THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

149-Andrea True Connection-More, More, More.

1976-Number 5 single.

Best Bit-At 0.25. In 2002 Andrea True said,’I want to be remembered as a person who gave people pleasure,’- then emphasised the words – ‘with my music.’

Andrea Marie Truden was born on July 26th, 1943, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, she died on November 7th, 2011, of heart failure at the age of 68. As a child she studied classical piano, and by the age of 15 she was hosting her own television programme called ‘Teen Beat’ for the Nashville station ‘WLAC.’ Andrea was married at 19, and relocated to New York City in the early 1960’s.

By the mid 1960’s Andrea began working in the adult film industry, initially in Scandinavia, but then moving back to America where she performed in more than 50 hardcore porn films throughout the 1970’s, and into the mid 1980’s. It was in 1975 in her heyday that she was hired by a real estate business in Jamaica to appear in their commercials, but while she was there the Jamaican Government brought in a new law that any foreigner working in the country couldn’t take their earnings back abroad with them, and the money must remain in Jamaica. Rather than leave the money in that country, Andrea decided to spend it on recording her own music. She had been thinking of going in to the music industry for a while, and got in touch with the record producer Gregg Diamond (1949-1999) and together they recorded a demo of ‘More, More, More’ which eventually would be sent to the legendary recording engineer Tom Moulton (see also best songs 604 and 184) for remixing.

‘More, More, More’ was also the title track for he debut Album working under the name ‘Andrea True Connection,’ released in 1976, four of the five tracks on the Album which were all written by Gregg Diamond were issued as singles. In total Andrea released three studio Albums between 1976-1980, and eight singles, two of which made the Billboard Hot 100 in America, with ‘More, More, More’ being the most successful in making Number 4. In the UK she has also charted twice, with ‘What’s Your Name, What’s Your Number’ being the other hit, when reaching Number 34 in 1977.

After recording her third Album the more Rock/New Wave ‘War Machine’ in 1980, Andrea developed a medical problem on her vocal chords that required surgery, and eventually led to her having to give up singing professionally. At the onset of her singing career Andrea had said that she was burned out and tired of doing porn, saying,’I’d rather be a waitress, or a typist than make another adult film, and also, don’t think of me as a porn star any more, think of me as a recording star. I just want to record and perform.’

In 1993 ‘More, More, More’ was covered by the English group ‘Bananarama,’ who took their version to Number 24 in the UK, but the highest charting version of the song came about in 2004 when ex ‘S Club 7’ singer Rachel Stevens took her remake to Number 3 in the UK. Also in 1999 the Canadian Rock duo ‘Len’ sampled the song for their track ‘Steal My Sunshine,’ which reached Number 3 in Canada, Number 8 in the UK, and Number 9 in America.

‘But if you want to know how I really feel, get the cameras rolling get the action going. Baby you know my love for you is real, take me where you want to, me and my heart you steal.’