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Words (Sharon O'Neill song)

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"Words"
Single by Sharon O'Neill
from the album Sharon O'Neill
ReleasedNew Zealand September 1979
Australia April 1980
Recorded1979
StudioMarmalade Studios, Wellington
GenrePop
Length3:16
LabelCBS Records
Songwriter(s)Sharon O'Neill
Producer(s)Steve Robinson
Sharon O'Neill singles chronology
"Don't Say No to Tomorrow"
(1979)
"Words"
(1979)
"Baby Don't Fight"
(1979)

"Words" is a song by the New Zealand singer and songwriter Sharon O'Neill. The song was released in New Zealand in September 1979 as the lead single from her second studio album, Sharon O'Neill (1980). The song was released in Australia in April 1980 as her first single in that country.

Track listings

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New Zealand 7" (BA 222561)

  • Side A "Words" - 3:16
  • Side B "Face in a Rainbow"

Australia 7"

  • Side A "Words" - 3:16
  • Side B "Dance All Night"

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Sharon O'Neill.[1]

  • Sharon O'Neill – lead and backing vocals
  • Clinton Brown – bass guitar
  • Steve Garden – drums
  • Wayne Mason – piano
  • Simon Morris – backing vocals
  • Steve Robinson – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, string machine, tambourine, production

Charts

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Chart (1979–1980) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[2] 56
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 22

References

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  1. ^ Sharon O'Neill (album sleeve). Sharon O'Neill. New Zealand: CBS Records. 1980. SBP 237350.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  3. ^ "Sharon O'Neill – Words". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 March 2017.