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These Words

December 07, 2023

"These Words" (also known as "These Words (I Love You, I Love You)") is a song by British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. It was written by Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Wayne Wilkins and Bedingfield for her 2004 debut album, Unwritten. The song is the album's opening track, and was released as its second single. "These Words" details Bedingfield's lack of inspiration and her reaction to pressure from her record label to produce a hit song.[1]

"These Words"
Single by Natasha Bedingfield
from the album Unwritten
B-side"The One That Got Away"
Released16 August 2004
Genre
Length3:36
LabelPhonogenic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Steve Kipner
  • Andrew Frampton
  • Wayne Wilkins
Natasha Bedingfield singles chronology
"Single"
(2004) 		"These Words"
(2004) 		"Unwritten"
(2004)
Music video
"These Words" on YouTube

"These Words" was released as the album's second international single and as the lead single in North America. The single sold well, reached the top forty worldwide, and topped the charts in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. It was certified platinum in the United States and Australia, and was nominated for "Best British Single" at the 2005 BRIT Awards. The song was very well received by music critics, and was frequently cited as a highlight of the album.

Background and writing edit

Bedingfield began recording her debut album in mid-2003, following the signing of a recording contract with Sony BMG earlier that year.[2] She was determined not to be shaped into "some music biz pigeonhole" and wanted to write songs that were "organic, different and real".[1] Bedingfield began collaborating with Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton and Wayne Wilkins in London and Los Angeles, but their sessions were largely unproductive due to Bedingfield's writer's block and the pressure that she felt to produce a hit song.[1] Frustrated, she began to sing "I love you, I love you, I love you" over and over. She was at "wit's end and just wanted to say what I meant in a simple way, without using all those flowery words." The line that Bedingfield sang out of frustration became the song's hook and its subject matter inspired by her real life difficulty writing a love song.[3]

Critical reception edit

"These Words" was generally very well received by contemporary pop music critics. PlayLouder's Daniel Robson described the song as a "compelling chunk of popply joy",[4] while AllMusic wrote that the track was "near-perfect" and merged "the rhythms and flavors of hip-hop and R&B with unique melodies and Bedingfield's vocal confidence".[5] The BBC called it a "classic love song" with a "really catchy tune", and commented that it was worthy of reaching number one on the UK singles chart.[6] Josh Timmermann of Stylus Magazine called it "best single so far this year",[7] and David Welsh of musicOMH.com wrote that the song had a "virally-infectious chorus and (relatively) clever wordplay."[8]

Stylus Magazine's Colin Cooper ranked "These Words" at number thirteen on his list of the Top 20 Singles of 2004[9] and About.com ranked the song at number five on its list of the Top 10 Most Memorable Pop Song Lyrics 2005. The website wrote that Bedingfield's naming of the famous poets George Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats in the song enables the listener to "almost hear the classic poetry over a drum machine" as Bedingfield sings.[10]

Bedingfield's mispronunciation of "hyperbole" as "hyperbowl" has been regularly pointed out throughout the years, including in The Guardian ten years after the song's release.[11]

Commercial performance edit

"These Words" entered the UK Singles Chart on 22 August 2004 at number one, remaining on the chart for thirteen weeks.[12] It maintained the number one position for two weeks.[13] In the United Kingdom, Bedingfield and her brother, pop-singer Daniel Bedingfield, became the first sister and brother to achieve separate number one singles.[14] The track also charted at number one in Ireland, remaining on the singles chart for seventeen weeks.[15]

Across Europe, "These Words" was largely successful, reaching number one in Poland, number two in Austria, Germany and Norway, and the top ten in the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.[15] Elsewhere, the song peaked within the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered. In Australia, "These Words" debuted at number six and reached a peak position of number five three weeks later.[16] On the 2004 ARIA end of the year chart, the song charted at number forty-nine[17] and was certified gold.[18] In New Zealand the single performed stronger, reaching number two on the singles chart.[15]

"These Words" performed moderately well in North America. The single debuted at number one hundred on the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 July 2005 and reached a peak position at number seventeen, remaining on the chart for twenty weeks.[15] The song did well on pop-oriented charts, reaching number nine on the Pop 100 and number ten on the Top 40 Mainstream.[19] "These Words" was helped on the Hot 100 by its strong digital downloads, peaking at number seven on the Hot Digital Songs chart.[20] The single had crossover success in the dance charts, reaching number one on the Hot Dance Airplay chart and number thirty-five on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.[20]

Music videos edit

Two music videos were produced for the international and North American markets.

