| "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" | ||||
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| Single by Stacie Orrico | ||||
| from the album Stacie Orrico | ||||
| Released | August 2003 (USA) November 2003 (U.K.) |
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| Format | CD single DVD single Digital Download |
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| Recorded | Hit Factory Studios, New York, NY. | |||
| Genre | Pop, pop rock, R&B | |||
| Length | 3:20 | |||
| Label | ForeFront Records, Virgin Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Sabelle Breer, Kevin Kadish, Lucy Woodward, Harvey Mason Jr. Damon Thomas |
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| Producer | The Underdogs | |||
| Stacie Orrico singles chronology | ||||
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"(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stacie Orrico, from her second studio album Stacie Orrico (2003). The song was produced by The Underdogs and was written by Sabelle Breer, Kevin Kadish, Lucy Woodward, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas. The song became Stacie's most successful and most known single to date in her career.
"(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" is a pop song, that also features mainstream R&B and some drum beats. The song talks about people who are wanting more from life. "(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" received generally positive reviews from music critics, with most of them calling it "strong" and saying it was a denfinte highlight from the album.
The song received critical success, and was also a worldwide success. The song peaked in the top five in three countries, which included New Zealand at number three, Norway at number two and number five on the U.S. Billboard Pop songs.
"(There's Gonna Be) More To Life" is also featured of the 2005 film Robots, and also featuring the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 14 and WOW Hits 2005.
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"(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" received critical praising from most music critics. Steve Losey from Allmusic gave it a positive review, stating of the album "While not abandoning the Christian roots of cuts like "There's Gotta Be More to Life," there is evidence of lyrical strength in the midst of diva attitude. Listening to the slower cuts offered up here is sweet reward."[1]
"(There's Gotta Be) More To Life" peaked at number thirty on the U.S. Billboard Charts, becoming Orrico's biggest single to date in the country. The song also peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Pop Songs, and number thirty-one on the U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40.
The song also had received worldwide success. The song debuted at number thirty-two on the Australian singles chart, and after eight weeks in the charts, it finally peaked at number eleven. It stayed in the charts for nineteen weeks, and was certificated gold, selling over 35,000 copies in the country. The song debuted at number forty-two on the New Zealand singles chart. After two weeks, the song rose to number nine, after peaking at number three in the country. It stayed in for eighteen weeks, and was certificated gold, selling over 7,500 copies there.[2][3] The song also peaked at number two for four weeks in Norway, and stayed in the country charts for sixteen weeks.
The song was directed by Dave Meyers. It first features Orrico in different life-styles one by one. It first features Orrico as a blue-haired teenage wife and mother, with her husband and child, where their family and house are in debt and the police are taking everything away from them. It later changes to her with a group of players singing near a car wash; the owner gets upset and wets them with a hose.
It then shows her in a running race, where she gets really exhausted and sings. It later shows her as a supermodel at a photoshoot, posing in the wind in a hotel. It later shows her as a waitress, and a silly boy trips her up, while she is serving a meal to someone. Then it features her in a gang, trying to rob a shop. Then shows her as a businesswoman in a building, then shows her as a secret agent. It later finishes with herself in a street, then zaps her out of the camera, and shows the background, and then ends.[4]
US: CD
US: DVD
Europe: CD 1
UK: CD 1
UK: CD 2
| Chart (2003) | Peak Position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[5] | 11 |
| Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[6] | 23 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] | 36 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[8] | 51 |
| Denmark (Tracklisten)[9] | 12 |
| Germany (Media Control AG)[10] | 12 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[11] | 9 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] | 16 |
| New Zealand (RIANZ)[13] | 3 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[14] | 2 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] | 45 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] | 22 |
| United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)[17] | 12 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[18] | 30 |
| US Pop Songs (Billboard)[19] | 5 |
| US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[20] | 31 |
| Country | Certification | Sales/Shipments |
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| Australia | Gold[21] | 35,000+ |
| New Zealand | Gold[22] | 7,500+ |
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