&Give a Little More& is a song by American band Maroon 5. It was released on August 17, 2010 as a digital download. The song is the second single from their third studio album, Hands All Over. The song officially impacted U.S. mainstream radio on October 12, 2010.
&Give a Little More& was written by Adam Levine with keyboardist Jesse Carmichael and guitarist James Valentine. The lyrics talk about how to ask more of a woman who so clearly has you wrapped around her finger, &You were wrong for turning me on and on and on,& Levine sings. &I'm waiting for something, always waiting / Feeling nothing, wondering if it'll ever change.& Ultimately, he resigns himself to the fact that, &I have no defense / I know you're gonna get me in the end.&
The song received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. Ron Harris from the Associated Press wrote that the song &almost strays into disco territory with it's [sic] body-moving beat.& He commented that the song &would not have been terribly out of place in 1979&, while complimenting that the song is &fun and funky, which is the prime directive of Maroon 5.& Robbie Daw from Idolator wrote a positive review, stating that &M5 are always best when they’re uptempo, so we’re happy to hear that the song falls in line with the band’s more danceable tracks like &Wake Up Call& and &Misery.& Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly wrote that &Levine's romantic roundelay trundles on, through this airy disco-boogie.& Mikael Wood from LA Times wrote that &a light-funk groove as neatly executed as the one in “Give a Little More,” for instance, is its own reward&. Chris Ryan from MTV News was direct, writing that &the track is classic Maroon; a slithering groove and chicken-scratch guitar laying the foundation for singer Adam Levine's nasal coo and come-hither lyrics.&
A mixed review came from Nico Maddox from Yahoo! Voices, who wrote that the song &is a letdown&, &it's a song to dance the night away to, but not much else.& (wiki)