“More Than Words” is a single from Extreme’s 1990 album Extreme II: Pornograffiti. It was written by Nuno Bettencourt & Gary Cherone.
According to Nuno Bettencourt, the song is described as a warning that the phrase ‘I love you’ was becoming meaningless, stating:
People use it so easily and so lightly that they think you can say that and fix everything, or you can say that and everything’s OK. Sometimes you have to do more and you have to show it— there’s other ways to say ‘I love you.’
It began with Bettencourt strumming an acoustic guitar one day on Cherone’s porch in Malden, MA. He played it for Cherone who was then inspired to scribble down the phrase “More than words is all you have to do”. Bettencourt then insisted he finish the lyrics right then.
Originally their record label wanted them to turn the song into a power ballad, asking them to add drums and a guitar solo like Motley Crue’s “Home Sweet Home” and Ozzy Osbourne’s “Mama I’m Coming Home” but the band refused. While the band recorded it in the studio, Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach heard the song and predicted it would be ‘huge’ and become ‘a number one’.
Initially the record company resisted Bettencourt’s request to release “More Than Words” as the album’s third single. Its first two singles had made little impact in the US, so their label wanted them to begin work on their next album. However, the band informed the label that their audiences drowned them out by singing along to the song whenever they played it in concert. The band kept insisting that it be sent to radio, so to pacify them the label tested the song in one radio market – where it quickly became the most-requested song on the station. A test was done in another market and the same thing happened, so the label relented and officially released it as single.
The song became a number-one hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for a week in June of 1991 and was certified Gold by the RIAA. It also topped the charts in Canada, the Netherlands & New Zealand, and reached #2 in the UK. As soon as “More Than Words” was an international hit, the record company released the other acoustic track from the album “Hole Hearted” as the fourth single to cash in on their recent success – and it reached the top 5 in the US.
Being a hard rock band that scored two top 5 acoustic hits was both a blessing and curse for the band, the downside being Bettencourt felt it made the record company want to make them into something they were not:
Everybody got really greedy — the same people who thought an acoustic song would never work in the first place. And then on the next album, they were like, ‘Where’s an acoustic song?’ But we weren’t an acoustic band. I wrote a song on a porch and it became a hit. I wasn’t gonna try to write ‘More Than Words Part Two.’ It just doesn’t work that way.
Extreme is sometimes labelled as a one-hit wonder despite the fact their next single “Hole Hearted” reached #4 in the US and #12 in the UK.
In 2014, Bettencourt shared with the Straits Times how “More Than Words” created two distinct types of fans of the band:
People who just like that song are not Extreme fans, they just like ‘More Than Words’. That’s cool, that’s nice, but the actual truth fans know is we’re more than that song.
More than words
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Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It’s not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know
What would you do
if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say
if I took those words away
Then you couldn’t make things new
Just by saying I love you
More than words
Now I’ve tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don’t ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know
«Я люблю тебя» —
Это не то, что я хочу от тебя услышать,
Не то, чтобы я не хотел,
Чтобы ты их произносила, но если бы ты только знала,
Как легко ты могла бы показать мне свои чувства.
Тебе придется дать мне больше, чем слова,
И тогда не придется повторять, что ты меня любишь,
Я и так буду знать.
Чтобы ты сделала,
если бы мое сердце рвалось на части?
Одних слов не достаточно, чтобы доказать,
Что твоя любовь ко мне искренна.
Что, если бы я
лишил тебя слов,
И слова «Я люблю тебя»
Ничего бы не меняли?
Больше, чем слова
Я пытался поговорить с тобой, объяснить,
Что тебе надо просто закрыть глаза,
Протянуть руку и дотронуться до меня,
Сжать меня в объятиях и не отпускать.
Мне от тебя всегда было нужно больше, чем слова.
И тогда не придется повторять, что ты меня любишь,
Я и так буду знать.
