Peak
17
Weeks
20
Score
2,321
Chart Year
2005
he North American music video was directed by Chris Milk and filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in March 2005. The music video, however, was discarded by the record label, though this version won four Annual MVPA Awards.[22] The video begins with Bedingfield waking up next to a boombox, dressing, brushing her teeth and leaving her home with the boombox. While performing on Copacabana beach, she kicks her boombox, which comes alive and begins to dance, and she leaves the beach and walks down the street. The video concludes with Bedingfield arriving back home to a house full of dancing boomboxes in the bedroom. An alternate version of the North American video was directed by Jim Gable using much of the footage from the original.[23] The boomboxes featured in the video are animated to look like drawings and a performance by Bedingfield in a room with flowing white drapery has been added. The video debuted in June 2005 and proved successful on US video chart programs. It debuted on MTV's Total Request Live on 28 July 2005 at number ten and remained on the program for a total of six days.[24] VH1 ranked the video at number twenty-two on its Top 40 Videos of 2005 countdown.[25]
Natasha Bedingfield said in an interview in the 2005 BRITS magazine about this song, "I had this feeling when we were in the studio that it would do well. It was funny, because it was one of those real writer's block situations and the song just wasn't coming. Then I was just being stupid and sang 'I love you, I love you, I love you!' I was just at my wit's end and just wanted to say what I meant in a simple way, without using all those flowery words, and it was that moment that we were like, 'Yeah, that's a hit!" Andrew Frampton, who in 2001 co-wrote S Club 7's UK chart topper "Have You Ever" wrote this with Bedingfield. When this song hit #1 in the UK, Natasha and Daniel Bedingfield became the first brother and sister ever to have separate solo UK #1 hits. Daniel had already hit the top spot three times, first with "Gotta Get Thru This" in 1999. Two music videos were made. The UK version, directed by Scott Lyon and Sophie Muller, follows Bedingfield in and around a Spanish villa, where she tries to break through her writer's block. The US version, directed by Chris Milk, was filmed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and features dancing boomboxes.
My heart These words are my own (Uh, yeah, uh) Threw some chords together The combination, D-E-F It's who I am, it's what I do (yeah, uh) And I was gonna lay it down for you I'm try to focus my attention But I feel so A-D-D I need some help, some inspiration (but it's not coming easily) (Whoa) Tryna find the magic (Whoa) Tryna write a classic (Whoa) Don't you know, don't you know, don't you know? (Whoa, whoa) Waste bin full of paper (whoa) Clever rhymes, see you later These words are my own From my heart flow (yeah, uh) 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 (ah) Read some Byron, Shelly, and Keats Recited it over a hip-hop beat I'm having trouble saying what I mean (uh) With dead poets and drum machines You know I had some studio time booked But I couldn't find the killer hook Now you've gone and raised the bar right up Nothing I write is ever good enough These words are my own (these words are my own) From my heart flow (from my heart flow) I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you There's no other way (there's no other way) To better say (uh) I love you, I love you, I love you (I love you) These words are my own (these words are my own) From my heart flow (yeah) (I love you) I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you (I love you) There's no other way (there's no other way) To better say I love you, I love you, I love you I'm getting off my stage The curtains pull away No hyperbole to hide behind My naked soul exposes (love you, love you) Whoa, oh Whoa, whoa (Whoa) Tryna find the magic (Whoa) Tryna write a classic (Whoa) Waste bin full of paper Clever rhymes, see you later (yeah, uh) These words are my own (these words are my own) From my heart flow (don't you know?) I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you There's no other way (there's no other way, to better say) To better say (yeah, uh, yeah) I love you, I love you, I love you These words are my own (these words are my own) From my heart flow (they are from my heart, yeah) I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you (I love you) There's no other way (there's no better way) To better say (yeah, uh, yeah) I love you, I love you, I love you These words are my own They're from my heart (my heart) (Yeah, uh) I love you, I love you That's all I got to say Can't think of a better way And that's all I got to say (yeah, uh, yeah) I love you, is that okay?
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 2, 2005 | 100 | 26 |
| 2 | Jul 9, 2005 | 77 | 49 |
| 3 | Jul 16, 2005 | 60 | 66 |
| 4 | Jul 23, 2005 | 59 | 67 |
| 5 | Jul 30, 2005 | 48 | 78 |
| 6 | Aug 6, 2005 | 30 | 96 |
| 7 | Aug 13, 2005 | 23 | 103 |
| 8 | Aug 20, 2005 | 17 | 109 |
| 9 | Aug 27, 2005 | 18 | 108 |
| 10 | Sep 3, 2005 | 23 | 103 |
| 11 | Sep 10, 2005 | 24 | 102 |
| 12 | Sep 17, 2005 | 23 | 103 |
| 13 | Sep 24, 2005 | 22 | 104 |
| 14 | Oct 1, 2005 | 27 | 99 |
| 15 | Oct 8, 2005 | 39 | 87 |
| 16 | Oct 15, 2005 | 43 | 83 |
| 17 | Oct 22, 2005 | 55 | 71 |
| 18 | Oct 29, 2005 | 62 | 64 |
| 19 | Nov 5, 2005 | 62 | 64 |
| 20 | Nov 12, 2005 | 71 | 55 |