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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1957 single by Buddy Holly</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Buddy Holly song. 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font-size: 125%;">"Words of Love"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddy_holly-words_of_love_45.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/Buddy_holly-words_of_love_45.jpg/220px-Buddy_holly-words_of_love_45.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Buddy_holly-words_of_love_45.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="315" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">45-rpm record released by <a href="/wiki/Coral_Records" title="Coral Records">Coral Records</a>, 1957</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"<a href="/wiki/Mailman,_Bring_Me_No_More_Blues" class="mw-redirect" title="Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues">Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">June 20, 1957</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">April 8, 1957</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jangle_pop" title="Jangle pop">Jangle pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_rock" title="Folk rock">folk rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-Segretto_2022_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Segretto_2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">1</span>:<span class="s">56</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Coral 61852</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Petty" title="Norman Petty">Norman Petty</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"Modern Don Juan" <br />(1956) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Words of Love</b>" <br />(1957) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/That%27ll_Be_the_Day#Buddy_Holly_and_the_Three_Tunes'_version" title="That'll Be the Day">That'll Be the Day</a>" <br />(1957) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Words of Love</b>" is a song written by <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a> and released as a single in 1957. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Original_version">Original version</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Words_of_Love&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Original version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holly recorded the song on April 8, 1957. Holly harmonized with himself, by combining tape recordings of each part. The song was not a notable hit for Holly, although it is regarded as one of his important recordings and is available in most standard Holly collections.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Compilation_album" title="Compilation album">compilation album</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Words_of_Love_(Buddy_Holly_%26_The_Crickets_album)" title="Words of Love (Buddy Holly & The Crickets album)">Words of Love</a></i>, released by <a href="/wiki/PolyGram" title="PolyGram">PolyGram</a> in the UK in 1993, reached number 1 and was certified as a <a href="/wiki/Music_recording_sales_certification" class="mw-redirect" title="Music recording sales certification">gold record</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Diamonds_version">The Diamonds version</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Words_of_Love&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The Diamonds version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Diamonds_words_of_love_mercury.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/The_Diamonds_words_of_love_mercury.jpg/220px-The_Diamonds_words_of_love_mercury.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/The_Diamonds_words_of_love_mercury.jpg/330px-The_Diamonds_words_of_love_mercury.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/The_Diamonds_words_of_love_mercury.jpg 2x" data-file-width="337" data-file-height="296" /></a><figcaption>"Words of Love", released by the Diamonds as a 45-rpm single (Mercury 71128X45) in 1957, with a label crediting "Buddy Holley" as the songwriter</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Doo-wop" title="Doo-wop">doo-wop</a> version by the <a href="/wiki/The_Diamonds" title="The Diamonds">Diamonds</a>, released by <a href="/wiki/Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a> on May 20, 1957, reached number thirteen on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> in July 1957, making the song Holly's first hit, though as a composer not performer. The Diamonds also performed the song live on the ABC television show <i><a href="/wiki/Circus_Time" title="Circus Time">Circus Time</a></i> on June 27, 1957, and included it on the 1962 Mercury LP album <i>Pop Hits</i> (MGW 12178). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Beatles'_version"><span id="The_Beatles.27_version"></span>The Beatles' version</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Words_of_Love&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Beatles' version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA; font-size: 125%;">"Words of Love"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Wordsoflovevinyl.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f1/Wordsoflovevinyl.png/220px-Wordsoflovevinyl.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Wordsoflovevinyl.png 1.5x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="317" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">B-side label of 1965 Indian single</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA;"><a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">Song</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: #E6E8FA;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Beatles_for_Sale" title="Beatles for Sale">Beatles for Sale</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">December 4, 1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">October 18, 1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Road_Studios" title="Abbey Road Studios">EMI</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">12</span></span> <small>(mono)</small><br />2:02 <small>(stereo)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Parlophone" title="Parlophone">Parlophone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Holly" title="Buddy Holly">Buddy Holly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/George_Martin" title="George Martin">George Martin</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #E6E8FA">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5nARZKS-AY"><span class="plainlinks">"Words of Love"</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a> recorded a cover version of the song on October 18, 1964 for the UK album <i><a href="/wiki/Beatles_for_Sale" title="Beatles for Sale">Beatles for Sale</a></i>. It first appeared in the U.S. on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Beatles_VI" title="Beatles VI">Beatles VI</a></i>. It was also on a 7-inch <a href="/wiki/Extended_play" title="Extended play">extended play</a>, <i>Beatles for Sale No. 2</i>, released by Parlophone/EMI in 1965. <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>, who were fans of Holly, sang in harmony with <a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> holding to the vocal and instrumental sound of Holly's original as well as they could. Before their big break, the group had performed the song live between 1958 and 1962, with Lennon and Harrison singing. For the official release, though, Lennon and McCartney shared vocal duties.