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Перевод песни More than words — Extreme
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Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It’s not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn’t make things new
Just by saying I love you
Now I’ve tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don’t ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away
Then you couldn’t make things new
Just by saying I love you
Saying
«I
love
you»
Говоришь
«Я
люблю
тебя»
Is
not
the
words
I
want
to
hear
from
you
Это
не
те
слова,
что
я
хочу
услышать
от
тебя
It’s
not
that
I
want
you
Не
то,
чтобы
я
хочу
Not
to
say,
but
if
you
only
knew
Не
сказать,
но
если
бы
ты
знала
It
would
be
to
show
me
how
you
feel
Тебе
было
бы
показать
мне
свои
чувства
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
Is
all
you
have
to
do
to
make
it
real
Все,
что
вам
нужно
сделать,
чтобы
сделать
это
реальным
Then
you
wouldn’t
have
to
say
После
ты
не
сможешь
сказать
That
you
love
me
Что
любишь
меня
‘Cause
I’d
already
know
Потому
что
я
бы
и
так
знал
What
would
you
do
Как
бы
ты
поступила
If
my
heart
was
torn
in
two
Если
бы
моё
сердце
разорвалось
на
двое
More
than
words
to
show
you
feel
Более,
чем
слова,
показывающие
твои
чувства
That
your
love
for
me
is
real
И
то,
что
твоя
любовь
ко
мне
искренна
What
would
you
say
Чтобы
ты
сказала
If
I
took
those
words
away
Если
бы
я
взял
и
выбросил
все
слова
Then
you
couldn’t
make
things
new
Ты
бы
не
смогла
ничего
соединить
Just
by
saying
«I
love
you»
Кроме
«Я
люблю
тебя»
La
di
da,
da
di
da,
di
dai
dai
da
Ла
ди
да,
да
ди
да,
ди
даи
даи
да
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
La
di
da,
da
di
da
Ла
ди
да,
да
ди
да
Now
that
I’ve
tried
to
Сейчас
я
пытаюсь
Talk
to
you
and
make
you
understand
Поговорить
с
тобой
и
объяснить
All
you
have
to
do
is
close
your
eyes
Всё,
что
тебе
надо
– просто
закрыть
глаза
And
just
reach
out
your
hands
Просто
протянуть
руки
And
touch
me
И
дотронуться
до
меня
Hold
me
close
don’t
ever
let
me
go
Держись
ко
мне
ближе
и
не
отпускай
меня
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
Is
all
I
ever
needed
you
to
show
Мне
всегда
было
нужно
Then
you
wouldn’t
have
to
say
После
ты
не
сможешь
сказать
That
you
love
me
Что
любишь
меня
‘Cause
I’d
already
know
Потому
что
я
бы
и
так
знал
What
would
you
do
Как
бы
ты
поступила
If
my
heart
was
torn
in
two
Если
бы
моё
сердце
разорвалось
на
двое
More
than
words
to
show
you
feel
Более,
чем
слова,
показывающие
твои
чувства
That
your
love
for
me
is
real
И
то,
что
твоя
любовь
ко
мне
искренна
What
would
you
say
Чтобы
ты
сказала
If
I
took
those
words
away
Если
бы
я
взял
и
выбросил
все
слова
Then
you
couldn’t
make
things
new
Ты
бы
не
смогла
ничего
соединить
Just
by
saying
I
love
you
Кроме:
Я
люблю
тебя
La
di
da,
da
di
da,
di
dai
dai
da
Ла
ди
да,
да
ди
да,
ди
даи
даи
да
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
La
di
da,
da
di
da,
di
dai
dai
da
Ла
ди
да,
да
ди
да,
ди
даи
даи
да
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
La
di
da,
da
di
da,
di
dai
dai
da
Ла
ди
да,
да
ди
да,
ди
даи
даи
да
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
La
di
da,
da
di
da
Ла
ди
да,
да
ди
да
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
More
than
words
Больше
чем
слова
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Текст Extreme — More Than Words
Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It’s not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know
What would you do
if my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say
if I took those words away
Then you couldn’t make things new
Just by saying I love you
More than words
Now I’ve tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don’t ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know