More, More, More

"More, More, More"
Single by Andrea True Connection
from the album More, More, More
B-side "More, More, More (Part 2)"
Released February 1976
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1975
Genre Disco
Length 6:16
Label Buddah Records
Songwriter(s) Gregg Diamond
Producer(s) Gregg Diamond
Andrea True Connection singles chronology
"Keep It Up Longer"
(1976)		 "More, More, More"
(1976)		 "Party Line"
(1976)

"Keep It Up Longer"
(1976)		 "More More More"
(1976)		 "Party Line"
(1976)

"More, More, More" is a song written by Gregg Diamond and recorded by American disco artist Andrea True, who performed as part of her "Andrea True Connection" project. It was released in February 1976 and became her signature track and one of the most popular songs of the disco era. In the U.S., it reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at number three on the Cashbox chart in July of that year. In Canada, it was a number-one hit.

The song was originally recorded in Jamaica where True, a porn star, had been appearing in a television commercial. An attempted coup prevented her from leaving the country with her wages from the commercial. Resourcefully, True called on Gregg Diamond to come down to Jamaica to write and record the song with her, along with other studio musicians which formed the backbone of the "Connection" project.[1]

Buddah Records originally released the song only to discos in the winter of 1975/1976. The popularity of "More, More, More" was immense. Widespread listener interest convinced Buddah to release the single commercially in the spring. The song rose to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number twenty three on the soul singles chart.[2] The single was a successful disco hit peaking at number two.[3] Overseas, the song peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart.

The song has been covered a number of times since by artists including Samantha Fox, Bananarama, Rachel Stevens, Dannii Minogue, and Dagny. In 1999, Canadian band Len sampled the instrumental break in "More, More, More" and used it as the backdrop for their top-ten single "Steal My Sunshine".[4]

The song has also been used in television promotional advertisements, such as for American television series Sex and the City. The title hook line is used as a jingle by Canadian supermarket chain Save-On-Foods. Recently, the song has been featured in an advertisement campaign for American retail chain Target.

Chart performance

Bananarama version

"More, More, More"
Single by Bananarama
from the album Please Yourself
Released March 1993
Format 7" single, 12" single, CD single, CD Maxi
Recorded October 1991
Genre Dance-pop
pop
Dance
Length 3:07
3:21 (Dave Ford Single Mix)
Label London Records
Songwriter(s) Gregg Diamond
Sara Dallin
Keren Woodward
Mike Stock
Pete Waterman
Producer(s) Mike Stock
Pete Waterman
Bananarama singles chronology
"Last Thing on My Mind"
(1992)		 "More, More, More"
(1993)		 "I Found Love"
(1995)

"Last Thing on My Mind"
(1992)		 "More More More"
(1993)		 "I Found Love"
(1995)

"More, More, More" was covered by English group Bananarama for their album Please Yourself. It was produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman of Stock Aitken Waterman fame. Their version retained the disco feel of the original and also incorporated elements of ABBA-like production, as was the case with the entire Please Yourself album. Sara Dallin, Keren Woodward, Stock and Waterman added a second verse to their version of the song. The music video, directed by Saffie Ashtiany, featured them performing the song and dancing (in one of their few unchoreographed videos) in a cabaret-style club with several male dancers backing them up.

Bananarama's single version (which was remixed from their album version) climbed to number twenty-four in the UK singles chart. It was their last single to be released by London Records, their label since 1983. The duo would not see another single-release in the UK until "Move in My Direction" in 2005.

