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{{Infobox song
| name       = Language
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Dave Dobbyn]]
| album      = [[Twist (album)|Twist]]
| B-side     = Whaling (live) / Belltower (live) / Language (potmix)
| released   = September 1994<small>(New Zealand)</small>
| recorded   = 1994
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length     =
| label      =
| writer     = [[Dave Dobbyn]]
| producer   =
| chronology = [[Dave Dobbyn]]
| prev_title = Don't Hold Your Breath
| prev_year  = 1994
| next_title = Lap of the Gods
| next_year  = 1994
| misc       = {{External music video|1="[http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/language-1994 Language]" at NZ On Screen}}
}}
"'''Language'''" is a single by New Zealand singer-songwriter [[Dave Dobbyn]], released in 1994 as the first single from the [[Twist (album)|Twist]] album. The song reached number 4 on the New Zealand charts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Language: Chart Performance|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Dave+Dobbyn&titel=Language&cat=s|publisher=charts.nz|accessdate=18 October 2012}}</ref>
==Background==
Dobbyn began writing the song while in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dobbyn|first=Dave|title=Twist: Discography|url=http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/discography-twist.html|work=Website|publisher=Sony Music|accessdate=23 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504090141/http://www.davedobbyn.co.nz/discography-twist.html|archive-date=4 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> He had originally played "Language" as an acoustic song, however, Twist producer [[Neil Finn]] suggested speeding it up and giving it more of a rock sound.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Dobbyn: Homegrown|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/homegrown-profiles-dave-dobbyn-2005|work=Documentary|publisher=NZ On Screen}}</ref>
==Legacy==
"Language" was voted the [[APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time#35|35th best New Zealand song of the 20th century]] by [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]], and featured on the related [[Nature's Best 2]] CD. It was also included on the live album ''[[Together in Concert: Live]]'', which was performed with [[Bic Runga]] and [[Tim Finn]].
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/language-1994 Language Music Video (NZ On Screen)]
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