Words by Heart

"Words by Heart"
Single by Billy Ray Cyrus
from the album It Won't Be the Last
B-side"Throwin' Stones"
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1994
GenreCountry
Length3:07
LabelPolyGram/Mercury
Songwriter(s)Reed Nielsen
Monty Powell
Producer(s)Jim Cotton
Joe Scaife
Billy Ray Cyrus singles chronology
"Somebody New"
(1993)
"Words by Heart"
(1994)
"Talk Some"
(1994)

"Words by Heart" is a song written by Reed Nielsen and Monty Powell, and recorded by American country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus. It was released in January 1994 as the third single from his platinum-selling second album, It Won't Be the Last. The song was the follow-up to "Somebody New". "Words by Heart" reached a peak of number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs chart), and number 19 on the U.S. Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It also gained play in Canada, where it reached number 14.