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Kate (Ben Folds Five song)

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"Kate"
Song

"Kate" is a song performed by Ben Folds Five released on their 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen. Written by Ben Folds, Darren Jessee, and Ben's first wife, Anna Goodman,[1] the song follows a love-struck man who is so obsessed with the girl "Kate" that he longs to be her, as shown by the lyric "I wanna be Kate". It peaked at #39[2][dead link] [3] on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The video features the 3 band members cuddled up in bed snoozing & singing.

The entire video is shot in one take, from a camera over the bed, facing straight down.

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