"More" is a song written and performed by American

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Matthew West Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More", "You Are Everything", and " The Motions". He was nomin ...

, from his first album, '' Happy''. The album was released in late 2003, and it was the first and most successful radio single of West's career up to that time. The song stayed at No. 1 on Christian radio for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. In 2004, it was the most-played contemporary Christian song of the year. By request of astronaut Rex J. Walheim, "More" was played during the Day 5 wake-up call aboard

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Release

"More" was released as a radio single at the very end of 2003, near the time of Matthew West's debut album '' Happy'' on December 26. It remained at No. 1 on ''Radio & Records''' Christian AC chart for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. No other new artist's debut single had received as much chart success since April 2001, when ''R&R'' began reporting Christian music chart information. According to ''R&R'', it was the most-played Christian AC song of the year in 2004. The single was named Christian Song of the Year in 2003. "More" is also featured on the

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Awards

In 2005, the song was nominated for two

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: Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, at the

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Charts

Weekly charts

Decade-end charts

References

2003 debut singles Matthew West songs Songs written by Matthew West Songs written by Kenny Greenberg 2003 songs {{2000s-song-stub