Natasha Bedingfield, These Words | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 34^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “These Words” performed by English pop singer, Natasha Bedingfield.  

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 34^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “These Words” performed by Natasha Bedingfield.

Natasha Bedingfield experienced her breakthrough in the U.S. with “These Words”. “These Words,” a soulful pop song, peaked at no. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005.  That same year, the single was certified gold by the RIAA. Eventually, the Grammy-nominated singer would earn additional platinum and/or multiplatinum singles, including the title track from Unwritten.  Unwritten (the album) was certified gold.  Focusing on “These Words,” Bedingfield impresses with her nuanced, powerful pipes.  She never over-sings, but she always brings it. She penned the record alongside producers Wayne Wilkins, Andrew Frampton, and Steve Kipner.

Besides Bedingfield’s stellar vocals, the lyrics are clever, creative, and fun.  “Threw some chords together / The combination: D-E-F / That’s who I am, it’s what I do / And I was gonna lay it down for you,” she sings in the first verse. In the pre-chorus, she’s struggling with writer’s block – that magic, tryna write a classic, is lacking.  Ultimately, she opts against something ‘perfect,’ celebrating the words she comes up with.  Cue the centerpiece, the chorus:

“These words are my own

From my heart flow

I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you

There’s no other way

To better say

I love you, I love you, I love you.”

There, you have it! In the second verse, Bedingfield continues to write about the songwriting process, criticizing her stuff (“Now you’ve gone and raised the bar right up / Nothing I write is ever good enough”).  “These Words” also delivers an intriguing bridge, which separates itself from the other sections.  All in all, Natasha Bedingfield slays on “These Words.” Two decades later, “These Words” remains a pop banger!

Natasha Bedingfield // Unwritten // Sony Music Entertainment UK // 2004

Natasha Bedingfield, These Words: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 34 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]