More Than I Can Say

Album: Living In A Fantasy (1980)
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  • Oh oh, yea, yea

    I love you more than I can say
    I'll love you twice as much tomorrow
    Oh love you more than I can say

    Oh oh, yea, yea

    I miss you every single day
    Why must my life be filled with sorrow
    Oh love you more than I can say

    Don't you know I need you so
    Tell me please I gotta know
    Do you mean to make me cry
    Am I just another guy

    Oh oh, yea, yea

    I miss you more than i can say
    Why must my life be filled with sorrow
    Oh love you more than I can say

    Oh, don't you know I need you so
    So tell me please I gotta know
    Do you mean to make me cry
    Am I just another guy

    Oh oh, yea, yea

    I love you more than I can say
    I'll love you twice as much tomorrow
    Oh love you more than I can say

    I love you more than I can say
    I love you more than I can say (more than I can say)

    I love you twice as much tomorrow (more than I can say)
    I love you twice as much tomorrow

    (More than I can say) I love you more than I can say
    (More than I can say) I love you more than words can say yeah Writer/s: Jerry Allison, Sonny Curtis
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Comments: 3

  • Chris from GermanyEnd of March 2021, Gamper & Dadoni (Maximilian Gamper/Daniel Hoeft), two DJs and Producers from the German Town Hamburg produced a Cover-EDM-Version together with D.T.E. The German dance act D.T.E. ist known from the Hit together with Lum!x and Gabry Ponte called "Passenger (LaLaLa)".
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyExactly forty years ago today on July 27th, 1980 Leo Sayer's covered version of "More Than I Can Say"* peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on the United Kingdom's Official Top 75 Singles* chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Use It Up And Wear It Out" by Odyssey...
    Later in 1980 on November 30th "More Than I Can Say" also peak at #2 {for 4 weeks} on the U.S. Billboard's Top 100 chart, it also reached #2 in Ireland and South Africa...
    Between 1973 and 2006 the Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England native had twenty records on the UK Singles chart, ten made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "When I Need You" for three weeks in February of 1977 and "Thunder In My Heart" for two weeks in February of 2006, it was a duet with Meck...
    Leo Sayer, born Gerard Hugh Sayer, celebrated his 72nd birthday two months ago on May 21st, 2020...
    * "More Than I Can Say" was Leo Sayer's fourth of four of his records to peak at #2, his other three #2 records were "The Show Must Go On" in 1973, "Moonlighting" in 1975, and "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" in 1976...
    And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the UK Singles' Top 10 on July 27th, 1980:
    At #3. "Upside Down" by Diana Ross
    #4. "Xanadu" by Olivia Newton-John & the Electric Light Orchestra
    #5. "Babooshka" by Kate Bush
    #6. "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
    #7. "There, There My Dear" by Dexy's Midnight Runners
    #8. "Jump To The Beat" by Stacy Lattisaw
    #9. "The Winner Takes It All" by Abba
    #10. "Cupid" by the Spinners
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 12, 1980, Leo Sayer performed "More Than I Can Say" on the syndicated television program 'The Merv Griffin Show'...
    At the time the song was at #9 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, three weeks later it would peak at #2* {for 5 weeks} and it spent almost a half-year on the Top 100 {23 weeks}...
    And on July 27th, 1980 it had also peaked at #2 {for 1 week} in the United Kingdom, the week it was at #2, the #1 record for that week was "Use It Up and Wear It Out" by Odyssey...
    But on December 21st, 1980 it reached #1 {for 3 weeks} on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    Between 1974 and 1982 the British rocker had ten records on the Top 100 chart, four made the Top 10 with two reaching #1, "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" for one week on January 9th, 1977 and "When I Need You" for one week on May 8th, 1977...
    Leo Sayer, born Gerard Hugh Sayer, will celebrate his 70th birthday come next May 21st {2018}...
    * For the first three weeks that "More Than I Can Say" was at #2, the #1 record was "Lady" by Kenny Rogers, and for it's fourth and fifth weeks "Starting Over" by John Lennon was in the top spot.
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