More Than Words
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| Single by Extreme | ||||
| from the album Pornograffitti | ||||
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| Released | March 12, 1991 | |||
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| Label | A&M | |||
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| Producer(s) | Michael Wagener | |||
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| "More Than Words" on YouTube | ||||
"More Than Words" is a song by American rock band Extreme. It is an acoustic rock ballad featuring guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and the vocals of Gary Cherone (with harmony vocals from Bettencourt). They both wrote the song, which was produced by Michael Wagener and represented a departure from the band's usual funk metal style.
"More Than Words" was released as the third single from Extreme's second album, Pornograffitti (1990), on March 12, 1991, by A&M Records. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It additionally topped the charts of Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, and it entered the top 10 in 10 other countries. The music video for the song was directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.