More Love
Kim Carnes
1980
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Release: 1980
Release: 1980Source checked
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Kim Carnes - official recording background
More Love is a Smokey Robinson cover; Bette Davis Eyes is written by Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss and appears on 1981 Mistaken Identity.
Kim Carnes - More Love original recording date
Original Romance Dance recording is dated 1980. Later covers, remixes or Kim Carnes rerecordings are not selected.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Kim Carnes recorded More Love for 1980's Romance Dance. Her official biography identifies it as a new interpretation of a Smokey Robinson song and as her first solo Top 10 hit. This is Carnes's recording, separate from the earlier Motown performance and from later releases using the same title.
Evidence scope: Source-supported recording, release and career context; personal songwriting inspiration is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Kim Carnes - official recording background
More Love is a Smokey Robinson cover; Bette Davis Eyes is written by Jackie DeShannon and Donna Weiss and appears on 1981 Mistaken Identity. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Kim Carnes - More Love original recording date
Original Romance Dance recording is dated 1980. Later covers, remixes or Kim Carnes rerecordings are not selected. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Supplied note - not independently verified. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
A song about the desire for deeper love and connection.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1980 table (Wikipedia transcription)
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