Track2022"Angeles (De Los Angelinos)"https://maxbemis.bandcamp.com/track/angeles-de-los-angelinos—2023"Psyche!"—...Is Committed"Are You In There"—"Carrie & Lowell & Cody (Pendent)"—2024"I, Vibrator"—"On Cum"—2025"Death Dancing"—The Noise of Say Anything's Room Without"Fuckbuddy"—"Maxie's Choice"—"The Band The Used"—"Death by Throat"—"Fanz !!!"—"Promethea Dupree-Bemis"—"I Will Never Lie to Lucy"—"Fifty Things"—"No Man"—"Say Anything Is... A Well-Known Cottage"—"Both"—"Nardo"—"You Could Feel Really Cool"—"Moran"—"Liking"—"Sweet Things"—"He Cannot Say What is Right to You"—"Unfucked"—"Breaking News - Dead Methhead Died From Doing Meth"—"A Wake, A Mass"— "—" denotes singles that did not chart.
Music videos Year Title Album Director 2006 "Alive with the Glory of Love" ...Is a Real BoyKevin Kerslake 2007 "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" ...Was a Real BoyShane Drake "Baby Girl, I'm a Blur"In Defense of the GenreWayne Isham 2008 "Shiksa (Girlfriend)" 2009 "Hate Everyone" Say Anything The Malloys 2012 "Say Anything" Anarchy, My Dear "Burn a Miracle" 2014 "Six Six Six" HebrewsRylan Morris Scherer 2016 "Give a Damn" I Don't Think It IsIsrael Anthem 2023 "Psyche!" ...Is CommittedBoy Wonder 2024 "Belt" (20th Anniversary) ...Is A Real Boy2025 "Death Dancing"The Noise of Say Anything's Room WithoutSandy Weintraub "Fuckbuddy" "Maxie's Choice" "The Band 'The Used'" "Death by Throat"
Other Appearances Year Song Album Label 2006 "The Man in Me" (Bob Dylan cover) Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan Doghouse Records 2007 "Walk Through Hell" (Re-Recorded) Alternative Press Play Volume 1: Back to School & Punk the Clock Volume III: Property of a Gentleman Photo Finish Records "Woe" (Acoustic) Punk Goes Acoustic 2 Fearless Records "Alive with the Glory of Love" (97X Green Room Session) 97x Green Room Volume 3 97X "Alive with the Glory of Love" (The Edge 103.9 Session) The Edge 103.9 Acoustic Live & Rare 2007 The Edge 103.9 FM 2008 "I Got Your Money" (Ol' Dirty Bastard cover) Punk Goes Crunk Fearless Records
The song "I Got Your Money" was originally slated to appear on the album Yo!: Indie Rock Raps on Immortal Records, but the compilation was scrapped by the label before its slated 2007 release.
Other songs
Most of the band's unreleased songs predate ...Is a Real Boy. Along with the band's demos and other above-listed songs, they are available to download from the band's online forum.
Baseball demos "Colorblind" (Rough Demo) "Sure, Baby... Hold Back" (Demo) "That's That" (Demo) (later retitled "That's That (Do What We Want)")
Dormroom demos Most of Say Anything's unreleased songs from the set of tracks known as Dormroom Demos, were recorded by Max Bemis in his dorm room while at Sarah Lawrence College. "For the Silent" "Until the Bombs" "All This Fashion" "You Help Them" † "Transylvanian" † "Signal the Riflemen" "The Great Awakening" "A Boston Peace" "The Keg Is Bleeding" "By Tonight" † "My Bare Hands" "Try to Remember, Forget" † "Certain Type of Genius" "I Want to Know Your Plans" ‡ "Nudity" "Dealer" (Safety In Numbers cover)
† Released as part of Menorah/Majora ‡ Released as part of Menorah/Majora and ...Is a Real Boy, the latter as a rerecording
...Is a Real Boy demos "Belt" "The Writhing South" "Alive with the Glory of Love" "Yellow Cat (Slash) Red Cat" "Tiny Portions, Artful Abortions" (later renamed "The Futile") "An Orgy of Critics" "Slowly, Through a Vector" "Molly Conelly " (later renamed "Every Man Has a Molly") "I Shall Grow" (later renamed "Chia-Like, I Shall Grow") "Admit It!!!"
Florida demos "But a Fleeting Illness" "Spider Song" (later renamed "Spidersong") "Woe (The Optimist)" (later renamed "Woe")
Vs. AIDS demos The songs that would eventually make up ...Was a Real Boy were originally slated for release as a benefit album entitled Say Anything vs. AIDS, the proceeds from which would, appropriately enough, go to support AIDS research....Is a Real Boy CD booklet from the 2006 J Records reissue The songs differ from their commercially released counterparts in that they had yet to be properly mastered, and that the titles for many songs were different. One song does not appear on the commercial release.
Track number Old Title (if Applicable) Title on ...Was a Real Boy 1 "Metal Now" 2 Purple Sky "Most Beautiful Plague" 3 There's a Man Assigned to Me "Total Revenge" 4 "It's a Metaphor, Fool" 5 "Wow, I Can Be Sexual" "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too" 6 "I Will Never Write an Obligatory Song About Being on the Road & Missing Someone" 7 "Don't Dance So Close to Me" "Little Girls" 8 "You Don't See Me Right"
Miscellaneous demos "Mystery Rash" (demo of "We Will Erase All Life on Earth but Us") "Treblinkah" (demo of "Alive with the Glory of Love") "The Man in Me" (demo of the Bob Dylan cover, featuring Chris Conley of Saves the Day) "Yellow Cat/Red Cat" (rough demo) "Thoughts on a Liberal Education" (rough demo) "But a Fleeting Illness" (Demo) "The Presidential Suite (Electric)" (acoustic demo of "The Presidential Suite") "The Great Awakening" (Possible early demo of 'spay me')
Non-demo unreleased songs "Jessie and My Whetstone" (Saves the Day cover) "Dammit" (blink-182 cover) "Joel on the Other Planets" "Thoughts on a Liberal Education" "The Presidential Suite (Acoustic)"
References
External links Official Website Doghouse Records J Records Say Anything's MySpace Profile Say Anything's Purevolume Page