Mouthwash (song)

"Mouthwash"
Single by Kate Nash
from the album Made of Bricks
B-side
  • "Stitching Leggings"
  • "Take 'Em Back"
  • "Dirt (Demo from Iceland)"
Released1 October 2007
GenreIndie rock
Length
  • 5:02 (album version)
  • 3:58 (video edit)
LabelFiction
Songwriter(s)Kate Nash
Kate Nash singles chronology
"Foundations"
(2007)
"Mouthwash"
(2007)
"Pumpkin Soup"
(2007)
Music video
"Mouthwash" on YouTube

"Mouthwash" is a song by Kate Nash. On 1 October 2007, it was released as her third single, and the second to be taken from her debut studio album, Made of Bricks. The song, which Nash described as a "protest song", includes lyrics in which Nash describes herself and the "confusion of youth".

Upon its release, the song drew both favorable and mixed assessments from music critics. It became Nash's second top thirty entry on the UK Singles Chart, following her number-two single "Foundations". The single also entered the singles charts in Belgium and Scotland.