More Than Physical
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| Single by Bananarama from the album True Confessions |
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| B-side | Scarlett | ||||
| Released | August 1986 | ||||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | ||||
| Recorded | February 1986 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, Dance | ||||
| Label | London Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Sara Dallin Siobhan Fahey Keren Woodward Stock Aitken Waterman |
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| Producer | Stock Aitken Waterman | ||||
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"More Than Physical" is a song written and performed by English girl group Bananarama. It was one of two tracks on the group's True Confessions album produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) trio instead of Jolley & Swain. The album version of the track is different from the single.
In order to capitalize on the number-one success of previous single "Venus" (the other True Confessions track produced by SAW), "More Than Physical" was given a UK garage-influenced make-over to sound similar to the dance-oriented chart-topper. The new version's music video further capitalized on Bananarama's new glamourous and sexy visual image by including several well-muscled, topless men in a montage of shots of the group members.
Even with heavy exposure on MTV, "More Than Physical" did not duplicate the success of "Venus", stalling at number forty-one on the UK singles chart and number seventy-three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was a top-forty success in Australia, where it peaked at number twenty-eight in the ARIA chart. Its biggest success was in nightclubs, and "More Than Physical" became a top-five hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart.
"More Than Physical" was immortalised into 80's pop culture by being featured in the popular 1986 British film Rita, Sue and Bob Too starring Michelle Holmes and Siobhan Finneran. The song is featured in the scene where the girls are babysitting for Bob and Michelle, and they dance around the living room while the video to "More Than Physical" plays on the television.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 41 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 73 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Club Play | 5 |
| Australia ARIA singles | 28 |
| Venezuela Singles Chart | 35 |
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