"More" is a song by
The Sisters of Mercy
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, from their album ''
Vision Thing''. It was the first single from the album, reaching number one on the ''
Billboard''
Modern Rock Tracks chart for five weeks, starting 15 December 1990. The song was co-written and co-produced by
Andrew Eldritch and
Jim Steinman.
It was covered by
Shaaman on their album ''
Reason
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'', and
Gregorian for their album ''
The Dark Side''. Steinman produced a cover of the song, by
Mike Vogel and
Erika Christensen, for the soundtrack of the
MTV film ''
Wuthering Heights''. He also used the song's main guitar riff and the "I need all the love I can get" vocal in a song for his musical ''Batman''.
The song was also re-recorded by
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...
for his 2016 album ''
Braver Than We Are''.
Track listing
*"More" written by
Andrew Eldritch and
Jim Steinman, "You Could Be the One" written by Andreas Bruhn and Eldritch.
Charts
Meat Loaf version
The song was re-recorded by
Meat Loaf
Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022), known professionally as Meat Loaf, was an American rock singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. He is on t ...
on his 2016 album ''
Braver Than We Are''.
It was not issued as a single for the album.
See also
*
Number one modern rock hits of 1990
*
Number one modern rock hits of 1991
References
1990 singles
1990 songs
The Sisters of Mercy songs
Meat Loaf songs
Songs written by Jim Steinman
Music videos directed by Dominic Sena
Songs written by Andrew Eldritch
Song recordings produced by Jim Steinman
Song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements
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