Alias - "More Than Words Can Say"

[Hervard]

Great song from about this time in 1990. Peaked at number three on R&R's CHR chart and number two on the Hot 100. Since the song is rarely played anymore, the few times I do hear it (mainly in grocery stores and restaurants), it takes me back to my college days.
The group Alias is what you might call two sheriffs with a lot of heart.

[jimmy74747]

Very good song. This guy from Sherriff really can sing well.

I do hear it on AC stations now and then.

[FreakyFlyBry]

Good song, I don't mind hearing it once in a while.

[reception]

I don't like this at all.

[tico]

jimmy74747 said:

Very good song. This guy from Sherriff really can sing well.

Freddie Kurci does/did hold the record for the longest note sung on a #1 with "When I'm With You". I remember Shadoe Stevens keeping track of the time and it was somewhere around 23 seconds. Ulij probably knows best.

[Hervard]

It was actually 25 seconds. I believe the previous record (for a record that hit the Top Ten on Billboard) was sung by Russell Hitchcock on "All Out Of Love" and that was about 23 seconds (not exactly sure). And the record before that was a note from "Dim All The Lights" by Donna Summer.
I think honorable mention would go to "All Through The Night" by Cyndi Lauper. She holds that note at the end of the last line for quite awhile.

[jond7699]

This song is what the definiton of power ballad. It made #1 on personal chart. What I don't understand is if this song was released in 1990 than why is it on a 1980's compilation cd???

[Michael1973]

The only answer I can give you is that many people seem to think that 1979 and 1990 were part of the 1980's. I can't tell you how many 80's themed shows/stations I've heard play songs from those years. I think only true chart watchers like us know the difference!

[BillboardBoy]

The first few times I heard this song, I thought it was titled "I Need You Now." But I do like it. Like someone else said, it takes me back to my college days. My freshman year in particular.

[reception]

15 years ago this week in 1990, it debuted at #23 on the AC chart eventually topping the chart there as mentioned on the US Music Survey.

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reception said:

I don't like this at all.

[kellydicted]

It's a great song!

[Hervard]

The only thing I didn't like about this song is the way that most radio stations played the version in which the instrumental bridge is chopped down.

[Michael1973]

ulij20 said:

The only thing I didn't like about this song is the way that most radio stations played the version in which the instrumental bridge is chopped down.

Funny, I'm the exact opposite. This song was another classic case of me never hearing the full-length version until years after the song charted. By then, to me anyway, that was the "wrong" version. I still don't like that version, although the song itself remains one of my favorites from 1990.

[tico]

ulij20 said:

The only thing I didn't like about this song is the way that most radio stations played the version in which the instrumental bridge is chopped down.

I wish radio stations would stop doing that. Lately, I've heard this on Jack FM.

[Hervard]

michael1973 said:

ulij20 said:

The only thing I didn't like about this song is the way that most radio stations played the version in which the instrumental bridge is chopped down.

Funny, I'm the exact opposite.  This song was another classic case of me never hearing the full-length version until years after the song charted.  By then, to me anyway, that was the "wrong" version.  I still don't like that version, although the song itself remains one of my favorites from 1990.

Actually, the first few times I heard this song, they did play the full-length version, but then they reverted to the shorter one. Then, a few weeks later, I was listening to the song and thinking, "Hmm, wasn't the instrumental bridge a little longer?" Then I thought well, maybe that was another song. Then, when I listened to AT40's Top 100 of 1990, they did play the full version and I was like, "So I was right."

[areyoureadytojump]

The video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmha53sjb-I&ob=av2e

[esoteric76]

Love this song, but my only complaint is that it was mastered horribly. At the end of the song, you can hear a faint bleeping sound (at least on my CD) and I remember hearing it as well on the radio. Would love this song to get remastered, actually, their entire album was a guilty pleasure. Great vocals.

[atlantaboy]

Nov 22, 2003 16:29:01 GMT -5 Hervard said:

It was actually 25 seconds. I believe the previous record (for a record that hit the Top Ten on Billboard) was sung by Russell Hitchcock on "All Out Of Love" and that was about 23 seconds (not exactly sure). And the record before that was a note from "Dim All The Lights" by Donna Summer.
I think honorable mention would go to "All Through The Night" by Cyndi Lauper. She holds that note at the end of the last line for quite awhile.

Yeah I think on I'll Be by Edwin McCain he holds a high note all the way through the last chorus

Just realized I just quoted someone from 2003 - pretty sweet!

[mrlee]

Oct 23, 2005 13:35:26 GMT -5 @reception said:

15 years ago this week in 1990, it debuted at #23 on the AC chart eventually topping the chart there as mentioned on the US Music Survey.

And it peaked at #2 on the Billboard AC Chart

[johnnywest]

Love it. Much better than the follow-up, "Waiting For Love."

[Ernesto]

My flashback of the day. 30 years ago today, "More Than Words Can Say" by Alias reached it's peak on the Hot 100 at No. 2 whilst Mariah Carey ruled for a third week with "Love Takes Time." I wish it had reached No.1 but it had lost its bullet and Whitney's "I'm Your Baby Tonight" was waiting for its turn at No. 1 too. I reckon Freddy Curci has or had one of the best male voices in AOR, ever! And this song is one of my favourites of 1990.