"Hear No, See No, Speak No" is a song performed by Australia singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter

Ricki-Lee Coulter

Ricki-Lee Coulter is an Australian recording artist and television and radio presenter. In 2004, Coulter was placed seventh place on the second season of Australian Idol...

. Co-written by Coulter, David Gamson

David Gamson

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 and Marc Nelkin, it was released as a digital download on 23 October 2009 and serves as the second single released from the singer's unreleased third studio album also titled, Hear No, See No, Speak No.

Background

"Hear No, See No, Speak No" was the first song Coulter wrote in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 and says it was her own cheeky take on the "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" proverb. She said of the song, "It’s about getting to the point of strength in yourself where you just don’t want to hear someone’s voice. You no longer want to see their face or see the same situations reoccurring. And you no longer want to talk it out anymore." Coulter describes the song as "strong", "fierce", "intense" and "sexy" and explores more of the direction of taking back control. "Hear No, See No, Speak No" was sent to Australian radios on 5 October 2009.

Music video

The music video for "Hear No, See No, Speak No" was shot at the old Ritz Carlton Hotel in Sydney

Sydney

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. The video features a cameo appearance from former Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast Titans

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 rugby league player Daniel Conn

Daniel Conn

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. In the video Coulter is wearing a dominatrix leather and fishnet ensemble, holding a whip. She breaks into her ex husband's hotel and ties him up and proceeds to intimidate him with a riding crop. It premiered on Video Hits

Video Hits (Australian TV series)

Video Hits was an Australian music video program that first aired on 15 February 1987. From 7 May 2011 it broadcasted on Network Ten for two hours each Saturday and Sunday morning: 10am – 12pm on Saturdays and 8am – 10am on Sundays. Video Hits was the world's second longest running music show...

on 10 October 2009.

Track listing

Digital EP

1. "Hear No, See No, Speak No" (Radio Edit) – 3:57
2. "Hear No, See No, Speak No" (Instrumental) – 3:57
3. "Hear No, See No, Speak No" (Karaoke Version) – 3:57
4. "Hear No, See No, Speak No" (Acappella) – 3:40

Charts

"Hear No, See No, Speak No" debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 at number forty-six on 6 December 2009.

Chart (2009)	Peak position
ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	46

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	23 October 2010	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	Shock records Shock Records Shock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...
	4 December 2009	CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...