Too Much Ain't Enough Love
"Too Much Ain't Enough Love" | ||||
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Single by Jimmy Barnes | ||||
from the album Freight Train Heart | ||||
Released | October 1987 (1987-10) | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Label | Mushroom/Geffen | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jonathan Cain | |||
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology | ||||
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"Too Much Ain't Enough Love" is a song by Australian rock singer, Jimmy Barnes. It was released in October 1987 as the first single from Barnes' 1987 album, Freight Train Heart. It was his first Australian No. 1 hit single[1] and reached No. 4 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[2] In the United States it was issued in the following year, which peaked at No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1988.[3] It featured back-up vocals by Venetta Fields (who often performed back-up for both Barnes and John Farnham), as well as Wendy Matthews, who later found acclaim as a solo singer.
Reception
In a Cash Box magazine review, they said "He's been called the Australian Bruce Springsteen, and this great cut proves it. He's got a phenomenal rock voice. Great song".[4]
Track listing
7" single (K-424)
- Side A "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" - 3:35
- Side B "Do or Die" - 3:47
12" single (X 14519)
- Side A "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" - 4:35
- Side B1 "Lessons In Love" - 3:43
- Side B2 "Working Class Man" (live) - 4:11
Music video
A music video was filmed in Hong Kong with local actors.[5]
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Australia (Australian Music Report)[6] | 1 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] | 4 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1987) | Position |
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Australia (Australian Music Report)[8] | 44 |
Cover versions
In 2012 a cover version of the song was released by Joe Bonamassa on his album Driving Towards the Daylight, with Jimmy Barnes again singing the lead vocals
References
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988.
- ^ "New Zealand Charts – Jimmy Barnes". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Allmusic - Billboard Singles > Jimmy Barnes". All Music. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
- ^ "Feature Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. 6 June 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 15 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 27. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
- ^ "Jimmy Barnes – Too Much Ain't Enough Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Australian Music Report No 701 – 28 December 1987 > National Top 100 Singles for 1987". Australian Music Report. Retrieved 11 December 2019 – via Imgur.
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- Bodyswerve
- For the Working Class Man/Jimmy Barnes
- Freight Train Heart
- Two Fires
- Soul Deep
- Heat
- Flesh and Wood
- Psyclone
- Love and Fear
- Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South
- Double Happiness
- Out in the Blue
- The Rhythm and the Blues
- Rage and Ruin
- 30:30 Hindsight
- Soul Searchin'
- Och Aye the G'nu
- My Criminal Record
- Flesh and Blood
- Blue Christmas
- Barnestorming
- Raw
- Modus Operandi
- Working Class Boy
- Working Class Man
- Working Class Boy
- Working Class Boy (soundtrack)
- "No Second Prize"
- "Promise Me You'll Call"
- "Daylight"
- "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight"
- "Working Class Man"
- "Ride the Night Away"
- "Good Times"
- "Too Much Ain't Enough Love"
- "Driving Wheels"
- "I'm Still on Your Side"
- "Waitin' for the Heartache"
- "When a Man Loves a Woman"
- "Last Frontier"
- "Lay Down Your Guns"
- "Let's Make It Last All Night"
- "Little Darling"
- "When Your Love is Gone"
- "I Gotcha"
- "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
- "(Simply) The Best"
- "Sweat It Out"
- "Stand Up"
- "Stone Cold"
- "Right by Your Side"
- "The Weight"
- "Still Got a Long Way to Go"
- "Change of Heart"
- "Lover Lover"
- "Sit on My Knee"
- "Gonna Take Some Time"
- "Bird on the Wire"
- "Shutting Down Our Town"
- Discography
- Cold Chisel
- INXS
- Fraternity
- Living Loud (Living Loud)
- Jonathan Cain
- Swanee
- Diesel
- The Tin Lids