{{Short description|1999 single by Tonic}} {{For|the song by A-ha|Lifelines (A-ha album)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = You Wanted More | cover = You_Wanted_More.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Tonic | album = Sugar {{noitalic|and}} American Pie: Music from the Motion Picture | released = {{start date|1999|6|7}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 3:50 | label = Universal | writer = * Emerson Hart * Jeff Russo * Dan Lavery | producer = Tonic | prev_title = If You Could Only See | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Knock Down Walls | next_year = 1999 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|z04VDnr5k4I|"You Wanted More"}}}} }} "'''You Wanted More'''" is a song by Los Angeles band Tonic that originally appeared in the 1999 film ''American Pie''. It was released on June 7, 1999, and was also featured on Tonic's second album, ''Sugar'', released later in the year. The single peaked at number three on the US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and reached the same position on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, as well as on the Canadian ''RPM'' Rock Report.
==Lyrics== The lyrics include many lines beginning with "Love is": "Love is tragic", "love is strong", "love is surely better when it's gone", etc. The chorus expresses that the singer's love interest was too demanding: "'Cause you wanted more/More than I could give/More than I could handle/In a life that I can't live".
==Critical reception== All-Reviews.com commented on the contrast between instrumentation and lyrics: "The music has tough rock guitar chords but the lyrics are a sappy account of what love is", and opined that Tonic's "desire to be all things to all people is illustrated by the song's opening".<ref name="all-reviews.com"/>
==Chart performance== The single peaked at number three on the US ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100,<ref name="usbu100"/> leading some{{who|date=January 2020}} to brand Tonic a one-hit wonder, with "If You Could Only See" being the band's only song to gain extended success. Despite this, the song is well known in the United States due to its use in ''American Pie''.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} "You Wanted More" also peaked at number three on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart<ref name="usmr"/> and number 10 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s Modern Rock Tracks chart.<ref name="usalt"/> Its airplay peak was in October 1999, as it was the sixth-most played song on alternative, pop and rock radio stations across the United States.<ref name="all-reviews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.all-reviews.com/song-lists/song-artist-T.htm|title=Archive of Song Reviews that appear on our Top-50 Chart|website=www.all-reviews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.all-reviews.com/music-songs/current.htm|title=All-Reviews.com Music Reviews: Top 50 Song Chart with Song Reviews for the 1st week of July, 2004|website=www.all-reviews.com}}</ref>
In Canada, "You Wanted More" peaked at number three on the ''RPM'' Rock Report and was the 16th most successful rock hit of 1999.<ref name="can"/><ref name="canrockye"/> The song also experienced moderate success in Australia, where it peaked at number 58 alongside another Tonic song, "Sugar".<ref name="aus"/>
==Music video== The music video, directed by Niels Alpert,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/videos/tonic/739208/you-wanted-more.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084441/http://www.mtv.com/videos/tonic/739208/you-wanted-more.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2016|title=Music – Music News, New Songs, Videos, Music Shows and Playlists from MTV|website=www.mtv.com}}</ref> is set at a high school. Emerson Hart is shown both as a janitor in the hallway and playing with his band in the gymnasium. Scenes with cheerleaders wearing uniforms with the word LOVE in the gym are interspersed throughout the video. The principal's office and biology class are also shown, while students walk out of the building and make out on the quad at the end of the video.
==Track listings== '''European CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=You Wanted More|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Universal Records|id=561 696-2}}</ref> {{track listing | title1 = You Wanted More | note1 = LP version | length1 = 3:51 | title2 = If You Could Only See | note2 = acoustic version | length2 = 4:17 | title3 = Open Up Your Eyes | note3 = live | length3 = 3:40 | title4 = You Wanted More | note4 = video | length4 = 4:04 }}
'''German maxi-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=You Wanted More|year=2000|type=German maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Motor Music|id=510 444-2}}</ref> {{track listing | title1 = You Wanted More | length1 = 3:50 | title2 = Sugar | length2 = 3:25 | title3 = Mean to Me | length3 = 4:12 }}
'''Japanese CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=You Wanted More|year=2000|type=Japanese CD single liner notes|publisher=Universal Music Japan|id=POCP-7463}}</ref> {{track listing | title1 = You Wanted More | title2 = You Wanted More | note2 = Organic mix | title3 = Drag Me Down }}
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1999) !Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref name="aus">{{cite Ryan|page=283}}</ref><br/><small>''with "Sugar"''</small> |58 |- {{single chart|Canadarock|3|chartid=8446|rowheader=true|access-date=January 8, 2020|refname="can"}} |- {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|3|artist=Tonic|rowheader=true|access-date=January 8, 2020|refname="usbu100"}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|17|artist=Tonic|rowheader=true|access-date=January 8, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|10|artist=Tonic|rowheader=true|access-date=January 8, 2020|refname="usalt"}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|26|artist=Tonic|rowheader=true|access-date=January 8, 2020}} |- {{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|3|artist=Tonic|rowheader=true|access-date=January 8, 2020|refname="usmr"}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1999) !Position |- !scope="row"|Canada Rock/Alternative (''RPM'')<ref name="canrockye">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9960&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9960.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9960|title=RPM 1999 Top 50 Rock Tracks|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=January 8, 2020}}</ref> |16 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 1999|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=47|date=December 24, 1999}}</ref> |98 |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf|title=1999 The Year in Music: Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=111|issue=52|page=YE-90|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=April 2, 2020}}</ref> |27 |- !scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Most Played Modern Rock Songs of 1999|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=7|issue=52|page=36|date=December 24, 1999}}</ref> |45 |} {{col-end}}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref(s).|Reference(s)}} |- !scope="row" rowspan="3"|United States |June 7, 1999 |{{hlist|Active rock|alternative radio}} |rowspan="3"|Universal |align="center"|<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-06-04.pdf|title=Tonic: 'You Wanted More'|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1302|pages=86, 88|date=June 4, 1999|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Adds for June 7 & 8|magazine=Gavin Report|issue=2257|page=45|date=May 28, 1999}}</ref> |- |August 2, 1999 |{{hlist|Adult contemporary|hot adult contemporary|modern adult contemporary radio}} |align="center"|<ref name="r&r">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-07-30.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1302|pages=53, 89, 94|date=July 30, 1999|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Gavin AC/Hot AC: Impact Dates|magazine=Gavin Report|issue=2266|page=28|date=August 2, 1999}}</ref> |- |August 3, 1999 |Contemporary hit radio |align="center"|<ref name="r&r"/> |- !scope="row"|Japan |February 16, 2000 |CD |Universal Music Japan |align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/114074/products/203103/1/|title=ユー・ウォンテッド・モア {{!}} トニック|trans-title=You Wanted More {{!}} Tonic|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref> |}
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