"If I Had Words" was a 1977 UK hit song performed by Scott Fitzgerald

Scott Fitzgerald (singer)

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 as a duet

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 with Yvonne Keeley

Yvonne Keeley

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. It reached number 3 in the UK charts and number 24 in the Australian charts in 1978. It sold more than one million copies. It was also a hit in New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

The tune was taken from the main theme of the Maestoso from Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 in C minor (Symphony with organ)

Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)

The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, was completed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886 at what was probably the artistic zenith of his career. It is also popularly known as the "Organ Symphony", even though it is not a true symphony for organ, but simply an orchestral symphony where two sections out...

 with an added reggae

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 beat. The lyrics and arrangement were by Jonathan Hodge, a prolific writer of TV jingles and movie themes, who also produced the single.

The backing was by the St Thomas More Roman Catholic School

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 Choir in Chelsea, London.

Other Artists

• song was also heard in the 1995 film Babe
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  , sung both by Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell
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  ) and by a trio of mice (a sped-up version of Fitzgerald's original). It was also partially incorporated into the film's suite (instrumental).
• in 1999, the band Westlife
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   collaborated
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   with the Vard Sisters and recorded the song

The Theme from Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 in C minor (Symphony with organ)

Symphony No. 3 (Saint-Saëns)

The Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, was completed by Camille Saint-Saëns in 1886 at what was probably the artistic zenith of his career. It is also popularly known as the "Organ Symphony", even though it is not a true symphony for organ, but simply an orchestral symphony where two sections out...

The theme used in the song was first exposed by the strings section in part Maestoso of the second movement (pages 126-129).