Too Much Ain't Enough Love

"Too Much Ain't Enough Love"
Single by Jimmy Barnes
from the album Freight Train Heart
ReleasedOctober 1987 (1987-10)
Recorded1987
GenreRock
LabelMushroom/Geffen
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jonathan Cain
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"Good Times"
(1986)
"Too Much Ain't Enough Love"
(1987)
"Driving Wheels"
(1988)

"Too Much Ain't Enough Love" is a song by Australian rock singer, Jimmy Barnes. It was released in October 1987 as the first single from Barnes' 1987 album, Freight Train Heart. It was his first Australian No. 1 hit single[1] and reached No. 4 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[2] In the United States it was issued in the following year, which peaked at No. 91 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1988.[3] It featured back-up vocals by Venetta Fields (who often performed back-up for both Barnes and John Farnham), as well as Wendy Matthews, who later found acclaim as a solo singer.

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Charts – Jimmy Barnes". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Allmusic - Billboard Singles > Jimmy Barnes". All Music. Retrieved 20 February 2011.