More (single)
The first single release from The Sisters of Mercy's
third album Vision Thing.
The title song More was co-produced and co-written
by Jim Steinman who had worked with The Sisters
before in connection with their tracks This Corrosion
and Dominion/Mother Russia for the former album
The single peaked at number 1 on the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks Chart for five weeks, counting
from 15 December 1990. Like in Germany, More
reached position 14 in the UK Single Charts,
and position 10 in Ireland.
Release Notes
- Label: Merciful Release / WEA, Elektra
- Catalogue#: MR047 basically, see table below
- Format: various, see table below
- Released: Autumn 1990
Releases
| Label | Catalogue# | Released | Format | Country | Notes |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR047 / 9031-72662-7 | 1 October 1990 | 7" | UK | some copies have reversed labels, wrongly large centre holes or mispressed covers (in dull blue-ish colour) |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR047T / 9031-72692-0 | 1990 | 12" | UK | Side A - extended version of More |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MR047C / 09031-72662-44 | 1990 | Cassette | UK | 2-track cassette single |
| Merciful Release / WEA | MD047CD / 9031-72693-2 | 1990 | CD | UK | |
| Merciful Release /WEA | MD047CDX / 9031-72694-2 | 1990 | CD, Special Edition | UK | 12" triple gatefold cover with picture disc, alledgedly a limited edition of 5000 |
| Elektra | 9 66595-2 | 1990 | Maxi-CD | USA | versions exist with juwel case or hardpaper gatefold cover |
| Elektra | 4-64923 | 1990 | Cassette | USA | 2-track cassette single |
Track Lists
| 7" single | 12" single | CD-single | Cassette | |||||
| 1 | More | 4:41 | More (Extended) | 8:30 | More *** | 4:37 | More | 4:41 |
| 2 | You Could Be The One | 3:59 | You Could Be The One | 3:59 | More (Extended) | 8:30 | You Could Be The One | 3:59 |
| 3 | You Could Be The One | 3:59 |
*** Note: The duration of More on the Elektra CD-single here differs and is 4:44 min.
Further Remarks
- Highest entry on German charts: no 14; number of weeks on German charts: 19 weeks
- Several promotional editions do exist as well, for some information on these, please, look under Promos
Band Line up at the time
- Tony James - Bass
- Tim Bricheno - Guitar
- Andreas Bruhn - Guitar
- Andrew Eldritch - Vocals
- Doktor Avalanche - drums
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