Too Much of Heaven

"Too Much of Heaven" is a song written by the Italian dance group Eiffel 65 and the second official single from their first album, Europop. The single was originally released in Italy on 11 May 1999. It was released in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and in several European countries in March 2000. "Too Much of Heaven", peaked at number 20 for 9 weeks on the Eurochart Hot 100. This was the last Eiffel 65 song to peak at number 1 on the Italian singles chart, and a top 10 hit in France and top 25 in Switzerland. The song is about the downsides of being too greedy. It has been described as possibly "the very first example of rapping through Auto-Tune", although without much influence on hip-hop in general.[1]

Not to be confused with Too Much Heaven.

"Too Much of Heaven"
Single by Eiffel 65
from the album Europop
B-side	"Remixes"
Released	May 11, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Europop synthpop
Length	5:17 (album version) 3:30 (single version)
Label	Logic Universal WEA
Songwriter(s)	Maurizio Lobina Gianfranco Randone Massimo Gabutti
Producer(s)	Massimo Gabutti Luciano Zucchet
Eiffel 65 singles chronology
"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" (1998) "Too Much of Heaven" (1999) "Move Your Body" (1999)

Music video

Two official music videos were made for this song. Both videos showed the band performing in a white backdrop studio. The first video, however, had footage from various Eiffel 65 concerts, whereas the second video instead showed the band performing as ninjas wearing luminous make-up performing karate moves.

Official versions

• Album version (5:18)
• Original radio (4:10)
• Original video (3:31)
• DJ Gabry Ponte radio (4:57)
• DJ Gabry Ponte extended mix (7:05)
• Futuristic R&B slice (5:33)

12" Italy

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (DJ Gabry Ponte extended mix) (7:02)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (album version) (5:17)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (futuristic R&B slice) (5:33)

CD maxi – Italy

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (original radio edit) (4:10)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (DJ Gabry Ponte club remix) (4:54)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (futuristic R&B slice) (5:33)

CD single – France

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (original video edit) (3:29)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (original radio edit) (4:10)

CD single – Germany

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (radio version) (3:30)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (album version) (5:17)

CD maxi – Greece

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (DJ Gabry Ponte radio edit) (4:54)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (DJ Gabry Ponte extended mix) (7:02)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (original radio edit) (4:10)
4. "Too Much of Heaven" (album mix) (5:17)
5. "Too Much of Heaven" (futuristic R&B slice) (5:33)

CD maxi – Europe

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (radio version) (3:30)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (album version) (5:17)
3. "hyperlink" (deep down) (4:57)

CD maxi Promo – Portugal

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (original) (5:18)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (original video) (3:31)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (original radio) (4:10)
4. "Too Much of Heaven" (Gabry Ponte mix) (7:05)
5. "Too Much of Heaven" (Gabry Ponte radio) (4:57)
6. "Too Much of Heaven" (fantastic R&B slice) (5:34)

12" Canada

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (original extended) (5:17)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (DJ Gabry Ponte extended mix) (7:02)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (futuristic R&B slice) (5:33)
4. "One Goal" (Theme For Euro 2000)

CD maxi – Canada

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (album version) (5:17)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (original radio edit) (4:10)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (original video edit) (3:29)
4. "Too Much of Heaven" (Gabry Ponte club remix) (7:02)
5. "Too Much of Heaven" (DJ Gabry Ponte radio edit) (4:54)
6. "Too Much of Heaven" (futuristic R&B slice) (5:33)

12" Promo – US

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (radio edit) (3:29)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (Gabry Ponte mix) (7:02)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (futuristic R&B slice) (5:33)
4. "Too Much of Heaven" (album version) (5:17)
5. "The Edge" (4:20)

CD maxi Promo – US

1. "Too Much of Heaven" (radio edit) (3:29)
2. "Too Much of Heaven" (Gabry Ponte mix) (4:54)
3. "Too Much of Heaven" (futuristic R&B slice) (5:33)
4. "Too Much of Heaven" (album version) (5:17)

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2]	50
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3]	30
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[4]	14
Brazilian Singles Chart (ABPD)[5]	60
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)	31
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	20
France (SNEP)[6]	6
Germany (Official German Charts)[7]	35
Greece (IFPI)[8]	5
Italy (FIMI)	1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[9]	49
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[10]	3
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[11]	11
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12]	52
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13]	22

Too Much of Heaven chart performance

Eurochart Hot 100
Week	22 April 2000	29 April 2000	6 May 2000	13 May 2000	20 May 2000	27 May 2000	3 June 2000	10 June 2000	18 June 2000	24 June 2000
Position	20	20	37	24	26	36	33	25	30	33

References

1. Reynolds, Simon (2018-09-17). "How Auto-Tune Revolutionized the Sound of Popular Music". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
2. "Australian-charts.com – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
4. "Ultratop.be – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven" (in French). Ultratip.
5. "Brazil" (PDF). ABPD. October 6, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
6. "Lescharts.com – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
7. "Musicline.de – Eiffel 65 Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved April 23, 2009.
8. "Music & Media: Greece" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
9. "Charts.nz – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
10. "Romanian Top 100: Top of the Year 2000" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on January 22, 2005.
11. "Spanishcharts.com – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven" Canciones Top 50.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven". Singles Top 100. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Eiffel 65 – Too Much of Heaven". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved July 9, 2013.

External links

• http://www.blisscorporation.com
• https://web.archive.org/web/20091027104700/http://geocities.com/terminator3019/eiffel65.htm