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song only took two takes, along with a vocal overdub. The mono mix is longer than the stereo mix. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personnel">Personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Words_of_Love&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lead_vocalist" title="Lead vocalist">lead vocals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_guitar" title="Rhythm guitar">rhythm guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> – lead vocals, <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Harrison" title="George Harrison">George Harrison</a> – lead vocals, double-tracked <a href="/wiki/Lead_guitar" title="Lead guitar">lead guitar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a> – <a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a>, packing case</li></ul> <dl><dd>Personnel according to <a href="/wiki/Ian_MacDonald" title="Ian MacDonald">Ian MacDonald</a><sup id="cite_ref-macdonald2p140-141_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-macdonald2p140-141-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_recordings_and_Solo_Recordings_by_the_Former_Beatles">Other recordings and Solo Recordings by the Former Beatles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Words_of_Love&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other recordings and Solo Recordings by the Former Beatles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 1963 Beatles performance of "Words of Love" recorded for BBC broadcast is included on the 2013 compilation album <i><a href="/wiki/On_Air_%E2%80%93_Live_at_the_BBC_Volume_2" title="On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2">On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2</a></i>. The recording was also included on a five-song promotional EP from the album, and on a DVD or Blu-ray included with the 2015 album <i><a href="/wiki/1_(The_Beatles_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="1 (The Beatles album)">1+</a>,</i> The Beatles also jammed a version of the song during the Get Back/Let it Be session in 1969 </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a> performed the song in 1985 on acoustic guitar for the documentary <i>The Real Buddy Holly Story</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pete_Best" title="Pete Best">Pete Best</a>, a former drummer for The Beatles during August 1960 to August 1962 recorded a version of the song with his group The <a href="/wiki/Pete_Best" title="Pete Best">Pete Best</a> Band in 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_cover_versions">Other cover versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Words_of_Love&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other cover versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Lea_Mayfield" title="Jessica Lea Mayfield">Jessica Lea Mayfield</a> recorded a cover version of the song for the <a href="/wiki/Starbucks" title="Starbucks">Starbucks</a> compilation <i>Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists Sing Their Favorite Love Songs</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_DiNizio" title="Pat DiNizio">Pat DiNizio</a> covered the song for his tribute CD, <i>Pat DiNizio/Buddy Holly</i>, in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Power_pop" title="Power pop">power pop</a> band <a href="/wiki/Shoes_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoes (band)">Shoes</a> covered the song for the 1989 Buddy Holly tribute album <i>Everyday Is a Holly Day</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Gilmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Gilmer">Jimmy Gilmer</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Fireballs" title="The Fireballs">the Fireballs</a> released a recording of the song in 1964 on the album <i>Buddy's Buddy</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Berry_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mike Berry (actor)">Mike Berry</a> recorded the song in 1999 for the tribute album <i>Buddy—A Life in Music</i>, released on the Hallmark label.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pete_Best" title="Pete Best">Pete Best</a> Band recorded the song in 1999.</li> <li>Jeremy Jay recorded the song in 2009.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patti_Smith" title="Patti Smith">Patti Smith</a>'s cover of the song is featured on the 2011 release <i><a href="/wiki/Rave_on_Buddy_Holly" class="mw-redirect" title="Rave on Buddy Holly">Rave on Buddy Holly</a></i>, a tribute album featuring performances of Holly's music by various artists.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Lynne" title="Jeff Lynne">Jeff Lynne</a> contributed a cover version to the tribute album <i><a href="/wiki/Listen_to_Me:_Buddy_Holly" title="Listen to Me: Buddy Holly">Listen to Me: Buddy Holly</a></i>, released in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Words_of_Love&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddy_Holly_Story_(album)" title="The Buddy Holly Story (album)">The Buddy Holly Story</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Buddy_Holly_Story,_Vol._2" title="The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2">The Buddy Holly Story, Vol. 2</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reminiscing_(Buddy_Holly_album)" title="Reminiscing (Buddy Holly album)">Reminiscing</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Showcase_(Buddy_Holly_album)" title="Showcase (Buddy Holly album)">Showcase</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Holly_in_the_Hills" title="Holly in the Hills">Holly in the Hills</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Giant_(Buddy_Holly_album)" title="Giant (Buddy Holly album)">Giant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/20_Golden_Greats_(Buddy_Holly_%26_The_Crickets_album)" title="20 Golden Greats (Buddy Holly & The Crickets album)">20 Golden Greats</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_the_First_Time_Anywhere" title="For the First Time Anywhere">For the First Time 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