Billboard #1 Hits: #457: “Too Much Heaven”- The Bee Gees. January 6, 1978. #1 for 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
- Single: “Too Much Heaven”- The Bee Gees
- Record Company- RSO
- Genre: R&B, Soul
- Written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
- Time: 4:58
- B-side:”Rest Your Love On Me”
- Album- Spirits Having Flown
- Grade: A
- Peaked at #1 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #3 in UK Singles Chart. #1 in Argentina,Brazil, Canada,Chile, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.
This was The Bee Gees 4th consecutive #1 in a row- they would end up having 6 in a row before the streak ended. This single was the bands contribution to the “Music For UNICEF” fund. A productive day for The Bee Gees- on an afternoon off from filming the dumpster fire known as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band- they wrote “Tragedy”, “Too Much Heaven” and in the evening wrote “Shadow Dancing” for brother Andy. All went to #1. Robin Gibb would later say “Too Much Heaven” was one of his favorite Bee Gee tracks.
Love this. One of my favorite Bee Gees songs.
It’s a nice tune with a smooth sound and great harmony singing. I have to say my recent watching of the “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” documentary has brought new appreciation of the Bee Gees’ music.
Unfortunately, by the time “Too Much Heaven” came out, the Bee Gees were becoming over-exposed (too much Bee Gees), which ultimately led to a furious backlash – or, as they somewhat ironically put it in their next no. 1 song: Tragedy.
Hopefully that documentary will help repair their reputation. They were great- its sad that they became a punch line.
They literally received death threats, which is really insane!
that is insane- I didn’t know that until seeing the doc..
It’s a good one & a bit of a throwback to their early 70s sound.
Yes you couldn’t call this disco- or anything close!
Good stuff.