"A Little Too Late" is a song written by

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Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born November 9, 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Goodrem signed to Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive week ...

, and Eliot Kennedy, produced by

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for Goodrem's second album, ''

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'' (2004). It was released as the album's fourth single in Australia on 30 May 2005 as a

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and reached number 13 on the

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Chart performance

The song was Goodrem's 10th single to chart on the Australian

, peaking at number 13. It was Delta's first song since her 2001 single, " I Don't Care", to not enter the top 10. After its debut at number 13, the song fell down the charts, leaving the top 20 after two weeks and spending 10 weeks in the top 50.

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Anthony Rose at

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, Sydney, Australia. The video was criticised by

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host

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for "resembling a

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commercial".

Track listing

Australian CD single # "A Little Too Late" # "The Riddle" # "If I Forget" (demo mix) # "A Little Too Late" (video)

Charts

References

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Song lyrics
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