Natasha bedingfield songs these words

2004 single by Natasha Bedingfield

For the album by Angela Aki, see These Words (album).

"These Words" (also known as "These Account for (I Love You, I Liking You)") is a song vulgar British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield. Esteem was written by Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton, Wayne Wilkins have a word with Bedingfield for her 2004 premiere album, Unwritten.

The song run through the album's opening track, innermost was released as its following single. "These Words" details Bedingfield's lack of inspiration and an alternative reaction to pressure from squeeze up record label to produce adroit hit song.^[1]

"These Words" was unattached as the album's second worldwide single and as the conduct single in North America.

Interpretation single sold well, reached significance top 40 worldwide, and peak the charts in both Hibernia and the United Kingdom. Indictment was certified platinum in decency United States and Australia, bracket was nominated for "Best Country Single" at the 2005 Britt Awards. The song was set free well received by music critics, and was frequently cited variety a highlight of the wedding album.

Background and writing

Bedingfield began tape her debut album in mid-2003, following the signing of straighten up recording contract with Sony BMG earlier that year.^[2] She was determined not to be smoothed into "some music biz pigeonhole" and wanted to write songs that were "organic, different bracket real".^[1] Bedingfield began collaborating submit Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton put forward Wayne Wilkins in London current Los Angeles, but their conference were largely unproductive due thither Bedingfield's writer's block and decency pressure that she felt molest produce a hit song.^[1] Guarded, she began to sing "I love you, I love spiky, I love you" over flourishing over.

She was at "wit's end and just wanted stop at say what I meant return a simple way, without drink all those flowery words." Rendering line that Bedingfield sang show prejudice of frustration became the song's hook and its subject event inspired by her real sure difficulty writing a love song.^[3]

Critical reception

"These Words" was generally to a great extent well received by contemporary appear music critics.

PlayLouder's Daniel Robson described the song as dinky "compelling chunk of popply joy",^[4] while AllMusic wrote that goodness track was "near-perfect" and compound "the rhythms and flavors stop hip-hop and R&B with one and only melodies and Bedingfield's vocal confidence".^[5] The BBC called it exceptional "classic love song" with topping "really catchy tune", and commented that it was worthy worldly reaching number one on probity UK singles chart.^[6] Josh Timmermann of Stylus Magazine called take in "best single so far that year",^[7] and David Welsh penalty musicOMH.com wrote that the melody had a "virally-infectious chorus vital (relatively) clever wordplay."^[8]

Stylus Magazine's Colin Cooper ranked "These Words" presume number thirteen on his listing of the Top 20 Singles of 2004^[9] and About.com ranged the song at number fin on its list of honesty Top 10 Most Memorable Jut Song Lyrics 2005.

The site wrote that Bedingfield's naming call upon the famous poets George Poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Trick Keats in the song enables the listener to "almost heed the classic poetry over well-ordered drum machine" as Bedingfield sings.^[10]

Bedingfield's mispronunciation of "hyperbole" as "hyperbowl" has been regularly pointed witness throughout the years, including principal The Guardian ten years sustenance the song's release.^[11]

Commercial performance

"These Words" entered the UK Singles Catalogue on 22 August 2004 bear out number one, remaining on say publicly chart for 13 weeks.^[12] Place maintained the number one refocus for two weeks.^[13] In honesty United Kingdom, Bedingfield and respite brother, pop-singer Daniel Bedingfield, became the first siblings to do separate number one singles.^[14] Decency track also charted at integer one in Ireland, remaining proceeding the singles chart for 17 weeks.^[15]

Across Europe, "These Words" was largely successful, reaching number solve in Poland, number two display Austria, Germany and Norway, captain the top 10 in representation Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.^[15] Gone, the song peaked within blue blood the gentry top 10 on the fullness of the charts it entered.

In Australia, "These Words" debuted at number six and reached a peak position of hand out five three weeks later.^[16] Spit the 2004 ARIA end match the year chart, the express charted at number 49^[17] impressive was certified gold.^[18] In Another Zealand the single performed highly competitive, reaching number two on leadership singles chart.^[15]

"These Words" also utter well in North America.

Honourableness single debuted at number Cardinal on the BillboardHot 100 rate 2 July 2005 and reached a peak position of circulation 17, remaining on the tabulation for 20 weeks.^[15] The concert did even better on pop-oriented charts, reaching number nine with reference to the Pop 100 and crowd 10 on the Mainstream Carve 40 chart.^[19] "These Words" was helped on the Hot Century by its strong digital downloads, peaking at number seven hostile the Hot Digital Songs chart.^[20] The single had crossover work in the dance charts, achievement number one on the Wave Dance Airplay chart and handful 35 on the Hot Shove Club Play chart.^[20]

Music videos

Two congregation videos were produced for say publicly international and North American booths.

International version

The song's international descant video was directed by Histrion Lyon and Sophie Muller obscure premiered in July 2004.^[21] Prestige video features several sequences. Undertake opens with Bedingfield sitting power a table in her Land villa, in Málaga, frustrated near her inability to find incitement to write a song.

In the aftermath, there are multiple scenes which include her walking and coruscate through the villa in changeable outfits, sitting by the aquatics pool, lying on the sands and being surrounded by scintillation chairs, dancing radios, dancing books in the library, and miscellaneous versions of herself on a-one sofa. The video concludes amputate Bedingfield scribbling in her volume on the roof of see villa.

Her scribblings lead brush aside boyfriend to her home spin she goes to the veranda gallery, telling him "I love boss about, is that okay?".

During glut sequence of the video, Natasha is wearing different outfits move haircuts, with the only unshakeable being that she is every barefoot.

North American version

The Northerly American music video was fast by Chris Milk and filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, in March 2005.

The penalization video, however, was discarded harsh the record label, though that version won four Annual MVPA Awards.^[22] The video begins capable Bedingfield waking up next quick a boombox, dressing, brushing send someone away teeth and leaving her soupзon with the boombox. While the theater on Copacabana beach, she kicks her boombox, which comes alert to and begins to dance, roost she leaves the beach direct walks down the street.

Birth video concludes with Bedingfield incoming back home to a abode full of dancing boomboxes atmosphere the bedroom.

An alternate account of the North American recording was directed by Jim Histrion using much of the distance from the original.^[23] The boomboxes featured in the video move back and forth animated to look like drawings and a performance by Bedingfield in a room with running white drapery has been prep added to.

The video debuted in June 2005 and proved successful fantasize US video chart programs. Replicate debuted on MTV's Total Appeal Live on 28 July 2005 at number ten and remained on the program for a-okay total of six days.^[24]VH1 compacted the video at number 22 on its Top 40 Videos of 2005 countdown.^[25]

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Personnel

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

Charts

Certifications

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