Land of a Thousand Words

{{Infobox song

| name = Land of a Thousand Words

| cover = Scissor Sisters - Land of a Thousand Words.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Scissor Sisters

| album = Ta-Dah

| B-side = Hair Baby

| released = December 4, 2006

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock, power ballad, soft rock

| length = 3:50

| label = Polydor

| writer = Jason Sellards, Scott Hoffman

| producer = Scissor Sisters

| prev_title = I Don't Feel Like Dancin'

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = She's My Man

| next_year = 2007

}}

"Land of a Thousand Words" is the second single from the American band, the Scissor Sisters' second album, Ta-Dah. It is the fifth track of Ta-Dah, and it was released on 4 December 2006 in the UK and Ireland. The single was released and charted in various European countries including Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Norway and the Czech Republic.

Unlike the first release off the album "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'", "Land of a Thousand Words" is a slow ballad track. The video for the song, directed by Brumby Boylston and Chris Dooley of National Television, is a homage to the James Bond film title sequences (in the style of Robert Brownjohn and Maurice Binder), featuring all of the band, and the credits for the music video itself.

Track listing

=10-inch vinyl [[Unusual types of gramophone records#Picture discs|square picture disc]]=

  1. "Land of a Thousand Words" – 3:50

=UK CD single=

  1. "Land of a Thousand Words" – 3:50
  2. "Land of a Thousand Words" (Junkie XL remix) – 5:17

=International CD single=

  1. "Land of a Thousand Words" – 3:50
  2. "Hair Baby" – 4:06
  3. "Land of a Thousand Words" (Junkie XL remix) – 5:17
  4. "Land of a Thousand Words" (music video)

=UK iTunes digital single=

  1. "Land of a Thousand Words" – 3:50
  2. "Land of a Thousand Words" (Sébastien Tellier's Run to the Sun Mix) – 3:57

Official remixes

  1. "Land of a Thousand Words" (Junkie XL remix)
  2. "Land of a Thousand Words" (Junkie XL remix edit)
  3. "Land of a Thousand Words" (Sebastien Tellier's Run to the Sun Mix)

Charts

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!Chart (2006)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|40|artist=Scissor Sisters|song=Land of a Thousand Words|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Flanders Tip|4|artist=Scissor Sisters|song=Land of a Thousand Words|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|15|artist=Scissor Sisters|song=Land of a Thousand Words|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
scope="row"| Czech Republic (ČNS IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=R |title=ČNS IFPI |publisher=ČNS IFPI |accessdate=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060705030259/http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?hitp=R |archivedate=July 5, 2006}}

| 55

scope="row"| Europe (IFPI){{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

| 69

{{single chart|Germany|50|songid=245542|artist=Scissor Sisters|song=Land of a Thousand Words|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Ireland3|44|artist=Scissor Sisters|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Italy|18|artist=Scissor Sisters|song=Land of a Thousand Words|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/2007/week-3|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 3, 2007|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=6 April 2023}}

|5

{{single chart|Dutch100|60|artist=Scissor Sisters|song=Land of a Thousand Words|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|Norway|18|artist=Scissor Sisters|song=Land of a Thousand Words|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
scope="row"| Poland (ZPAV){{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

| 69

{{single chart|Scotland|9|date=20061210|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}
{{single chart|UK|19|date=20061210|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 12, 2019}}

References

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