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{{Infobox song
| name       = The Word Is Love
| cover      = Thewordislove.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Steve "Silk" Hurley]] & The Voices of Life featuring Sharon Pass
| album      =
| B-side     = Remix
| released   = 1997
| recorded   = 1997
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Chicago house]]
| length     = 3:32
| label      = {{hlist|Silk|[[A&M Records|AM:PM]]|La Belle Noire|[[Vendetta Records|Vendetta]]|D:vision|Club Tools|Feel the Rhythm|Tinted}}
| writer     = {{hlist|[[Steve Hurley]]|[[M-Doc]]}}
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Steve "Silk" Hurley]]|Kelly G}}
| chronology = [[Steve "Silk" Hurley]]
| prev_title = Melody
| prev_year  = 1992
| next_title = Dubs From The Dungeon Vol.1
| next_year  = 2000
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
| header  =
| type    = single
| cover   = Thewordislovecd.jpg
| border  =
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| caption =
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"'''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 [[Steve Hurley|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.<ref>[https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/ 'The Voices of Life, UK peak chart positions'] Retrieved 2 December 2010</ref>
==Credits and personnel==
*[[Steve Hurley]] – [[Songwriter|writer]], [[record producer|producer]], [[remix]]
*[[M-Doc]] – [[Songwriter|writer]]
*Sharon Pass – [[singing|lead vocal]]
*Jivan Diwano – [[Keyboard instrument|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]], [[record producer|additional producer]]
*Jerome Brown – [[guitar|bass]]
*[[Steve Turner (guitarist)|Steve Turner]] – [[guitar|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==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1998)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|Italian Singles Chart]]<ref name="Steve Silk Hurley's Biography">{{cite web |title='Steve "Silk" Hurley's Biography' |url=https://home.comcast.net/~sportscenter1/SilkBio032107.pdf  |accessdate=12 December 2010}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|26
|-
|}
==See also==
*[[List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.discogs.com/master/view/210545 The Word Is Love (Say the Word)] release page on [[Discogs]]
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[[Category:1997 songs]]
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[[Category:1998 singles]]
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[[Category:Songs written by M-Doc]]