Too Much Ain't Enough Love

"Too Much Ain't Enough Love" was the first single lifted from the 1987 album Freight Train Heart by Australian rock singer, Jimmy Barnes.[1] It was his first Australian No. 1 hit single,[1] while reaching 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]

"Too Much Ain't Enough Love"
Single by Jimmy Barnes
from the album Freight Train Heart
ReleasedOctober 1987 (1987-10)
Recorded1987
GenreRock
LabelMushroom/Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jonathan Cain
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"Good Times"
(1986)
"Too Much Ain't Enough Love"
(1987)
"Driving Wheels"
(1988)

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 produced to promote the single.[4]

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

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References

  1. 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. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  2. "New Zealand Charts – Jimmy Barnes". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. "Allmusic - Billboard Singles > Jimmy Barnes". All Music. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  4. Video on YouTube
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