(There's Gotta Be) More to Life

2003 single by Stacie Orrico December 2021 (There's Gotta Be) More to Life Stacie Orrico - (There's Gotta Be) More to Life.jpg single Stacie Orrico Stacie Orrico Star of My Story 2003 7 14 Hit Factory (New York City) PopMore to life...than flesh Schmitt, Brad The Tennessean November 23, 2003 D7 239611342 Rolling Stone Staff The 50 Greatest Minivan Rock Songs Rolling Stone April 28, 2020 https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/minivan-rock-50-greatest-songs-9364720/ January 11, 2025 A rallying R&B-influenced pop track released by Stacie Orrico... 3:20 ForeFront Virgin Sabelle Breer Kevin Kadish Lucy Woodward Harvey Mason Jr. Damon Thomas The Underdogs Stuck 2003 I Promise 2004 wUOcQnWbk_U "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" "(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 singlehttps://www.popmatters.com/orricostacie-st-2496020445.html Stacie Orrico: self-titled Singer Jon September 24, 2003 PopMatters May 9, 2019 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. "(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.https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/StacieOrrico.asp Stacie Orrico – JFH Staff Review Stevenson Shaun April 6, 2003 Jesusfreakhideout.com April 8, 2019 Stacie 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".Stacie Orrico - (There's Gotta Be) More To Life Lyrics https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858492726/ 2024-03-24 SongMeanings en 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."https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/stacie-orrico-stacie-orrico Stacie Orrico – Stacie Orrico Lehane Bill October 13, 2003 musicOMH May 9, 2019 Reception Jon Singer of PopMatters called the song a "strong" single. 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.2014-06-04 The Speed Interview: Sam Smith Reveals His Early Love For Britney Spears + Lambs! + VH1 en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAxuG_G-rwo&t=34s 2024-06-12 VH1 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. 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUOcQnWbk_U https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wUOcQnWbk_U December 21, 2021 live Stacie Orrico – (There's Gotta Be) More To Life YouTube February 26, 2009 March 12, 2012 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."Stacie Orrico Goes Looking For More In All The Wrong Places https://www.mtv.com/news/6gjaph/stacie-orrico-goes-looking-for-more-in-all-the-wrong-places https://web.archive.org/web/20220913035916/https://www.mtv.com/news/6gjaph/stacie-orrico-goes-looking-for-more-in-all-the-wrong-places dead September 13, 2022 2024-03-24 MTV en Track listings US maxi-CD single(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 US CD single liner notes ForeFront Records, Virgin Records 7243 5 52925 2 0 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (album version) – 3:21 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (JN radio edit) – 3:10 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Global Soul radio edit) – 3:10 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Goodandevil/Ruff Ryders remix) – 3:15 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Briss remix) – 3:23 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Dr. Octavo extended mix) – 4:47 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Jason Nevins Club Creation) – 7:12 US DVD single(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 US DVD single liner notes ForeFront Records, Virgin Records 7243 5 99051 9 8 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (video) "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Goodandevil/Ruff Ryders remix audio) "Stuck" (video) "Stuck" (Barry Harris & Chris Cox remix audio) Behind the scenes Photo gallery Australian CD single(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 Australian CD single liner notes ForeFront Records, Virgin Records 5528120 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" – 3:20 "Stuck" (Barry Harris & Chris Cox remix) – 3:05 "Star of My Story" – 3:35 "Until I Find You" – 3:01 "Stuck" (video) – 3:42 UK CD1 and European CD single(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 UK CD1 liner notes ForeFront Records, Virgin Records VUSCD 275, 0724354756023(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 European CD single liner notes ForeFront Records, Virgin Records 7243 5 47470 2 1 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" – 3:20 "Star of My Story" – 3:35 UK CD2(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 UK CD2 liner notes ForeFront Records, Virgin Records VUSCDX 275, 7243 5 47560 0 9 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" – 3:20 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Dr. Octavo extended mix) – 4:47 "Star of My Story" – 3:35 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (video) – 3:19 UK 12-inch single(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 UK 12-inch single sleeve ForeFront Records, Virgin Records VUST 275 A1. "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" – 3:20 A2. "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Dr. Octavo extended mix) – 4:47 B1. "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Global Soul radio edit) – 6:24 B2. "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Jason Nevins remix) – 4:48 Japanese CD single(There's Gotta Be) More to Life 2003 Japanese CD single liner notes ForeFront Records, Virgin Records VJCP-12176 "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" "I Promise" "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (Dr. Octavo radio mix) "(There's Gotta Be) More to Life" (instrumental) Charts Weekly charts Chart (2003–2004)PeakpositionAustralia 11 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueAustria 23 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueFlanders 36 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueWallonia Tip 11 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life true January 3, 2021CIS 66 Stacie Orrico More to Life 357 true December 8, 2025Denmark 12 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueEurope (Eurochart Hot 100)http://www.aria.com.au/Issue715.pdf European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 3rd November 2003 ARIA 22 November 