More Than a Woman (Aaliyah song)

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"More Than A Woman"

Single by Aaliyah
From Aaliyah
Released	November 13, 2001 February 19, 2002 March 5, 2002
Format	CD single
Genre	R&B
Length	3:49
Label	Blackground/Virgin
Writers	Tim Mosley Steve Garrett
Producers	Timbaland
Director	Dave Meyers
Certification	-
Chart positions	#25 (US Hot 100) #19 (US Mainstream Top 40) #1 (UK) (United World Chart) #1 (8 weeks)
Aaliyah North America singles chronology
"Rock the Boat" (2001)	"More Than A Woman" (2001/2002)	"I Care 4 U (US ONLY)" (2002)
Aaliyah Europe/Asia singles chronology
"We Need a Resolution" (2001)	"More Than A Woman" (2001/2002)	"Rock The Boat" (2001/2002)
Aaliyah France singles chronology
"We Need a Resolution" (2001)	"More Than A Woman" (2001/2002)	"I Refuse (FRANCE ONLY)" (2001)

"More Than A Woman" is the second single in Europe and Asia and the third single in North America from Aaliyah's third album Aaliyah. Released in 2001/2002, the song became a hit, peaking at #1 in the UK and Australia and #25 in the US. Aaliyah was promoting "More Than a Woman", having performed it twice and shooting a video with director Dave Meyers in the summer of 2001, when the performer died in a plane crash.

1 Song Information
- 1.1 US Chart Peaks
2 Track Listing[1]
3 Music video
4 External Links

[edit] Song Information

It was written by Steve "Static" Garrett and the song's producer, Timbaland, the song's unusual beat fuses hip hop with bhangra, something not unusual for a Timbaland production. According to Aaliyah's recording label Blackground Records, a remix featuring Jay-Z was planned, but was scrapped due to inadequate funds.

[edit] US Chart Peaks

The single peaked at #25 on the US's Billboard Hot 100 chart and #7 on the Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The Richie Santana club remix peaked at #11 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. It was also a moderate hit on the Mainstream Top 40 chart peaking at #19

[edit] Track Listing[1]

1. More Than a Woman
2. More Than a Woman (Bump & Flex Club Mix)
3. More Than a Woman (Main Mix)

[edit] Music video

[edit] "Rock The Boat"

In mid-2001 the video for "More Than a Woman" was shot with Dave Meyers as director. The video was to be released but "Rock the Boat" (the female version of Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'") began receiving huge amounts of radio-play, so she was immediately sent to the Bahamas to shoot the video. After shooting the "Rock the Boat" video on August 25, 2001, Aaliyah and 7 entourage members died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.

[edit] BET Airplay

The "Rock The Boat" music video was put in the 106 & Park hall of fame, making the countdown over 65 times and landed at #2 on BET's Top 100 videos of 2001. "More Than a Woman" made the number-one spot after "Rock the Boat" was retired.

[edit] Video Description

The video starts with Aaliyah riding a motorcycle down a highway. The camera zooms inside the exhaust pipe. There she is performing in a white bodysuit with other female dancers. Between cuts she is riding the motorcycle and in another scene standing in front of a headlight with her back against the camera.

Later in the video, Aaliyah is dancing with co-ed dancers. Aaliyah is wearing leather spants, gloves, and boots, and a black tank-top. A DJ is in the background playing music while the males have their dancing sequence and the females have theirs. At the end, a silhouette of Aaliyah on her motorcycle is placed in front of sunset with the words "In loving memory of Aaliyah" above.