International version edit

The song's international music video was directed by Scott Lyon and Sophie Muller and premiered in July 2004.[21] The video features several sequences. It opens with Bedingfield sitting at a table in her Spanish villa, in Málaga, frustrated by her inability to find inspiration to write a song. Afterwards, there are multiple scenes which include her walking and dancing through the villa in colorful outfits, sitting by the swimming pool, lying on the beach and being surrounded by dancing chairs, dancing radios, dancing books in the library, and multiple versions of herself on a sofa. The video concludes with Bedingfield scribbling in her notebook on the roof of her villa. Her scribblings lead her boyfriend to her home where she goes to the balcony, telling him "I love you, is that okay?".

During each sequence of the video, Natasha is wearing different outfits and haircuts, with the only constant being that she is always barefoot.

North American version edit

The North American music video was directed by Chris Milk and filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in March 2005. The music video, however, was discarded by the record label, though this version won four Annual MVPA Awards.[22] The video begins with Bedingfield waking up next to a boombox, dressing, brushing her teeth and leaving her home with the boombox. While performing on Copacabana beach, she kicks her boombox, which comes alive and begins to dance, and she leaves the beach and walks down the street. The video concludes with Bedingfield arriving back home to a house full of dancing boomboxes in the bedroom.

An alternate version of the North American video was directed by Jim Gable using much of the footage from the original.[23] The boomboxes featured in the video are animated to look like drawings and a performance by Bedingfield in a room with flowing white drapery has been added. The video debuted in June 2005 and proved successful on US video chart programs. It debuted on MTV's Total Request Live on 28 July 2005 at number ten and remained on the program for a total of six days.[24] VH1 ranked the video at number twenty-two on its Top 40 Videos of 2005 countdown.[25]

Formats and track listings edit

Personnel edit

The following people contributed to "These Words".[26]

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications and sales for "These Words"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[72] Gold 35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[73] Gold 5,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[74] Gold 5,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[75] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[76] Gold 500,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Release dates and formats for "These Words"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
United Kingdom 16 August 2004 CD single Phonogenic [77]
13 September 2004 Digital download [78]
Germany Sony [79]
27 September 2004 CD single [80]
United States 9 May 2005 Contemporary hit radio Epic [81]
9 August 2005 Digital download [82]

