More (Matthew West song)
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"More" is a song written and performed by contemporary Christian musician
Matthew West
from his first album, Happy
. Released in late 2003, it was the first and most successful radio single of West's career to date. The song stayed at #1 on Christian radio for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. In 2004 it was the most-played contemporary Christian song of the year.
By request of astronaut Rex J. Walheim
, More was played during the Day 5 wake-up call aboard STS-135
, NASA
's last Space Shuttle
flight.
on December 26. It remained at number-one on Radio & Records
' Christian AC chart for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. No other new artist's debut single had received as much chart success since April 2001 when, R&R began reporting Christian music chart information. According to R&R, it was the most-played Christian AC song of the year in 2004. The single was named Christian Song of the Year in 2003. This song also appears on the WOW Hits 2005
compilation album.
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
Matthew West
Matthew West
On July 26, 2002, only a week or two before signing a record contract with Universal South Records, West had an injury to his left arm which threatened his musical career and guitar playing. He says, "I locked myself out of my house. But I'd done that before, and I had a way of breaking in through...
from his first album, Happy
Happy (Matthew West album)
Happy is Matthew West's first non-independent album released in 2003. It was followed by History, Sellout and Something to Say.- Track listing :#"More" – 4:28#"Happy" – 3:38#"The Turnaround" – 4:00...
. Released in late 2003, it was the first and most successful radio single of West's career to date. The song stayed at #1 on Christian radio for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. In 2004 it was the most-played contemporary Christian song of the year.
By request of astronaut Rex J. Walheim
Rex J. Walheim
Rex Joseph Walheim is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He has flown three space shuttle missions, STS-110, STS-122, and STS-135. Rex has logged over 566 hours in space, including 36 hours and 23 minutes of spacewalk time...
, More was played during the Day 5 wake-up call aboard STS-135
STS-135
STS-135 was the final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on 8 July and was originally scheduled to land on 20 July 2011, but the mission was...
, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
's last Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
flight.
Release
"More" was released as a radio single at the very end of 2003, near the time of Matthew West's debut album HappyHappy (Matthew West album)
Happy is Matthew West's first non-independent album released in 2003. It was followed by History, Sellout and Something to Say.- Track listing :#"More" – 4:28#"Happy" – 3:38#"The Turnaround" – 4:00...
on December 26. It remained at number-one on Radio & Records
R&R (magazine)
R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
' Christian AC chart for nine consecutive weeks during 2004, breaking the previous record of eight weeks. No other new artist's debut single had received as much chart success since April 2001 when, R&R began reporting Christian music chart information. According to R&R, it was the most-played Christian AC song of the year in 2004. The single was named Christian Song of the Year in 2003. This song also appears on the WOW Hits 2005
WOW Hits 2005
WOW Hits 2005 is a two-disc compilation album of hit songs that were selected to represent the best in contemporary Christian music. It was released on October 5, 2004. The album includes thirty one songs plus three bonus tracks. It features songs by Steven Curtis Chapman, Newsboys, MercyMe,...
compilation album.