Extreme - More Than Words
More Than Words is a ballad written and originally performed by the rock band Extreme. It is built around acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and the vocals of Gary Cherone (with harmony vocals from Bettencourt).
Released in 1990 on the album Extreme II: Pornograffiti, the song marked a departure from the funk metal that had permeated the band's style previous to its release.
The song was described by Bettencourt as a song warning that the phrase "I love you" was becoming meaningless: "People use it so easily and so lightly that they think you can say that and fix everything, or you can say that and everything's OK. Sometimes you have to do more and you have to show it—there's other ways to say 'I love you.'"
On March 23, 1991, "More Than Words" entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number 81 and soon after reached number one. It also reached number two in the United Kingdom, where the group had success before its American breakthrough. Though they had made a few European charts before, this brought the band to their first mainstream success in the United States.
Extreme followed "More Than Words" with another power ballad, "Hole Hearted", which was slightly faster paced than "More Than Words", but nevertheless topped at number four in the United States and number three in Canada.
Cover versions
Flip Da Scrip in 1997 sampled the song in their 1997 single "I Never Told You".
BBMak in 1999-2000, on their first album, released in Asia in 1999, and as a b-side in 1999 for the UK "Back Here" single.
Westlife in 1999, on their first album, Westlife.
David Cassidy in 2003 for the album A Touch of Blue.
Naturally 7 in 2003 a cappella for the album What is It?.
Owen in 2004, as a Japanese bonus track on his album I Do Perceive.
Frankie J in 2005, as the third single from his album The One.
mink, a Japanese-Korean singer, did a bossa nova version on her first album mink ~prologue~.
Aloha Sex Juice performed in Hawaiian in the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
"The Gang" from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia sang the last verse in a capella while taking shots in their South Philly bar in the season two episode, "The Gang Goes Jihad".
Ruben Studdard covered the song on his 2009 album, Love Is.
Mike Kinsella of Owen has performed covers of the song live, with versions appearing on the Japanese import of I do perceive and on The Seaside EP in 2009.
Mike Myers performs the song along with Manu Narayan in the film The Love Guru, in a version featuring a sitar.
Amateur Transplants recorded a parody of the song entitled "Northern Birds".
Tony Lucca and JC Chasez in 1991, performed the song on the Mickey Mouse Club.
Walters & Kazha performed it in 2005 as a live performance.
Serbian singer and participant of reality/talent show Operacija trijumf, Vukašin Brajić, has sung this song twice at the show's gala evenings.
Varsity Fanclub posted a cover on their YouTube channel.
Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo covered the song at her show in Rock in Rio IV in September 30, 2011.
Performed in the Broadway musical Rock Of Ages.
ApologetiX parodied the song as “More than Works”.
Glee, an American TV series, cover the song in fourth season episode Shooting Star. The cover is performed by Heather Morris and Chord Overstreet
Pablo Alboran Spanish Singer and Song Writer. Has covered the song in live concerts. Videos available on YouTube.
Shim Changmin of TVXQ has covered the song in live concerts. Videos available on YouTube.
The Lyrics:
Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you
More than words
Now that I've tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you
More than words
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