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External links edit

  • natashabedingfield.com — official website

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These Words also known as These Words I Love You I Love You is a song by British singer songwriter Natasha Bedingfield It was written by Steve Kipner Andrew Frampton Wayne Wilkins and Bedingfield for her 2004 debut album Unwritten The song is the album s opening track and was released as its second single These Words details Bedingfield s lack of inspiration and her reaction to pressure from her record label to produce a hit song 1 These Words Single by Natasha Bedingfieldfrom the album UnwrittenB side The One That Got Away Released16 August 2004GenrePop R amp BLength3 36LabelPhonogenicSongwriter s Natasha Bedingfield Steve Kipner Andrew Frampton Wayne WilkinsProducer s Steve Kipner Andrew Frampton Wayne WilkinsNatasha Bedingfield singles chronology Single 2004 These Words 2004 Unwritten 2004 Music video These Words on YouTube These Words was released as the album s second international single and as the lead single in North America The single sold well reached the top forty worldwide and topped the charts in both Ireland and the United Kingdom It was certified platinum in the United States and Australia and was nominated for Best British Single at the 2005 BRIT Awards The song was very well received by music critics and was frequently cited as a highlight of the album Contents 1 Background and writing 2 Critical reception 3 Commercial performance 4 Music videos 4 1 International version 4 2 North American version 5 Formats and track listings 6 Personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 Release history 10 References 11 External linksBackground and writing editBedingfield began recording her debut album in mid 2003 following the signing of a recording contract with Sony BMG earlier that year 2 She was determined not to be shaped into some music biz pigeonhole and wanted to write songs that were organic different and real 1 Bedingfield began collaborating with Steve Kipner Andrew Frampton and Wayne Wilkins in London and Los Angeles but their sessions were largely unproductive due to Bedingfield s writer s block and the pressure that she felt to produce a hit song 1 Frustrated she began to sing I love you I love you I love you over and over She was at wit s end and just wanted to say what I meant in a simple way without using all those flowery words The line that Bedingfield sang out of frustration became the song s hook and its subject matter inspired by her real life difficulty writing a love song 3 Critical reception edit These Words was generally very well received by contemporary pop music critics PlayLouder s Daniel Robson described the song as a compelling chunk of popply joy 4 while AllMusic wrote that the track was near perfect and merged the rhythms and flavors of hip hop and R amp B with unique melodies and Bedingfield s vocal confidence 5 The BBC called it a classic love song with a really catchy tune and commented that it was worthy of reaching number one on the UK singles chart 6 Josh Timmermann of Stylus Magazine called it best single so far this year 7 and David Welsh of musicOMH com wrote that the song had a virally infectious chorus and relatively clever wordplay 8 Stylus Magazine s Colin Cooper ranked These Words at number thirteen on his list of the Top 20 Singles of 2004 9 and About com ranked the song at number five on its list of the Top 10 Most Memorable Pop Song Lyrics 2005 The website wrote that Bedingfield s naming of the famous poets George Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats in the song enables the listener to almost hear the classic poetry over a drum machine as Bedingfield sings 10 Bedingfield s mispronunciation of hyperbole as hyperbowl has been regularly pointed out throughout the years including in The Guardian ten years after the song s release 11 Commercial performance edit These Words entered the UK Singles Chart on 22 August 2004 at number one remaining on the chart for thirteen weeks 12 It maintained the number one position for two weeks 13 In the United Kingdom Bedingfield and her brother pop singer Daniel Bedingfield became the first sister and brother to achieve separate number one singles 14 The track also charted at number one in Ireland remaining on the singles chart for seventeen weeks 15 Across Europe These Words was largely successful reaching number one in Poland number two in Austria Germany and Norway and the top ten in the Netherlands Sweden and Switzerland 15 Elsewhere the song peaked within the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered In Australia These Words debuted at number six and reached a peak position of number five three weeks later 16 On the 2004 ARIA end of the year chart the song charted at number forty nine 17 and was certified gold 18 In New Zealand the single performed stronger reaching number two on the singles chart 15 These Words performed moderately well in North America The single debuted at number one hundred on the Billboard Hot 100 on 2 July 2005 and reached a peak position at number seventeen remaining on the chart for twenty weeks 15 The song did well on pop oriented charts reaching number nine on the Pop 100 and number ten on the Top 40 Mainstream 19 These Words was helped on the Hot 100 by its strong digital downloads peaking at number seven on the Hot Digital Songs chart 20 The single had crossover success in the dance charts reaching number one on the Hot Dance Airplay chart and number thirty five on the Hot Dance Club Play chart 20 Music videos editTwo music videos were produced for the