Too Much (Dave Matthews Band song)

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"Too Much"
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Single by Dave Matthews Band
from the album Crash
ReleasedApril 1, 1996
Studio Bearsville (Woodstock, New York) [1]
Genre Rock, funk rock
Length4:21(Album Version)
3:45 (Radio Edit)
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Boyd Tinsley
Producer(s) Steve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band singles chronology
"Satellite"
(1995)
"Too Much"
(1996)
"So Much to Say"
(1996)

"Too Much" is a song by American rock group Dave Matthews Band. It was released in April 1996 as the lead single off their album Crash , and reached #5 on the Billboard magazine Modern Rock Tracks chart. It is also featured on the Dave Matthews Band compilation album The Best of What's Around Vol. 1 .

Contents

Track listing

U.S. single

  1. "Too Much" (Album Version) — 4:20
  2. "Too Much" (Edit) — 3:45

International single 1

  1. "Too Much" (Edit) — 3:45
  2. "Too Much" (Album Version) — 4:20
  3. "Jimi Thing" ( Live at Luther College ) — 7:49

International single 2

  1. "Too Much" (Edit) — 3:45
  2. "Ants Marching" (Album Version) — 4:31
  3. "Jimi Thing" ( Acoustic ) — 7:49

Charts

Chart (1996)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 91
Canadian RPM Singles Chart [3] 23
Canadian RPM Alternative 30 [4] 14
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks [5] 5
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks [5] 9

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