Too Much of a Good Thing

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"Too Much of a Good Thing"
Alan Jackson - Too Much single.png
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album What I Do
ReleasedJune 21, 2004
Genre Country
Length3:08
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Alan Jackson
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"Hey, Good Lookin'"
(2004)
"Too Much of a Good Thing"
(2004)
"Monday Morning Church"
(2004)

"Too Much of a Good Thing" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in June 2004 as the lead-off single from his album What I Do . It peaked at number 5 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [1]

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Content

In the song, the narrator states tells his lover that seeing each other all the time is a good thing. He goes on to tell her that they have a good thing going on.

Chart performance

"Too Much of a Good Thing" debuted at number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 26, 2004.

Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 5
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 46

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 33

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