Track listing

UK CD 1 single
  1. "More, More, More" (Dave Ford Mix) – (3:24)
    Remixed by Dave Ford
  2. "Love in the First Degree" - (3:31)
  3. "I Want You Back" - (3:47)
  4. "I Heard a Rumour" - (3:24)
UK CD 2 single
  1. "More, More, More" (Dave Ford Mix) – (3:24)
    Remixed by Dave Ford
  2. "More, More, More" (12" Mix) – (5:18)
  3. "Give It All Up for Love" - (3:57)
  4. "More, More, More" (I Can't Techno More Mix) – (5:01)

Chart performance

Chart (1993) Peak
Position
Portugal (AFP)[21] 8
UK Singles Chart 24
"More More More"
Single by Rachel Stevens
from the album Funky Dory (Re-release)
B-side "Shoulda Thought of That"
"Fools" (Princess Diaries 2 Version)
Released 4 October 2004
Format CD single, CD Maxi
Recorded 2004
Genre Pop, disco
Length

3:33 (album version)

2:47 (single version)
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Gregg Diamond
Producer(s) Wild Oscar
Jewels & Stone (single mix)
Rachel Stevens singles chronology
"Some Girls"
(2004)		 "More More More"
(2004)		 "Negotiate with Love"
(2005)

"Some Girls"
(2004)		 "More More More"
(2004)		 "Negotiate with Love"
(2005)

Rachel Stevens version

"More More More" was a 2004 hit for former S Club member Rachel Stevens. The song was taken from her debut album Funky Dory and was her final release from that album. The song was featured in an advertising campaign for Sky Sports' football coverage for the 2004-05 season, and also in adverts for sofa retailer ScS. It sold a total of 68,000 copies, of which 25,600 were in its first week. Stevens' version hit number three in the UK, outpeaking all of the previous versions of the track, and also reached number five in Ireland.

Track listing

CD 1

  1. "More, More, More" (Single Mix) – 2:47
  2. "Shoulda Thought Of That" - 3:14

CD 2

  1. "More, More, More" (Single Mix) – 2:47
  2. "Fools" (Princess Diaries 2 version) – 3:13
  3. "More, More, More" (The Sharp Boys Sky's The Limit Club Mix) – 7:43
  4. "More, More, More" (CD-ROM Video)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 8
Ireland Singles Top 50 5
UK Singles Chart 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Position
UK Singles Chart [22] 104

The Andrea True Connection's version of "More, More, More" has appeared in two episodes of The Simpsons. In the 2003 episode "Dude, Where's My Ranch?", after Moe Szyslak kidnaps David Byrne (who guest-starred in the episode as himself), a parody version of the song plays on the radio featuring Moe singing, "Moe, Moe, Moe! How do you like me? How do like me? Moe, Moe, Moe! Why don't you like me? Nobody likes me." The song is credited to "The Moe Szyslak Connection". The song also appears in the episode "Sweets and Sour Marge", where Disco Stu plays the song after "snorting" lines of sugar.

"More, More, More" also appears in the documentary Inside Deep Throat. In 2006, the song appeared in Click and was used during one of the flashback scenes. On the show The King of Queens, the episode "High Def Jam" opened with Doug Heffernan singing a parody version, "Doug, Doug, Doug". The song was featured in American Dad!, Season 3, Episode 2, "Meter Made". The late professional wrestler Larry Sweeney formerly used the song as his entrance theme.

Stevens' version of the song is used in adverts for the UK sofa company ScS. A version of the song by Dagny was used by Target in a commercial campaign introducing its line of new products in the fall of 2017.[23]

References

  1. ↑ Jason Ankeny (2007-07-02). "Biography: Andrea True". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-07-01.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 591.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003. Record Research. p. 264.
  4. ↑ Brunner, Rob. "'Steal' this hook". Entertainment Weekly, issue 501, page 69. September 3, 1999. Retrieved October 2, 2008.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 202. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  6. ↑ "Top Albums/CDs – Volume 25, No. 19". RPM. Walt Grealis. August 7, 1976. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-07-10. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  8. 1 2 Tsort. "Songs from the Year 1976". tsort.info.
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  10. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – More More More". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Charts.nz – Andrea True Connection – More, More, More". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ "The Andrea True Connection Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  15. ↑ "The Andrea True Connection Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  16. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum – 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  17. ↑ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  18. ↑ "Top 100 1976 – UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  19. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  20. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2016-06-05.
  21. ↑ "Top 10 Portugal" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  22. ↑ "2004 UK Singles Chart" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  23. ↑ "Target TV Commercial, 'More in Store' Song by Dagny". iSpot.tv. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
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