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“More than Words”
“More than Words” cover
Single by Extreme
from the album Extreme II: Pornograffiti
Released 1991 (as a single)
Format CD maxi
7" single
Recorded 1990
Genre Rock, Power ballad
Length 5:33
Label A&M Records
Writer(s) Nuno Bettencourt
Gary Cherone
Producer Michael Wagener

"More Than Words" is a ballad written by and originally performed by rock band Extreme. Extreme is an American rock band that achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s Pornograffitti (also titled as Extreme II Pornograffitti) was the second and most successful album released by Boston funk-metal band Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks (generally an a-side song and a b-side song A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. The term " power ballad " is a Colloquialism used to describe a type of Song performed (but not necessarily written by a Hard rock or In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American Guitarist and Singer-songwriter best known Gary Cherone (born July 26, 1961) is an American rock Singer-songwriter. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. Extreme is an American rock band that achieved popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s It is built around intricate acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and the vocals of Gary Cherone (with harmony vocals from Bettencourt), it was released in 1990 on the album Extreme II: Pornograffiti. Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt (born September 20, 1966) is a Portuguese-American Guitarist and Singer-songwriter best known Gary Cherone (born July 26, 1961) is an American rock Singer-songwriter. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Pornograffitti (also titled as Extreme II Pornograffitti) was the second and most successful album released by Boston funk-metal band The song was a departure from the funk metal that had permeated the band's style previous to its release. Funk rock (also typed as funk-rock) is a music genre that fuses Funk and rock elements On March 23, 1991, "More Than Words" entered the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 81 and soon after reached number one. It also reached number two in the UK Singles Chart, where the group had had success before its American breakthrough. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry Though they had made a few European charts before, this brought the band to their first mainstream success in the United States. Extreme followed "More Than Words" with another power ballad, "Hole-Hearted," which was slightly faster paced than "More Than Words," but nevertheless topped at number 4 in the United States.

Contents

Cover versions

Even years after its release, "More Than Words" has retained popularity as a romantic ballad. Cover versions of "More Than Words" include:

The song itself asks the person to whom it is addressed to show love through "more than words. Valters and Kaža, sometimes spelt Walters and Kazha is a Latvian duo who represented their homeland in the 2005 Eurovision Song Frankie J (born Francisco Javier Bautista Jr on December 7, 1978) is a Mexican-American Latin pop and Adult contemporary " The video for "More Than Words" was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic for his original song, "You Don't Love Me Anymore. Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (ˈjæŋkəvɪk born October 23 1959 is a Grammy Award winning American singer Musician, actor satirist " You Don't Love Me Anymore " is an original song and single by "Weird Al" Yankovic. " Also Amateur Transplants wrote a comedic song to the same tune as "More Than Words" entitled "Northern Birds" which may be found on their 2006 album "We Are So Bad". Amateur Transplants are a London based British Parody musical duo consisting of medical professionals Dr Recently, Rob O'Connor of Yahoo! Music stated the song "may be the dullest song in the English language. "

Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "More Than Words" (remix)
  2. "Kid Ego"
  3. "Nice Place to Visit"
7" single
  1. "More Than Words" (3:43)
  2. "Nice Place to Visit" (3:16)

Chart

Chart (1991)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart 2
Austrian Singles Chart 13
French Singles Chart 8
German Singles Chart 8
Irish Singles Chart 2
New Zealander Singles Chart 1
Norwegian Singles Chart 4
Swedish Singles Chart 4
Swiss Singles Chart 3
UK Singles Chart 2
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 12
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 2
US ARC Weekly Top 40 1
Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Recurrents 20
Preceded by
"I Don't Wanna Cry" by Mariah Carey		 Billboard Hot 100 number one single
June 8, 1991		 Succeeded by
"Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul
Preceded by
"Are You Ready" by AC/DC		 RIANZ (New Zealand) number one single
July 5, 1991		 Succeeded by
"I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd

External links

References

  1. ^ "More Than Words", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  2. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  4. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
  5. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 7, 2008)
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