Words Are Not Enough/I Know Him So Well

"Words Are Not Enough" / "I Know Him So Well" is the fifth double A-side single released by British dance-pop musical group Steps. "Words Are Not Enough" is a new composition while "I Know Him So Well" is a cover of the 1984 song by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson from the musical Chess (1986). Andreas Carlsson and Pelle Nylén wrote the former song while Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Tim Rice wrote the latter. "Words Are Not Enough" was taken from the group's first compilation album, Gold: Greatest Hits (2001), while "I Know Him So Well" appeared on the 1999 ABBAmania tribute album and later Steps' own The Last Dance collection (2002).

"Words Are Not Enough" / "I Know Him So Well"
Single by Steps
from the album Gold: Greatest Hits and The Last Dance
Released3 December 2001 (2001-12-03)[1]
Recorded
  • 1999
  • 2001
GenrePop
Length3:23
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Steps singles chronology
"Chain Reaction"
(2001)		 "Words Are Not Enough" / "I Know Him So Well"
(2001)		 "Light Up the World"
(2012)

The double A-side charted at number five in the United Kingdom and number 21 in Ireland in December 2001 and was the group's last single to be released before their Boxing Day split later the same month. A music video was made for each song: an animated video for "Words Are Not Enough" and a live video for the ITV ABBAmania performance of "I Know Him So Well".

Chart performance

The single entered the charts at number five in the United Kingdom but fell out of the top 10 to number 14 the following week, making the song their last top-10 hit. It spent eleven weeks in total in the top 75 despite much lower sales than their previous singles. The sales of this single were only equaled by "Here and Now" / "You'll Be Sorry". It also peaked at number 21 in Ireland and was their last single to chart in that country.

Music video

The video for "Words Are Not Enough" was almost fully animated, apart from a brief appearance from the band at the beginning and didn't feature a dance routine much like the rest of their music videos did. The video begins with the real Claire being sucked into a magic mirror and the rest of the band following her. As they enter the magical world, they transform into computer animated characters. Meanwhile, the live Abbamania performance was used for the "I Know Him So Well" video.

Track listings

UK CD single[2]

  1. "Words Are Not Enough" – 3:24
  2. "I Know Him So Well" – 4:14
  3. "Bittersweet" – 3:58
  4. "Words Are Not Enough" (video) – 3:24

UK cassette single[3]

  1. "Words Are Not Enough" – 3:24
  2. "I Know Him So Well" – 4:14
  3. "Bittersweet" – 3:58

Personnel

"Words Are Not Enough"

"I Know Him So Well"

Charts

References
  1. "New Releases – For Week Starting December 3, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 December 2001. p. 23. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. Words Are Not Enough / I Know Him So Well (UK CD single liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 2001. 9201452.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Words Are Not Enough / I Know Him So Well (UK cassette single sleeve). Steps. Jive Records, Ebul Records. 2001. 9201454.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 19, no. 52. 22 December 2002. p. 23. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Words Are Not Enough". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  6. "Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 3, saptamina 21.01–27.01, 2002" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 13 February 2005. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  9. "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  10. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2001" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
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