"Too Busy Being in Love" is a song written by
Victoria Shaw and
Gary Burr
Gary Burr, born in Meriden, Connecticut, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, primarily in the country music genre. Many of the songs he has written have become Top-10 hits, the first of which was " Love's Been A Little B ...
, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
Doug Stone
Doug Stone (born Douglas Jackson Brooks; June 19, 1956) is an American country music singer and actor. He debuted in 1990 with the single " I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)", the first release from his 1990 self-titled debut album for Epic Rec ...
. It was released in October 1992 as the second single from the album ''
From the Heart''. The song reached the top of the ''
Billboard''
Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on The Canadian RPM Tracks chart.
Content
In this song, the narrator says his lover inspires him so poetically that he could have been a great writer, but that he was "Too Busy Being in Love" with her to do so.
Music video
The music video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in late 1992.
Chart performance
Year-end charts
References
1992 singles
Doug Stone songs
Songs written by Gary Burr
Songs written by Victoria Shaw (singer)
Epic Records singles
Song recordings produced by Doug Johnson (record producer)
1992 songs
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