(There's Gotta Be) More to Life

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"(There's Gotta Be) More to Life"
Stacie Orrico - (There's Gotta Be) More to Life.jpg
Single by Stacie Orrico
from the album Stacie Orrico
B-side "Star of My Story"
ReleasedJuly 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)
Studio Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre Pop [1] [2]
Length3:20
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Underdogs
Stacie Orrico singles chronology
"Stuck"
(2003)		"(There's Gotta Be) More to Life"
(2003)		"I Promise"
(2004)

"(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" is a song by American recording artist Stacie Orrico from her self-titled second studio album. It was released as the album's second single [3] in the United States in July 2003. The song was written by Sabelle Breer, Kevin Kadish, Lucy Woodward, Harvey Mason Jr. and Damon Thomas, and produced by the latter two as the Underdogs.

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"(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" received generally positive reviews from music critics, with one of them calling it "strong". The song was also a commercial success, peaking within the top five in New Zealand, Norway, and on the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart.

Background and lyrics

"(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" conveys a message about a person wanting more from their life. [4] Orrico sings about feelings of emptiness and dissatisfaction that can come from constantly chasing temporary highs. In the first verse, Orrico sings about having it all, but still feeling deprived. She tries to understand what she's missing, singing: "Tell me what is this thing that I feel like I'm missing / And why can't I let go". [5]

Writing for musicOMH , Bill Lehane observed that the track is "concerned with troubles of faith and gradually introduce [listeners] to the idea that this is, in fact, a record of deeply religious music." [6]

Reception

Jon Singer of PopMatters called the song a "strong" single. [3]

In 2014, English singer Sam Smith mentioned in an interview that "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" is their favorite music video of all time. [7]

Chart performance

"(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Orrico's biggest single to date in the country. The song also peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard Pop Songs, and number 31 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40.

The song also received worldwide success. The song debuted at number 32 on the Australian singles chart, and after eight weeks in the charts, it peaked at number 11. It stayed in the charts for 19 weeks, and was certified Gold, selling over 35,000 copies in the country. The song debuted at number 48 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. After two weeks, the song jumped from number 38 to number 9, and after two weeks in the top 10, dropped to number 12; however, the next week, it re-entered the top 10, and after five weeks ascending the top 10, it reached its peak of number 3. It then stayed another two weeks in the top 10 before slowly dropping down the chart, staying 18 weeks total on the New Zealand chart. Half of those 18 weeks were spent in the top 10, and the song was certified Gold, selling over 7,500 copies there. [8] The song also peaked at number 2 for four weeks in Norway and stayed on the country's chart for 16 weeks.

Music video

The video is directed by Dave Meyers. Throughout the video, Orrico portrays a number of women with different yet hectic lives: a poor mother in debt, a member of a busking band, a long-distance marathon runner, a supermodel, a diner waitress, a businesswoman, a gang member, and a high-level thief. The video ends with Orrico portrayed as a regular girl in a crowd, before finally disappearing as a passerby walks by. [9]

In June 2003, Orrico described the music video to MTV : "The video plays off the specific lyrics of the song. I'm playing … everything from a successful businesswoman to a diner waitress to a supermodel, then I'm this athlete who's trying to be the biggest and the best and the strongest –just all these different characters where I'm looking in the wrong places. It's a really interesting video. We had a lot of fun shooting it. There's a lot of very extreme clothes, hair and makeup changes. I think so many times we feel like we're lacking something in our lives and we try to fill it with the wrong things. Sometimes it's drugs, sometimes it's a relationship you shouldn't be in." [10]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [51] Gold35,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [8] Gold5,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJuly 14, 2003 Contemporary hit radio [52]
AustraliaAugust 4, 2003CD [53]
United StatesAugust 18, 2003 Hot adult contemporary radio [54]
United KingdomOctober 20, 2003
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 [55]
JapanNovember 12, 2003CDVirgin [56]

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