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{{Infobox song
| name       = How Many Words
| cover      = How Many Words.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Blake Lewis]]
| album      = [[A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)]]
| released   = {{Start date|2008|03|10}} <small>(US radio)</small><ref name="FMQB"/>
| recorded   = 2007
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = Pop, [[funk]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=3|s=34}}
| label      = [[Arista Records|Arista]]
| writer     = Blake Lewis, [[Sam Hollander]], Dave Katz
| producer   = [[S*A*M & Sluggo]]
| prev_title = [[Break Anotha]]
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = [[Sad Song (Blake Lewis song)|Sad Song]]
| next_year  = 2009
}}

"'''How Many Words'''" is the official second single by the singer-songwriter [[Blake Lewis]], from his debut album ''[[A.D.D. (Audio Day Dream)]]''. The song was expected to be followed by "Know My Name", and then "Without You". However, due to being dropped by [[Arista Records]], "How Many Words" was the final single from his debut album. The single was released to mainstream radio format on March 10, 2008.<ref name="FMQB">[http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 Radio release] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804165226/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 |date=August 4, 2016 }} Retrieved March 3, 2008.</ref> Also, an EP featuring remixes of the song was released onto iTunes on May 13, 2008. Lewis performed the song live on the March 6, 2008, results show of the [[American Idol (season 7)|seventh season]] of ''American Idol''.

==Chart performance==
The single has sold 94,000 copies to date.<ref>[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/idolchatter/post/2008/11/59131236/1 Idol Chatter 11-26-2008]</ref>

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!Charts (2008)
!Peak<br>Position
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{{singlechart|Billboarddanceclubplay|8|artist=Blake Lewis|artistid={{BillboardID|Blake Lewis}}|song=How Many Words|accessdate=November 13, 2013}}
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==References==
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[[Category:2007 songs]]
[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:Blake Lewis songs]]
[[Category:Arista Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Sam Hollander]]
[[Category:Songs written by Dave Katz]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by S*A*M and Sluggo]]
[[Category:Songs written by Blake Lewis]]