Written by Extreme’s Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt, and appearing on the band’s second album, Extreme II: Pornograffitti, “More Than Words” is a romantically-charged acoustic ballad about a man’s request to receive a different form of affection from his significant other rather than just hearing the words “I love you.”
Due to the song structure and the confusion over Extreme’s stylistic variety, their label, A&M Records, was hesitant to release “More Than Words” as a single, and even believed the tune wasn’t strong enough to be a hit.
“We were told by management and the label that it wasn’t a hit,” he confirmed, “....There was no home for a song like this ... .rock bands were doing power ballads – huge cannon drums and massive choruses. Two guys singing harmonies with an acoustic, it was like, ‘What is that? Is it Adult Contemporary?’ The last time you heard that was in the ’70s with James Taylor.”
Released on March 12, 1991, “More Than Words” topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart on June 8 of that same year. The track also became a No. 1 hit in Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Belgium.
Recalling how he came up with the melody for the track, he explained: “I put it down on my little micro-cassette and sang along to it, and then I started singing the harmony part. Within an hour, I had the whole song. I put it on a four-track and bounced it down really quickly, and then I went to Gary’s place. He was crashed out, so I slipped the cassette under his bedroom door and said, ‘Check this out.’ He listened to it and started working on the lyrics. We wrapped it up right away.”
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