Too Many Times (Mental As Anything song)

"Too Many Times"
Single by Mental As Anything
from the album Cats & Dogs
B-side	"Holiday In Auckland"
Released	September 1981
Genre	Rock
Length	2:49
Label	Regular Records
Songwriter	Greedy Smith
Producers	Russell Dunlop, Bruce Brown
Mental As Anything singles chronology
"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" (1981) "Too Many Times" (1981) "Berserk Warriors" (1981)
Music video
"Too Many Times" on YouTube

"Too Many Times" is a song by Australian rock band Mental As Anything, released in September 1981 ^[1] as the second single from their third studio album, Cats & Dogs . The song peaked at number 6 on the Kent Music Report. ^[2]

Track listing

Regular Records (8437)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Many Times"	Greedy Smith	2:49
2.	"Holiday In Auckland"	Martin Plaza, Reg Mombassa	2:38

Personnel

• Martin Plaza — lead vocals, guitar
• Greedy Smith — lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica
• Reg Mombassa — guitar, vocals
• Peter O'Doherty — bass, guitar, vocals
• Wayne de Lisle – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981/82)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [3]	6
Canada (RPM Top Singles) [4]	34
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [5]	23

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Too Many Times"

Chart (1981)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6]	68

References

1. 45cat - Mental As Anything - Too Many Times
2. Australian Music Database - Mental As Anything - Too Many Times
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. "Volume 36, No. 25, July 31, 1982". RPM 50 Singles. Library and Archives Canada. 31 July 1982. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
5. "Mental as Anything – Too Many Times". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
6. "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022– via Imgur.