3, 2003 dead https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031106130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20031107-0000/Issue715.pdf November 6, 2003 April 11, 2021medic 19Germany 12 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life 5849 true January 3, 2021Ireland2 9 (There's Gotta Be) More to Life true January 3, 2021Dutch40 16 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueDutch100 19 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life true January 3, 2021New Zealand 3 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueNorway 2 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueRussia Airplay (TopHit)https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/weekly/20031121-20031127 Top Radio Hits Russia Weekly Chart TopHit 27 November 2003 8 December 2025 46Scotland 9 20031101 true January 3, 2021Sweden 45 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueSwitzerland 22 Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life trueUK 12 20031101 true January 3, 2021Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/weekly/20031121-20031127 Top Radio Hits Ukraine Weekly Chart TopHit 27 November 2003 8 December 2025 46US Billboard Hot 100https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2003-12-13/ Billboard Hot 100 Billboard December 13, 2003 February 20, 2023 30US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/stacie-orrico/chart-history/atf/ Stacie Orrico Chart History: Adult Pop Airplay Billboard https://web.archive.org/web/20211117153124/https://www.billboard.com/artist/stacie-orrico/chart-history/atf/ November 17, 2021 February 20, 2023 31US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-dance-singles-sales/2003-09-20/ Dance Singles Sales Billboard September 20, 2003 December 19, 2023 2US Hot Christian Singles & Tracks (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/stacie-orrico/chart-history/ico/ Stacie Orrico Chart History: Hot Christian Songs Billboard https://web.archive.org/web/20211117170304/https://www.billboard.com/artist/stacie-orrico/chart-history/ico/ November 17, 2021 February 20, 2023 5US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)https://www.billboard.com/artist/stacie-orrico/chart-history/tfm/ Stacie Orrico Chart History: Pop Airplay Billboard https://web.archive.org/web/20211117152834/https://www.billboard.com/artist/stacie-orrico/chart-history/tfm/ November 17, 2021 February 20, 2023 5 Year-end charts Chart (2003)PositionAustralia (ARIA)https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2003/singles-chart ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2003 ARIA January 3, 2021 67CIS Airplay (TopHit)https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/global/annual/2003 Top Radio Hits Global Annual Chart 2003 TopHit December 8, 2025 124Ireland (IRMA)http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2003.html Top 100 Songs of 2003 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 2003 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040602113024/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2003.html June 2, 2004 March 16, 2022 78New Zealand (RIANZ)https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2003-12-31 End of Year Charts 2003 Recorded Music NZ December 12, 2017 32Russia Airplay (TopHit)https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ru/annual/2003 Top Radio Hits Russia Annual Chart 2003 TopHit December 8, 2025 88UK Singles (OCC)https://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2003.pdf The Official UK Singles Chart 2003 UKChartsPlus September 14, 2022 178Ukraine Airplay (TopHit)https://tophit.com/chart/top/radio/hits/ua/annual/2003 Top Radio Hits Ukraine Annual Chart 2003 TopHit December 8, 2025 70US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)Year in Music: Hot Dance Singles Sales Billboard 115 52 YE-66 December 27, 2003 13US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)The Year in Charts 2003: Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs Airplay Monitor 11 51 14 December 19, 2003 57 Chart (2004)PositionUS Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)Year in Music & Touring: Hot Dance Singles Sales Billboard 116 52 YE-60 December 25, 2004 5US Hot Christian Singles & Tracks (Billboard)2004 The Year in Charts: Most-Played Christian Singles & Tracks Billboard Radio Monitor 12 51 22 December 17, 2004 12US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)2004 The Year in Charts: Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs Billboard Radio Monitor 12 51 22 December 17, 2004 72 Certifications Australia single Gold 2003 2003 January 3, 2021 New Zealand single Stacie Orrico (There's Gotta Be) More to Life Gold 2003 2004 2004-01-30 newchart 2024-11-20 "nzcert" Release history RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. ReferenceUnited StatesJuly 14, 2003Contemporary hit radioForeFront Virginhttps://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-07-11.pdf Going for Adds Radio & Records 1512 24 July 11, 2003 June 12, 2021AustraliaAugust 4, 2003CDhttp://www.aria.com.au/Issue702.pdf The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 4th August 2003 ARIA 25 August 4, 2003 dead http://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030806140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030807-0000/Issue702.pdf August 6, 2003 June 12, 2021medicUnited StatesAugust 18, 2003Hot adult contemporary radiohttps://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-08-15.pdf Going for Adds Radio & Records 1517 24 August 15, 2003 June 12, 2021United KingdomOctober 20, 200312-inch vinyl CDNew Releases: Singles Music Week 37 October 18, 2003JapanNovember 12, 2003CDVirginhttps://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/322386/products/525257/1/ モア・トゥ・ライフ ステイシー・オリコ More to Life Stacie Orrico Oricon ja October 2, 2023 References Category:2003 singles Category:2003 songs Category:ForeFront Records singles Category:Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director) Category:Song recordings produced by the Underdogs (production team) Category:Songs containing the I–V-vi-IV progression Category:Songs written by Damon Thomas (record producer) Category:Songs written by Harvey Mason Jr. Category:Songs written by Kevin Kadish Category:Stacie Orrico songs Category:Virgin Records singles