A Little Bit More

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"A Little Bit More"
A little bit more by dr hook US single side-A.png
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by Dr. Hook
from the album A Little Bit More
B-side "A Couple More Years"
ReleasedJune 1976
Genre Soft rock [1]
Length3:14 (album version)
2:56 (single edit)
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Bobby Gosh
Producer(s) Ron Haffkine
Dr. Hook singles chronology
"Only Sixteen"
(1975)
"A Little Bit More"
(1976)
"If Not You"
(1976)

"A Little Bit More" is a song written and performed by American musician Bobby Gosh, released on his 1973 album Sitting in the Quiet. [2] American rock band Dr. Hook recorded the first hit version which was released as a single in 1976. It charted at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number nine on the Cash Box Top 100. [3] It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in July 1976 for five consecutive weeks, being held from the top spot by Elton John and Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart". It was Dr. Hook's joint second-best UK chart placing, matching "Sylvia's Mother" and surpassed only by "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman".

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Chart performance

911 version

"A Little Bit More"
A Little Bit More.jpg
Single by 911
from the album There It Is
ReleasedJanuary 11, 1999 (1999-01-11) [10]
Length3:46
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s) Bobby Gosh
Producer(s) 911
911 singles chronology
"More Than a Woman"
(1998)
"A Little Bit More"
(1999)
"Private Number"
(1999)

English boy band 911 recorded their own version of "A Little Bit More" for their third studio album, There It Is (1999). It was released on January 11, 1999, in the United Kingdom and debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on January 17, 1999, becoming their only number-one single. [11] [12] It also reached number seven on the Irish Singles Chart, becoming the band's only single to enter the top 30 in Ireland, and number 46 in New Zealand. [13] [14]

Track listings

UK CD1 and cassette single, Australian CD single [15] [16]

  1. "A Little Bit More" (radio mix) – 3:46
  2. "Don't Walk Away" – 4:00
  3. "Nothing Stops the Rain" (French version) – 3:34

UK CD2 [17]

  1. "A Little Bit More" (original version) – 3:46
  2. "Baby Come Back to Me" – 4:26
  3. "All I Want Is You" (Spanish version) – 3:50

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [22] Silver200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Other recordings

The song has also been recorded by:

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