Silence Is Easy (song)

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"Silence Is Easy"
Silence single.jpg
Single by Starsailor
from the album Silence Is Easy
B-side
  • "Could You Be Mine?"
  • "She Understands"
Released1 September 2003 (2003-09-01)
Length3:40
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Starsailor
Producer(s) Phil Spector
Starsailor singles chronology
"Poor Misguided Fool"
(2002)
"Silence Is Easy"
(2003)
"Born Again"
(2003)
Music video
Silence Is Easy on YouTube

"Silence Is Easy" is the first single from the album of the same name by British pop band Starsailor. The song reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart, which is the band's highest position on the UK chart. The song also reached number 40 in Ireland and number 70 in the Netherlands. It was one of two songs on the album that was produced by Phil Spector. [1] [2]

Contents

Music video

James Walsh walking among the people in the club during the video. Silence is easy.jpg
James Walsh walking among the people in the club during the video.

The video takes place in a nightclub. Walsh walks through the middle of a crowd of people with a stoic expression on his face which only changes when he is singing. While he's walking the people around him have varying attitudes: some seem to love him and others clearly dislike him. A man puts his hands on James and screams at his face, which contrasts with a woman who is so happy after watching him that it makes her cry. There are also some boys that clap him on the back to encourage him, a woman with a wedding dress and a transgender person who tries to kiss him.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single liner notes. [3]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 40
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [8] 70
Scotland (OCC) [9] 8
UK Singles (OCC) [10] 9

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United Kingdom1 September 2003
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • DVD
EMI [11] [12]
United States12 January 2004 Triple A radio Capitol [13]

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