"Words" is a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The song reached No. 1 in West Germany, Canada, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It was the Bee Gees third UK top-10 hit, reaching number eight on the UK Singles Chart, and in a UK television special on ITV in December 2011 it was voted fourth in "The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song". The song has been recorded by many other artists, including hit versions by Rita Coolidge from her album Anytime...Anywhere in 1978 and Boyzone from their album A Different Beat in 1996. It was Boyzone's fifth single and their first number-one hit in the UK.
