More to Life

"More to Life"
"More to Life"
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Trainer (BBC TV series soundtrack)
B-side	"Mo's Theme (instrumental)"
Released	2 September 1991
Recorded	10–13 June 1991
Studio	RG Jones, London
Length	4:20
Label	EMI Records
Songwriters	Simon May; Mike Read;
Producer	Cliff Richard / Paul Moessl
Cliff Richard singles chronology

"More to Life" is a theme-song to the early 1990s Trainer TV series. The song was written by Simon May and Mike Read.^[4] The theme won them a TRIC award for Best TV Theme.^[5]

Sung by British singer and actor Cliff Richard, it was released as a single in the UK in September 1991 and reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart.^[6]

Track listing

UK 7" single (EM 205), CD single (CDEM 205), cassette (TCEM 205)

"More to Life"
"Mo's Theme" (instrumental)

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[6]	23
UK Airplay (Music Week)^[7]	12

References

^ "Trainer soundtrack album cover". Retrieved 28 December 2022.
^ Husmann, Anton; de Louw, Harry (October 1991). "Records/cd/video (releases)". Dynamite International (138). Utrecht, Netherlands: The International Cliff Richard Movement: 2.
^ Read, Mike; Goodall, Nigel; Lewry, Peter (1993). The Complete Chronicle Cliff Richard. Hamlyn, London. p. 286. ISBN 0-600-57897-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cliff Richard (1991). More To Life (7 inch Vinyl Single sleeve). UK: EMI Records. EM205. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002, p. 344, at Google Books
^ ^a ^b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ "Playlist Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 28 September 1991. p. 18. Retrieved 17 October 2025.

[1] "Trainer soundtrack album cover". Retrieved 28 December 2022.

[2] Husmann, Anton; de Louw, Harry (October 1991). "Records/cd/video (releases)". Dynamite International (138). Utrecht, Netherlands: The International Cliff Richard Movement: 2.

[The_Complete_Chronicle_Cliff_Richard-3] Read, Mike; Goodall, Nigel; Lewry, Peter (1993). The Complete Chronicle Cliff Richard. Hamlyn, London. p. 286. ISBN 0-600-57897-6.

[SleeveRear-4] Cliff Richard (1991). More To Life (7 inch Vinyl Single sleeve). UK: EMI Records. EM205. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

[5] The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002, p. 344, at Google Books

[UKsinglesbyname-6] "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.

[7] "Playlist Chart" (PDF). Music Week. 28 September 1991. p. 18. Retrieved 17 October 2025.

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v t e Cliff Richard singles
1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" / "Dynamite" (1959)
1960s	"A Voice in the Wilderness" (1960) "Fall in Love with You" (1960) "Please Don't Tease" (1960) "Nine Times Out of Ten" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "Theme for a Dream" (1961) "Gee Whizz It's You" (1961) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "What'd I Say" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" (1961) "Forty Days" (1961) "Outsider" (1962) "The Young Ones" / "We Say Yeah" (1962) "Catch Me" (1962) "I'm Looking out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "Lessons in Love" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "Wonderful to Be Young" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "Don't Talk to Him" (1963) "Maria No Mas" (1963) "I'm the Lonely One" (1964) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "On the Beach" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Angel" (1965) "On My Word" (1965) "The Time in Between" (1965) "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "Time Drags By" (1966) "In the Country" (1966) "It's All Over" (1967) "I'll Come Runnin'" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "I'll Love You Forever Today" (1968) "Wonderful World" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) "Don't Forget to Catch Me" (1968) "Good Times (Better Times)" (1969) "Big Ship" (1969) "Early in the Morning" (1969) "Throw Down a Line" (1969) "With the Eyes of a Child" (1969)
1970s	"The Joy of Living" (1970) "Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) "I Ain't Got Time Anymore" (1970) "Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Silvery Rain" (1971) "Flying Machine" (1971) "Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) "Jesus" (1972) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "Help It Along" (1973) "Take Me High" (1973) "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974) "Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (1976) "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (1976) "My Kinda Life" (1977) "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" (1977) "Green Light" (1979) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Dreamin'" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "A Little in Love" (1980) "Give a Little Bit More" (1981) "Wired for Sound" (1981) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "The Only Way Out" (1982) "Little Town" (1982) "She Means Nothing to Me" (1983) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (1983) "Please Don't Fall in Love" (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "Slow Rivers" (1986) "My Pretty One" (1987) "Some People" (1987) "Remember Me" (1987) "Two Hearts" (1988) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "The Best of Me" (1989) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Lean on You" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "More to Life" (1991) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "This New Year" (1991) "I Still Believe in You" (1992) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "21st Century Christmas" / "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) "Blue Suede Shoes" (2017)