More and More (Captain Hollywood Project song)

"More and More"
Single by Captain Hollywood Project
from the album Love Is Not Sex
B-side Remix
Released 29 July 1992
Format CD single, CD maxi, 7" single
Genre Eurodance
Length 4:11
Label Blow Up, Dino Music
Writer(s) Oliver Reinecke
Giora Schein
Nosie Katzmann
Tony Dawson Harrison
Producer(s) Cyborg, DMP
Captain Hollywood Project singles chronology
"More and More"
(1992)		 "Only with You"
(1993)

"More and More" is a song recorded by German eurodance act Captain Hollywood Project. The lead vocal on the track is sung by Nina Gerhard. The first single from his debut album, Love Is Not Sex, this dance song was a hit in several countries, particularly in Germany, where it reached number-one for four weeks. The single was released in July 1992, and was also a crossover pop hit in the U.S., where it reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1993. The song remained in the Top 40 for 12 weeks and, to date, it is Captain Hollywood Project's only pop hit in the U.S.

A remix of this track is included in Offer Nissim's Happy People Album (2008).

The track was the theme song for the first sketch featuring The Roxbury Guys on Saturday Night Live.[1] All subsequent editions of the sketch used Haddaway's "What Is Love."

Track listings

CD maxi 1
  1. "More and More" (Karizma remix) — 6:59
  2. "More and More" (Hollywood remix) — 6:11
  3. "More and More" (original single version) — 4:11
CD maxi 2
  1. "More and More" — 6:20
  2. "More and More" (trance mix) — 6:08
  3. "More and More" (single version) — 4:11
7" single
  1. "More and More" (single version) — 4:11
  2. "More and More" — 6:20
CD single
  1. "More and More" (single version) — 4:11
  2. "More and More" — 6:20

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1992-1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 43
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2] 3
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[3] 2
Canada (RPM)[4] 15
Canada Dance (RPM)[5] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 12
France (SNEP)[2] 7
Germany (Media Control Charts)[7] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 15
Italy (FIMI)[9] 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 6
Norway (VG-lista)[2] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[2] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[2] 3
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[11] 23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 17
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[12] 3
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[12] 16
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[12] 13

End of year charts

End of year chart (1993) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 21
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 50
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 79

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[16] Platinum 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Sweat (A La La La La Long)" by Inner Circle		 German number-one single
December 18, 1992 - January 8, 1993 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Would I Lie to You?" by Charles and Eddie

References

  1. ↑ http://snltranscripts.jt.org/95/95proxbury.phtml
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "More and More", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 9, 2008)
  3. ↑ Belgian peak
  4. ↑ Canadian peak
  5. ↑ Canadian dance peak
  6. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
  7. ↑ "Captain Hollywood Project singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  9. ↑ Hitparade Italia 1993
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Single top 100 over 1993" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  11. ↑ "More and More", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved August 29, 2008)
  13. ↑ 1993 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved August 29, 2008)
  14. ↑ 1993 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved August 29, 2008)
  15. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1993". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  16. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Captain Hollywood Project; 'More and More')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996