"More and More"
Standard cover art
Single by Captain Hollywood Project
from the album Love Is Not Sex
Released29 July 1992 (1992-07-29)
GenreEurodance
Length4:11
Label
  • Blow Up
  • Dino Music
Songwriter(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)
Music video
"More and More" on YouTube

"More and More" is a song by German Eurodance music project Captain Hollywood Project. It was released in July 1992 as the first single from their first album, Love Is Not Sex (1993). The song reached No. 1 in Germany and was a top-five hit in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Israel, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. It also found success in Australia and North America, peaking at No. 15 in Canada, No. 17 in the United States, and No. 43 in Australia. Overall, the single has sold over seven million units worldwide.[1]

Production and influence

The music for "More and More" was written by Nosie Katzmann, Giora Schein and Oliver Reinecke. Lyrics were written by front man/rapper Tony Dawson-Harrison (Captain Hollywood) and Nosie Katzmann. As executive producer of the single, Harrison worked with the collaborating production teams known as DMP (including Katzmann) and Cyborg (Marc Kamradt and Frank Schlingloff). Harrison chose singer Nina Gerhard to provide the chorus vocals for the track. His voice was electronically modified to sound deeper and this would also later inspire the producers of M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy.[1]

American entertainment company BuzzFeed ranked "More and More" at No. 81 in their "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s" list in 2017.[2]

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard described it as "a seductive pop/house affair that only lightly nicks the surface of the Captain's obvious talent for combining complex groove patterns with simple, brain-embedding hooks and melodies."[3] He added that "the beats are rugged, and are topped by a breezy, radio-minded R&B melody. The give-and-take between sultry female vocals and deepthroated male rapping is appropriately seductive."[4] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report commented, "Germany, not Hollywood, is home to The Captain, who has already racked up enough chart activity to become this week's RECORD TO WATCH. Many are comparing this production to Snap's "Rhythm Is A Dancer" with its Euro-dance feel. One very hot entry!"[5]

In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton stated that "More and More" "is in all honesty one of the more inspiring dance records this year and deserves a greater chart position than it looks like achieving."[6] Pan-European magazine Music & Media also compared it to Snap!'s 1992 hit, noting that they used the same recipe. They added further that "the basis is 1982 type of electro pop strengthened by dance elements such as a male rapper and female backing vocalists."[7] Martin Pearson from Music Week's RM Dance Update noted "the trance-drenched moodiness" of the song, stating that it "is a musical barrage, right down to the laser-guided bassline and armour-plated pop hook."[8]

Chart performance

Upon its release on 29 July 1992,[9] "More and More" became a hit in several countries in Europe. In Germany, it reached No. 1 for four weeks. The single was also a top-10 hit in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, it reached No. 23 during its third week on the UK Singles Chart, on 14 November 1993.[10] On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song reached No. 3. Outside Europe, it peaked at No. 5 in Israel, reached No. 16 in Zimbabwe, and was a crossover pop hit in the United States, where it reached No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart in July 1993. It was awarded with a platinum record in Germany, after 500,000 singles were sold there, and a gold record in Greece.[11]

Music video

Two different music videos were produced to promote the single. One of them was directed by Bruce Ashley.[12]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[58] Platinum 500,000^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[59] Gold 10,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Europe 29 July 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • Blow Up
  • Dino Music
 [9]
United Kingdom 25 October 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Pulse-8 [60]

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