it was on that tour we decided we would not play the song. I remember being on tour with Aerosmith in Poland. We didn't like the perception the song created about the band. We were tagged 'the More Than Words guys'. As the nineties went on, however, we really started to resent the song. 'It got us doing huge tours all over the states and around the world. 'That song gave us the freedom to make the record we really wanted to make when we started recording our third disc,' Cherone told KNAC. It took a life of its own and we couldn't kill it. The label said, 'Who’s going to play it?' Everybody was doing big power ballads at the time, and this was more like an Everly Brothers or Beatles track. In 2016, Bettencourt told Billboard: ''Our label at the time didn’t want to release 'More Than Words' as a single because there was nothing on the radio like that at the time. At one point, Bettencourt even quit the band over the issue. The band fought with their record company to get 'More Than Words' released as a single. Sometimes you have to do more and you have to show it-there's other ways to say 'I love you.'' Release In 'More Than Words', the singer wants his lover to do more to prove her love other than saying the phrase 'I love you.' Bettencourt described it as a warning that the phrase was becoming meaningless: 'People use it so easily and so lightly that they think you can say that and fix everything, or you can say that and everything's OK. It features acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and vocals by Gary Cherone (with harmony vocals from Bettencourt). The song was a number one hit in the United States, where it was certified gold. 'More Than Words' was released as the third single from the band's second album, Pornograffitti (1990), on March 12, 1991. The song represented a departure from the band's usual funk metal style.

The song is a ballad featuring acoustic guitar work by Nuno Bettencourt and the vocals of Gary Cherone (with harmony vocals from Bettencourt). ' More Than Words' is a song by American rock band Extreme.

Layla unplugged acoustic tab