Words (Bee Gees song)
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| B-side | "Sinking Ships" | |||
| Released | January 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 3 October 1967 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:13 | |||
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"Words"
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"Words" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The song reached No. 1 in Germany, Canada, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
"Words" was the Bee Gees third UK top 10 hit, reaching number 8 on the UK Singles Chart, and in a UK television special on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fourth in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song". The song has been recorded by many other artists, including hit versions by Rita Coolidge from her album Anytime...Anywhere in 1978 and Boyzone from their album A Different Beat in 1996. It was Boyzone's fifth single and their first number-one hit in the UK.