"More Than I Needed to Know" is a song by British pop group

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. The song was written by Mike Stock,

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, and

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and was produced by the former two. The song was released on 10 January 2000 as the group's second single from their debut album, ''Four Sure'' (2000), and reached number five on the

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the same month, becoming the band's highest-charting single in their home country. It also reached number 50 in Ireland and number 62 in the Netherlands. A music video made for the song features the four band members searching for pieces of their logo.

Critical reception

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'' referred to "More Than I Needed to Know" as a "bright and breezy pop tune". Can't Stop the Pop named the song as Scooch's best single, calling it "killer", describing it as "dancefloor heartbreak", and noting the contrast of the song's wistful lyrics with its upbeat production, but criticised the international cover artwork, calling it a "

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disaster". British columnist

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wrote that the song is better than any track on rival British pop group Steps' 1999 album, ''

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'', and retrospectively commented that the song was the "greatest

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winner that never was".

Chart performance

On the week starting 16 January 2000, "More Than I Needed to Know" debuted at its peak of number five on the

, selling 20,900 copies during its first week. The track spent nine weeks on the UK chart and is

's highest-charting single and only top-10 hit in their home country alongside their 2007 Eurovision entry, "

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". In Ireland, the song reached number 50 on 20 January 2000, giving Scooch their first top-50 hit in Ireland. It is the band's only charting single in the Netherlands, where it peaked at number 62 in April 2000 and stayed on the

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chart for two weeks. On the

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, the song debuted and peaked at number 27.

Track listings

UK CD1 # "More Than I Needed to Know" # "Don't Look Back" # "More Than I Needed to Know" (Splash Mix) UK CD2 # "More Than I Needed to Know" # "When My Baby" (Almighty extended remix) # "More Than I Needed to Know" (Slewfoot & Grinder Mix) # "More Than I Needed to Know" (enhanced video) UK cassette single # "More Than I Needed to Know" # "When My Baby" (radio edit) # "Don't Look Back" European CD single # "More Than I Needed to Know" # "More Than I Needed to Know" (Splash Mix) Japanese CD single # "More Than I Needed to Know" # "More Than I Needed to Know" (Splash Mix) # "More Than I Needed to Know" (Slewfoot & Grinder Mix)

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes. * Mike Stock – writing, production *

– writing, production *

– writing * The M & M All Stars – backing vocals, musicians * Lin Gardiner – engineering * Jeff Kendrick – engineering assistant * Pete Hammond – mixing

Charts

References

{{Reflist 2000 singles 2000 songs British pop songs EMI Records singles Songs about heartache Songs written by Matt Aitken Songs written by Mike Stock (musician)