international and North American markets International version edit The song s international music video was directed by Scott Lyon and Sophie Muller and premiered in July 2004 21 The video features several sequences It opens with Bedingfield sitting at a table in her Spanish villa in Malaga frustrated by her inability to find inspiration to write a song Afterwards there are multiple scenes which include her walking and dancing through the villa in colorful outfits sitting by the swimming pool lying on the beach and being surrounded by dancing chairs dancing radios dancing books in the library and multiple versions of herself on a sofa The video concludes with Bedingfield scribbling in her notebook on the roof of her villa Her scribblings lead her boyfriend to her home where she goes to the balcony telling him I love you is that okay During each sequence of the video Natasha is wearing different outfits and haircuts with the only constant being that she is always barefoot North American version edit The North American music video was directed by Chris Milk and filmed in Rio de Janeiro Brazil in March 2005 The music video however was discarded by the record label though this version won four Annual MVPA Awards 22 The video begins with Bedingfield waking up next to a boombox dressing brushing her teeth and leaving her home with the boombox While performing on Copacabana beach she kicks her boombox which comes alive and begins to dance and she leaves the beach and walks down the street The video concludes with Bedingfield arriving back home to a house full of dancing boomboxes in the bedroom An alternate version of the North American video was directed by Jim Gable using much of the footage from the original 23 The boomboxes featured in the video are animated to look like drawings and a performance by Bedingfield in a room with flowing white drapery has been added The video debuted in June 2005 and proved successful on US video chart programs It debuted on MTV s Total Request Live on 28 July 2005 at number ten and remained on the program for a total of six days 24 VH1 ranked the video at number twenty two on its Top 40 Videos of 2005 countdown 25 Formats and track listings editEnhanced CD single These Words 3 34 These Words Bimbo Jones Remix 6 56 The One That Got Away 4 16 Single Radio 1 s Live Lounge Recording 3 19 These Words Video These Words The Making of the Video CD single These Words 3 34 Single Radio 1 s Live Lounge Recording 3 19Personnel editThe following people contributed to These Words 26 Natasha Bedingfield guitar lead and backing vocals Wayne Wilkins keyboards engineering programming Andrew Frampton keyboards programming Mark Spike Stent mixing David Treahearn Rob Haggart mixing assistant Herb Powers mastering Katherine Lanson drumsCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for These Words Chart 2004 2005 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 27 5Austria O3 Austria Top 40 28 2Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 29 15Belgium Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia 30 7Canada CHR Pop Top 30 Radio amp Records 31 3Canada Hot AC Top 30 Radio amp Records 32 6CIS TopHit 33 15Croatia HRT 34 3Europe Eurochart Hot 100 35 3Finland Suomen virallinen lista 36 18France SNEP 37 19Germany Official German Charts 38 2Hungary Radios Top 40 39 10Ireland IRMA 40 1Italy FIMI 41 30Netherlands Dutch Top 40 42 4Netherlands Single Top 100 43 6New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 44 2Norway VG lista 45 2Poland Nielsen Music Control 46 1Romania Romanian Top 100 47 12Scotland OCC 48 1Spain PROMUSICAE 49 18Sweden Sverigetopplistan 50 5Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 51 8UK Singles OCC 52 1US Billboard Hot 100 53 17US Adult Top 40 Billboard 54 24US Dance Club Songs Billboard 55 35US Dance Mix Show Airplay Billboard 56 1US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 57 10US Pop 100 Billboard 58 9 Year end charts edit 2004 year end chart performance for These Words Chart 2004 PositionAustralia ARIA 59 49Austria O3 Austria Top 40 60 26Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 61 99CIS Tophit 62 37Germany Official German Charts 63 29Ireland IRMA 64 16Netherlands Dutch Top 40 65 23Netherlands Single Top 100 66 66New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 67 29Sweden Sverigetopplistan 68 35Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 69 95UK Singles OCC 70 172005 year end chart performance for These Words Chart 2005 PositionUS Billboard Hot 100 71 81Certifications editCertifications and sales for These Words Region Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 72 Gold 35 000 New Zealand RMNZ 73 Gold 5 000 Norway IFPI Norway 74 Gold 5 000 United Kingdom BPI 75 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 76 Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history editRelease dates and formats for These Words Region Date Format Label Ref United Kingdom 16 August 2004 CD single Phonogenic 77 13 September 2004 Digital download 78 Germany Sony 79 27 September 2004 CD single 80 United States 9 May 2005 Contemporary hit radio Epic 81 9 August 2005 Digital download 82 References edit a b c Biography Archived 3 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine Artist Direct Retrieved 3 May 2007 Artist Biography Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine VH1 Retrieved 3 May 2007 These Words Song Facts Archived 17 November 2006 at the Wayback Machine Song Facts Retrieved 3 May 2007 Robson Daniel Unwritten Album Review Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine PlayLouder 9 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