It Takes More

"It Takes More" is a song by British rapper Ms. Dynamite, released as her debut single from her first album, A Little Deeper (2002), on 20 May 2002. It reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart, her second-highest-charting song on the chart. The melody is taken from the song "Chitarra romana", a popular Roman song written by C. Bruno (pseudonym of Bruno Cherubini) and Eldo Di Lazzaro in 1934.^{[1][better source needed]}

"It Takes More"
Single by Ms. Dynamite
from the album A Little Deeper
B-side	"Dynamite"
Released	20 May 2002 (2002-05-20)
Length	4:39 (album version) 4:19 (radio edit)
Label	Polydor Biggerbeats P
Songwriter(s)	Niomi Daley Steve Ranger
Producer(s)	Punch
Ms. Dynamite singles chronology
"It Takes More" (2002) "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee" (2002)

Versions

There are two versions that were released, album and radio edit. For the radio edit, Ms. Dynamite re-wrote her lyrics instead of using the censor option. On clean versions of A Little Deeper, a censored version is used, bleeping out inappropriate content. The album version was released on physical UK CD singles.

Track listings

UK CD single^[2]

1. "It Takes More" (Bloodshy main mix)
2. "Dynamite" (album version)
3. "It Takes More" (Nash Band mix)

UK 12-inch single and European CD single^[3][4]

1. "It Takes More" (Bloodshy main mix)
2. "It Takes More" (Nash Band mix)

UK cassette single^[5]

1. "It Takes More" (clean version)
2. "Dynamite" (album version)

Australian CD single^[6]

1. "It Takes More" (Bloodshy main mix)
2. "It Takes More" (Nash Band mix)
3. "It Takes More" (Nash Band acoustic version)
4. "It Takes More" (video)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 21 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[8] 17 Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[9] 50 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 35 Germany (GfK)[11] 53 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 38 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 22 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 24 Scotland (OCC)[15] 26 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 57 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 35 UK Singles (OCC)[18] 7 UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[19] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position UK Singles (OCC)[20] 110

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref(s).
United Kingdom	20 May 2002	12-inch vinyl CD cassette	Polydor Biggerbeats P	[21][22]
Australia	17 June 2002	CD		[23]