More Than I Needed to Know

"More Than I Needed to Know"
Single by Scooch
from the album Four Sure
B-side"Don't Look Back"
Released10 January 2000 (2000-01-10)
GenrePop
Length3:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Mike Stock
  • Matt Aitken
Scooch singles chronology
"When My Baby"
(1999) 		"More Than I Needed to Know"
(2000) 		"The Best Is Yet to Come"
(2000)
Music video
"More Than I Needed to Know" on YouTube

"More Than I Needed to Know" is a song by British pop group Scooch. The song was written by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Steve Crosby and was produced by the former two. It was released on 10 January 2000 as the group's second single from their debut album, Four Sure (2000), and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart the same month, becoming the band's highest-charting single in their home country. It also reached number 50 in Ireland and number 62 in the Netherlands. A music video made for the song features the four band members searching for pieces of their logo.[1]

Critical reception

Music Week referred to "More Than I Needed to Know" as a "bright and breezy pop tune".[2] Can't Stop the Pop named the song as Scooch's best single, calling it "killer", describing it as "dancefloor heartbreak", and noting the contrast of the song's wistful lyrics with its upbeat production, but criticised the international cover artwork, calling it a "Photoshop disaster".[1] British columnist James Masterton wrote that the song is better than any track on rival British pop group Steps' 1999 album, Steptacular, and retrospectively commented that the song was the "greatest Eurovision Song Contest winner that never was".[3]

Chart performance

On the week starting 16 January 2000, "More Than I Needed to Know" debuted at its peak of number five on the UK Singles Chart, selling 20,900 copies during its first week.[4][5] The track spent nine weeks on the UK chart and is Scooch's highest-charting single and only top-10 hit in their home country alongside their 2007 Eurovision entry, "Flying the Flag (For You)".[5] In Ireland, the song reached number 50 on 20 January 2000, giving Scooch their first top-50 hit in Ireland.[6] It is the band's only charting single in the Netherlands, where it peaked at number 62 in April 2000 and stayed on the Single Top 100 chart for two weeks.[7] On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song debuted and peaked at number 27.[8]

Track listings

Personnel

Personnel are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes.[9]

  • Mike Stock – writing, production
  • Matt Aitken – writing, production
  • Steve Crosby – writing
  • The M & M All Stars – backing vocals, musicians
  • Lin Gardiner – engineering
  • Jeff Kendrick – engineering assistant
  • Pete Hammond – mixing

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[8] 27
Ireland (IRMA)[6] 50
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 62
Scotland (OCC)[14] 5
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 5

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 10 January 2000
  • CD
  • cassette
[15]
Japan 7 June 2000 CD [16]

References

  1. ^ a b "Scooch – More Than I Needed to Know". Can't Stop the Pop. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Music Week. 15 January 2000. p. 5. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ Masterton, James (16 January 2000). "Week Ending January 22nd 2000". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ Jones, Alan (22 January 2000). "Chart Commentary". Music Week. p. 15.
  5. ^ a b c "Scooch: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Irish-charts.com – Discography Scooch". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Scooch – More Than I Needed to Know" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 17, no. 5. 29 January 2000. p. 16. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  9. ^ a b More Than I Needed to Know (UK CD1 liner notes). Scooch. Accolade Records, EMI Records. 2000. CDACS003, 7243 888160 2 1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ More Than I Needed to Know (UK CD2 liner notes). Scooch. Accolade Records, EMI Records. 2000. CDAC003, 7243 888162 0 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ More Than I Needed to Know (UK cassette single sleeve). Scooch. Accolade Records, EMI Records. 2000. TCAC003, 7243 8 88308 2 9.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ More Than I Needed to Know (European CD single liner notes). Scooch. Accolade Records, EMI Records. 2000. 7243 8 88309 2 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ^ More Than I Needed to Know (Japanese CD single liner notes). Scooch. Accolade Records, EMI Records. 2000. TOCP-4134.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  15. ^ "Singles: Releases for Weeks Starting 3-1-2000 & 10-1-2000" (PDF). Music Week. 25 December 1999. p. 20. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  16. ^ "More Than I Need to Know" (in Japanese). Toshiba-EMI. Archived from the original on 9 January 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2023.