"More Than You'll Ever Know" is a song written and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

artist

Travis Tritt James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is an American country music, country singer-songwriter. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In t ...

. It was released in July 1996 as the lead-off single from his album ''

The Restless Kind ''The Restless Kind'' is American country music artist Travis Tritt's fifth studio album, released on Warner Bros. Records in 1996. The tracks "More Than You'll Ever Know", "Helping Me Get Over You" (a duet with Lari White), "She's Going Home wit ...

''. It peaked at number 3 in the United States, and number 7 in Canada.

Content

The song is a

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, that paints the picture of a man coming to terms with his own emotions and struggling to convey the depth of his feelings to the woman in his life.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of ''

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'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "sweet ballad that boasts some great lines." She goes on to say that his "heartfelt delivery on this tune should make it an instant success" and that the "country to the core instrumentation" is a good addition.''

'', July 18, 2000

Music video

The song's music video was directed by

John Lloyd Miller John Lloyd Miller is an American filmmaker who has directed, produced and/or written music videos, short films, features, documentaries, commercials and television programming. Career Miller has worked in virtually every aspect of the film an ...

and premiered on

Country Music Television Country Music Television, often abbreviated to CMT, is an American pay TV network that launched on March 5, 1983. It is currently owned by Paramount Global through the MTV Entertainment Group unit of its networks division. CMT was the first na ...

on July 15, 1996. The video features an old man, later revealed to be Tritt’s grandfather, cutting the flowers to make a bouquet in a hospital, scenes also feature Tritt singing the song in his room.

Chart positions

Year-end charts

References

{{authority control 1996 songs 1996 singles Travis Tritt songs Songs written by Travis Tritt Song recordings produced by Don Was Warner Records singles Music videos directed by John Lloyd Miller Country ballads