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musical group Steps, written by Andreas Carlsson and

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. The track was included on the group's first compilation album, '' Gold: Greatest Hits'' (2001), and was released as a

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single with a cover of the 1984 song " I Know Him So Well", from the

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'' (1986). Released as a single on 3 December 2001, "Words Are Not Enough" / "I Know Him So Well" 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

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split later the same month. An animated music video was made for "Words Are Not Enough".

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" is 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.

Track listings

UK CD single # "Words Are Not Enough" – 3:24 # "I Know Him So Well" – 4:14 # "Bittersweet" – 3:58 # "Words Are Not Enough" (video) – 3:24 UK cassette single # "Words Are Not Enough" – 3:24 # "I Know Him So Well" – 4:14 # "Bittersweet" – 3:58

Personnel

* Lee Latchford-Evans – lead and backing vocals * Claire Richards – lead and backing vocals *

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– lead and backing vocals * Faye Tozer – lead and backing vocals *

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– lead and backing vocals

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Words Are Not Enough I Know Him So Well 2001 songs 2001 singles Steps (group) songs Double A-side singles Jive Records singles Pete Waterman Entertainment singles Song recordings produced by Mark Taylor (record producer) Songs written by Andreas Carlsson Songs written by Pelle Nylén