There's More to Me Than You

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"There's More to Me Than You"
Single by Jessica Andrews
from the album Now
B-side "I Wish for You" [1]
ReleasedDecember 2, 2002
Genre Country
Length3:46 (album version)
4:46 (ballad version)
Label DreamWorks Nashville
Songwriter(s) Jessica Andrews, Marcel, James T. Slater
Producer(s) Byron Gallimore
Jessica Andrews singles chronology
"Karma"
(2002)
"There's More to Me Than You"
(2002)
"Good Time"
(2003)

"There's More to Me Than You" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Jessica Andrews. It was released in December 2002 as the first single from the album Now . The song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] Andrews wrote the song with James T. Slater and Marcel, who would later become her husband.

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Content

The song is about a woman experiencing a breakup and telling her partner that "there's more to me than you." The lyrics contain a reference to Toby Keith's 1999 single "How Do You Like Me Now?!" [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Adolfo Doring and premiered in early 2003. The video was filmed in Joshua Tree National Park in California.

Chart performance

"There's More to Me Than You" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of December 7, 2002.

Chart (2002-2003)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 17
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [4] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 59

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