Words (Kate Miller-Heidke song)

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"Words"
Words KMH.jpg
Single by Kate Miller-Heidke
from the album Little Eve
A-side "Words"
B-side "We're Gonna Need Love" [1]
Released26 May 2007 [1]
Genre Pop,
Label Sony BMG
Songwriter(s) Keir Nuttall
Kate Miller-Heidke singles chronology
"Apartment"
(2006)
"Words"
(2007)
"Make It Last"
(2007)

"Words" is a song by Australian singer Kate Miller-Heidke, released on 26 May 2007 as the lead single from Miller-Heike's debut studio album Little Eve . The song peaked at number 43 on the ARIA Charts.

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Music video

The music video was directed by Stephen Lance & Mairi Cameron HEAD PICTURES. It features Miller-Heidke in a white room with a typewriter, a small and condensed room and a room with her trying to babysit a young boy. All of these rooms have numerous words written all over the walls. In the second half of the video, we see Miller-Heidke wearing a purple dress with flashing lights from Cameras.

Katemillerheidke words A live version of "Words" is featured on Miller-Heidke's 2009 live release, Live at The Hi-Fi. This version sees the song mashed up with Rage Against the Machine's 1992's Protest Anthem "Killing in the Name".[ citation needed ]

Track listing

CD Single [1]
  1. "Words" (radio mix)
  2. "Words" (album mix)
  3. "We're Gonna Need Love"

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 43

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