Too Many Times (Earl Thomas Conley and Anita Pointer song)

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"Too Many Times"
Single by Earl Thomas Conley with Anita Pointer
from the album Too Many Times
B-side "Changes of Love"
ReleasedJuly 28, 1986
Genre Country
Length3:56
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Micheal Smotherman, Scott Page, Tony McShear
Producer(s) Nelson Larkin, Mark Wright
Earl Thomas Conley singles chronology
"Once in a Blue Moon"
(1986)
"Too Many Times"
(1986)
"I Can't Win for Losin' You"
(1986)

"Too Many Times" is a song written by Micheal Smotherman, Scott Page, and Tony McShear and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley and R&B artist Anita Pointer. It was released in July 1986 as the first single and title track from Conley's album Too Many Times . It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944=2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 88.
  2. "Earl Thomas Conley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.