"It Takes More" is a song by British
rapper
Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...
Ms. Dynamite
Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley (born 26 April 1981), better known as Ms. Dynamite, is a British singer and rapper. She is the recipient of the Mercury Music Prize, two Brit Awards and three MOBO Awards.
Early years
She was born Niomi Arleen Mc ...
, released as her debut single from her first album, ''
A Little Deeper
''A Little Deeper'' is the debut studio album by English singer and rapper Ms. Dynamite. It was released on 10 June 2002 by Polydor Records. The album won the Mercury Prize in 2002. As of September 2011, it had sold 495,000 copies in the United Ki ...
'' (2002), on 20 May 2002. It reached number seven on the
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...
, her second-highest-charting song on the chart. The melody is taken from the song "", a popular Roman song written by C. Bruno (pseudonym of Bruno Cherubini) and Eldo Di Lazzaro in 1934.
Versions
There are two versions that were released, album and radio edit. For the radio edit, Ms. Dynamite re-wrote her lyrics instead of using the censor option. On clean versions of ''
A Little Deeper
''A Little Deeper'' is the debut studio album by English singer and rapper Ms. Dynamite. It was released on 10 June 2002 by Polydor Records. The album won the Mercury Prize in 2002. As of September 2011, it had sold 495,000 copies in the United Ki ...
'', a censored version is used, bleeping out inappropriate content. The album version was released on physical UK CD singles.
Track listing
UK CD
# "It Takes More (Bloodshy Main Mix)" – 4:39
# "Dynamite"
# "It Takes More' (Nash Band Mix)"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
References
2002 debut singles
2002 songs
Ms. Dynamite songs
Music videos directed by Jake Nava
Polydor Records singles
Songs written by Ms. Dynamite
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