"Four Letter Word" is a single by English band

Beady Eye Beady Eye were an English rock band formed in London in 2009 by former Oasis members Liam Gallagher (vocals), Gem Archer (guitar), Andy Bell (guitar), and Chris Sharrock (drums). In 2013, former Kasabian guitarist Jay Mehler joined the band as ...

, released on Beady Eye Records as "BEADY3". The track is also featured on their 2011 debut album ''

Different Gear, Still Speeding ''Different Gear, Still Speeding'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Beady Eye, released on 28 February 2011. It debuted at number three in the UK Albums Chart selling 66,817 in the first week. As of August 2012, the album has sold 1 ...

'' as the opening track. The video for the song was premièred exclusively for NME and also on the band's official website on 26 December 2010, at the same time a limited edition 7" vinyl was released on 17 January 2011 on

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backed with new track "World Outside My Room".

Track listing

All songs written by

Liam Gallagher William John Paul Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He achieved fame as the lead vocalist of the rock band Oasis from 1991 to 2009, and later fronted the rock band Beady Eye from 2009 to 2014, before starti ...

Gem Archer Colin Murray Archer (born 7 December 1966) is an English musician and singer, best known as a member of the English rock bands Oasis, Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, making him, alongside Chris Sharrock, one of the only member ...

, and Andy Bell. #"Four Letter Word" – 4:15 #"World Outside My Room" – 4:25

Music video

The music video for the song, directed by Julian House and Julian Gibbs, was released exclusively on the

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website on 26 December 2010, and features the band, and live members

Jeff Wootton Jeffrey Wootton (born 12 May 1987) is an English musician, guitarist and songwriter from Manchester. He has been the lead guitarist in the Gorillaz since 2010. A long time collaborator with Damon Albarn, he has also collaborated with Brian Eno, ...

and Matt Jones, playing to an audience in an undisclosed location in London with psychedelic imagery interspersed throughout. The release of the music video was also the first release of the song.

Reception

"Four Letter Word" has so far been given even higher praise than the band's previous single, " Bring the Light".

Chart performance

References

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