The Word Is Love (Say the Word) explained

The Word Is Love
Cover:	Thewordislove.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Steve "Silk" Hurley & The Voices of Life featuring Sharon Pass
B-Side:	Remix
Released:	1997
Recorded:	1997
Genre:	Chicago house
Length:	3:32
Chronology:	Steve "Silk" Hurley
Prev Title:	Melody
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Dubs From The Dungeon Vol.1
Next Year:	2000

"The Word Is Love (Say The Word)" is a 1997 house music song by Steve "Silk" Hurley, released under the alias Steve "Silk" Hurley & The Voices of Life, featuring vocals by Sharon Pass.

Background

Apart from others record companies, the single was released on the producer's own label Silk Entertainment in several editions. The composition written by Hurley himself along with M-Doc didn't catch much attention in US. In the overseas, it scored a modest success on the UK Singles Chart, where the single peaked at number twenty-six in March 1998.^[1]

Credits and personnel

• Steve Hurley – writer, producer, remix
• M-Doc – writer
• Sharon Pass – lead vocal
• Jivan Diwano – keyboards
• Anthony Higgins – remix
• Four Shades – remix
• Jon Hardy – remix
• Nick Law – remix
• Simon Lewicki – remix
• Sushi Twins – remix
• Tim McGee – remix
• Wicked Peach – remix
• Frankie Feliciano – remix
• Mousse T. – remix
• Groovehunter – remix
• Kelly G – remix, additional producer
• Jerome Brown – bass
• Steve Turner – bass
• Steve Weeder – engineer

Official versions

• "The Word Is Love (7" Radio Edit)" – 4:00
• "The Word Is Love (Silk's Radio Anthem)" – 3:32
• "The Word Is Love (Silk's Anthem of Life)" – 8:58
• "The Word Is Love (Silk's Anthem of Life Instrumental)" – 6:48
• "The Word Is Love (Silk's Original of Life)" – 5:56
• "The Word Is Love (Kelly "Lets You Go" Radio Edit)" – 3:08
• "The Word Is Love (Kelly "Lets You Go" Mix)" – 7:13
• "The Word Is Love (Kelly G Bump 'N' Say Mix)" – 6:10
• "The Word Is Love (Kelly G's Bump N' Love Mix)" – 7:38
• "The Word Is Love (Kelly G. Dub)" – 5:21
• "The Word Is Love (Kelly G "Say It" Underground Mix)"
• "The Word Is Love (Mousse T's Kinda Deep Mix)" – 6:43
• "The Word Is Love (Mousse T.'s Kinda Dope Mix)" – 9:01
• "The Word Is Love (Mousse T's Kinda Dope Dub)" – 6:20
• "The Word Is Love (Mousse T's for the Heads Mix)" – 7:53
• "The Word Is Love (Mousse T's Kinda Deep Instrumental)" – 6:42
• "The Word Is Love (Mousse T's For The Heads Instrumental)" – 7:53
• "The Word Is Love (Mood II Swing Dub)" – 7:31
• "The Word Is Love (Four Shades Dub)" – 6:26
• "The Word Is Love (Sushi Twins' Dirty Phunkofile Mix)" – 6:53
• "The Word Is Love (Wicked Peach Mix)" – 5:56
• "The Word Is Love (Frankie Feliciano's Recanstruction Vocal Mix)" – 9:47
• "The Word Is Love (Frankie Feliciano's Recanstruction Instrumental)"
• "The Word Is Love (Unreleased Mix)" – 6:08
• "The Word Is Love (Say The Word) (Groovehunter Vocal Mix)"
• "The Word Is Love (Say The Word) (Groovehunter Dub Mix)"

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Italian Singles Chart^[2]	15
UK Singles Chart	26

See also

• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart

External links

• The Word Is Love (Say the Word) release page on Discogs

Notes and References

1. https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ 'The Voices of Life, UK peak chart positions'
2. Web site: 'Steve "Silk" Hurley's Biography' . 12 December 2010.