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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Kate
| name = Kate
| Caption =
| cover = Ben-Folds-Five-Kate.jpg
| Artist = [[Ben Folds Five]]
| alt =
| from Album = [[Whatever and Ever Amen]]
| type = single
| Genre = Piano rock
| artist = [[Ben Folds Five]]
| Length =
| album = [[Whatever and Ever Amen]]
| released = 1997
| Label = [[Epic Records]]
| format =
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| Writer = [[Ben Folds]], [[Darren Jessee]], [[Anna Goodman]]
| Producer =
| recorded =
| Certification =
| studio =
| venue =
| Chart position = <nowiki></nowiki>
| genre = Piano rock
* #39 <small>[[UK Singles Chart]]</small>
| length =
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| Last single = "[[Battle of Who Could Care Less (song)|Battle of Who Could Care Less]]"<br/>(1997)
| This single = "'''Kate'''"<br/>(1997)
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
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| writer = [[Ben Folds]], [[Darren Jessee]], [[Anna Goodman (musician)|Anna Goodman]]
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| Next single = "[[One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces]]"<br/>(1997)
| Misc =
| producer =
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| prev_title = [[Battle of Who Could Care Less (song)|Battle of Who Could Care Less]]
| prev_year = 1997
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| next_title = [[Whatever and Ever Amen|One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces]]
| next_year = 1997
}}
}}


"'''Kate'''" is a song performed by [[Ben Folds Five]] released on their 1997 album ''[[Whatever and Ever Amen]]''. Written by [[Ben Folds]], [[Darren Jessee]], and Ben's first wife, [[Anna Goodman]]<ref>[http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=3830936&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID repertoire.bmi.com]</ref>, the song follows a love-struck man who is so obsessed with the girl "Kate" that he longs to be her, as shown by the lyric "I wanna be Kate". It peaked at #39<ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=25277 Chart Stats - Ben Folds Five - Kate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> on the [[UK Singles Chart]].
"'''Kate'''" is a song performed by [[Ben Folds Five]] released on their 1997 album ''[[Whatever and Ever Amen]]''. Written by [[Ben Folds]], [[Darren Jessee]], and Folds's first wife, [[Anna Goodman (musician)|Anna Goodman]],<ref>[http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=3830936&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID repertoire.bmi.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121114857/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=3830936&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID |date=January 21, 2016 }}</ref> the song follows a love-struck man who is infatuated with a girl named "Kate". It peaked at #39 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Official Charts Company — Ben Folds Five — Kate<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Sandman |access-date=2007-08-07 |df=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BEN FOLDS FIVE {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/1142/ben-folds-five/ |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>


==Music Video==
==Music video==


The video features the three band members in a bed. The entire video was shot in one take, from a camera over the bed, facing straight down.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-12 |title=Listen to Ben Folds Five’s ‘Kate’ from This Is Us, Season 4, Episode 13, “A Hell of a Week: Part Three” |url=https://leosigh.com/listen-to-ben-folds-fives-kate-from-this-is-us-season-4-episode-13-a-hell-of-a-week/ |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Leo Sigh |language=en-US}}</ref>
The video features the 3 band members cuddled up in bed snoozing & singing.

The entire video is shot in one take, from a camera over the bed, facing straight down.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:31, 1 May 2024

"Kate"
Single by Ben Folds Five
from the album Whatever and Ever Amen
Released1997
GenrePiano rock
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Ben Folds, Darren Jessee, Anna Goodman
Ben Folds Five singles chronology
"Battle of Who Could Care Less"
(1997) 		"Kate"
(1997) 		"One Angry Dwarf & 200 Solemn Faces"
(1997)

"Kate" is a song performed by Ben Folds Five released on their 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen. Written by Ben Folds, Darren Jessee, and Folds's first wife, Anna Goodman,[1] the song follows a love-struck man who is infatuated with a girl named "Kate". It peaked at #39 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][3]

Music video

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The video features the three band members in a bed. The entire video was shot in one take, from a camera over the bed, facing straight down.[4]

References

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  1. ^ repertoire.bmi.com Archived January 21, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "The Official Charts Company — Ben Folds Five — Kate". Retrieved 2007-08-07.
  3. ^ "BEN FOLDS FIVE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  4. ^ "Listen to Ben Folds Five's 'Kate' from This Is Us, Season 4, Episode 13, "A Hell of a Week: Part Three"". Leo Sigh. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2023-06-11.



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