", ▁A ▁Great ▁Big ▁World ▁and ▁Agu il era ▁performed ▁the ▁track ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁Music ▁Awards ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Background ▁and ▁release ▁" S ay ▁Something " ▁was ▁originally ▁released ▁on ▁February ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁on ▁band ▁member ▁Ian ▁Ax el ' s ▁solo ▁album ▁This ▁Is ▁the ▁New ▁Year ▁with ▁the ▁song ▁featuring ▁harm on ies ▁by ▁guest ▁vocal ist ▁Jen ny ▁O wen ▁Young s , ▁but ▁the ▁track ▁went ▁largely ▁un not iced ▁until ▁it ▁received ▁attention ▁after ▁being ▁used ▁on ▁the ▁TV ▁series ▁So ▁You ▁Think ▁You ▁Can ▁Dance ▁on ▁season ▁ 1 0 ' s ▁semi ▁final ▁episode ▁contemporary ▁dance ▁routine ▁by ▁the ▁event ual ▁champion ▁Amy ▁Y ak ima . ▁This ▁spark ed ▁a ▁chain ▁reaction ▁that ▁eventually ▁made ▁its ▁way ▁to ▁Christ ina ▁Agu il era . ▁"' S ay ▁Something ' ▁was ▁dan ced ▁to ▁on ▁So ▁You ▁Think ▁You ▁Can ▁Dance ▁almost ▁two ▁months ▁ago , ▁and ▁so ▁many ▁people ▁respond ed ▁to ▁it ," ▁Ax el ▁tells ▁Billboard . ▁" In ▁that ▁whole ▁process , ▁someone ▁on ▁our ▁team ▁played ▁it ▁for ▁someone ▁on ▁Christ ina ' s ▁team , ▁and ▁we ▁got ▁a ▁call ▁that ▁Christ ina ▁wanted ▁to ▁record ▁it , ▁and ▁then , ▁literally ▁a ▁week ▁later , ▁we ▁were ▁in ▁L . A . ▁recording ▁it ▁with ▁her ." ▁The ▁pair ▁cons iders ▁Agu il era ▁as ▁having ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁top ▁voices ▁in ▁the ▁world ,"