More and More (Captain Hollywood Project song)

The music for "More and More" was written by Nosie Katzmann, Giora Schein, Manfred Setzer 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.

American entertainment company BuzzFeed ranked "More and More" at No. 81 in their "The 101 Greatest Dance Songs Of the '90s" list in 2017.{{cite web|first1=Matt|last1=Stopera|first2=Brian|last2=Galindo|title=The 101 Greatest Dance Songs of the '90s|website=BuzzFeed|date=11 March 2017|access-date=11 October 2018|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/jump-to-the-rhythm-jump-jump-to-the-rhythm-jump}}

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."{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Dance Trax: Captain Hollywood Transcends Singles Format |magazine= Billboard |date= 3 July 1993 |page= 29 |access-date= 8 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-07-03.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}} 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."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-03-13.pdf|first=Larry|last=Flick|title=New & Noteworthy|magazine=Billboard|date=13 March 1993|access-date=23 January 2018 |author-link=Larry Flick}} 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!"

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."{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending November 6th 1993|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-november-6th-1993|website=Chart Watch UK|date=31 October 1993|access-date=16 September 2021|author-link=James Masterton}} Pan-European magazine Music & Media also compared it to Snap!'s 1992 hit, noting that they used the same recipe. The reviewer added further that "the basis is 1982 type of electro pop strengthened by dance elements such as a male rapper and female backing vocalists."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-10-10.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=9|issue=41|date=10 October 1992|page=8|access-date=21 February 2020}} 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."{{cite magazine|first= Martin |last= Pearson |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1992/MW-1992-09-12.pdf |title= People: Captain Hollywood Project |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert) |date= 12 September 1992 |page= 9 |access-date= 2 October 2020}}

Upon its release on 29 July 1992, "More and More" became a hit in several countries in Europe. In Germany, it reached No. 1 for four weeks with a total of 36 weeks inside the German singles chart. The single was also a number-one hit on the French Top Dance chart,{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-03-13.pdf|title=Groovemix — Charting France's Groove From Club To Radio|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=11|date=13 March 1993|page=10|access-date=5 November 2021}} and a top-5 hit in Austria, Belgium, Denmark,{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-20.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=8|date=20 February 1993|page=24|access-date=26 February 2018}} Italy,{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-07-03.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=27|date=3 July 1993|page=36|access-date=24 November 2019}} Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. In Belgium, it peaked at No. 2 for two weeks, behind Def Dames Dope's "It's OK It's All Right", spending 14 weeks in total within the Ultratop 50 singles chart. In Denmark, the single also reached No. 2, behind Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", for three weeks on the Danish singles chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-27.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=9|date=27 February 1993|page=28|access-date=9 April 2024}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-03-13.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=11|date=13 March 1993|page=24|access-date=9 April 2024}} In France, Greece,{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-06-12.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=24|date=12 June 1993|page=20|access-date=20 March 2018}} and the Netherlands, the single was a top-10 hit. In the United Kingdom, it reached No. 23 during its third week on the UK Singles Chart, on 14 November 1993, spending six weeks within the UK Top 100. On the Music & Media Eurochart Hot 100 and European Dance Radio Chart, the song reached No. 3 and 8, respectively.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-03-06.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=10|date=6 March 1993|page=19|access-date=23 March 2018}}{{cite magazine|title=European Dance Radio Top 25|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-20.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=8|date=20 February 1993|page=20|access-date=2 December 2019}}

Outside Europe, "More and More" peaked at No. 5 in Israel,{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-04-10.pdf|title=Captain Hollywood Project|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=15|date=10 April 1993|page=18|access-date=12 March 2018}} reached No. 16 in Zimbabwe in Africa,* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000 and was a crossover pop hit in North America, where it reached No. 1 on the Canadian RPM Dance/Urban chart and the US Billboard Maxi-Singles Sales chart, where it spent two weeks in July 1993.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-dance-singles-sales/1993-07-03/|title=Dance Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|date=3 July 1993|access-date=27 July 2023}} It also peaked at No. 14 on the US Cash Box Top 100 and No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1993/CB-1993-07-03.pdf|title=Top 100 Pop Singles|magazine=Cash Box|volume=LVI|issue=43|date=3 July 1993|page=12|access-date=20 April 2024}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1993-06-26/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=26 June 1993|access-date=27 July 2023}} In Oceania, it peaked at No. 43 on the ARIA Top 50 singles chart.

The single was awarded with a platinum record in Germany, after 500,000 singles were sold there, and a gold record in Greece.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-05-22.pdf|title=More Gold for Captain Hollywood|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=21|date=22 May 1993|page=1|access-date=24 October 2021}}

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• German maxi-CD single and Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=More and More|others=Captain Hollywood Project|year=1992|type=German maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Blow Up Records|id=INT 825.953}}{{cite AV media notes|title=More and More|others=Captain Hollywood Project|year=1992|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Possum Records, Blow Up Records|id=PDSCD 525}}

1. "More and More" – 6:20
2. "More and More" (trance mix) – 6:08
3. "More and More" (single version) – 4:11

• Dutch 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=More and More|others=Captain Hollywood Project|year=1992|type=Dutch 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Dino Music|id=DNS 2091}}

:A. "More and More" (single version) – 4:11

:B. "More and More" – 6:20

• UK 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=More and More|others=Captain Hollywood Project|year=1993|type=UK 12-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Pulse-8 Records|id=12 LOSE 50}}

:A1. "More and More" (Red Underground vocal mix) – 6:28

:A2. "More and More" (Red Underground dub) – 6:28

:B1. "More and More" (Trance to Dance mix) – 6:08

:B2. "More and More" (original club mix) – 6:20

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• UK maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=More and More|others=Captain Hollywood Project|year=1992|type=UK maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Debut Records|id=DEBCD 3145}}

1. "More and More" (radio mix) – 4:08
2. "More and More" (12-inch version) – 6:20
3. "More and More" (trance version) – 6:08
4. "More and More" (Karizma remix) – 6:58
5. "More and More" (remix instrumental) – 6:10

• US and Canadian maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=More and More|others=Captain Hollywood Project|year=1992|type=US & Canadian maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=ä|id=72787-25028-2}}

1. "More and More" – 6:20
2. "More and More" (underground mix) – 7:23
3. "More and More" (SoBe mix) – 6:00
4. "More and More" (underground instrumental mix) – 7:23

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