"Too Much Passion" is a song by the American

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group

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. It is the second

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released in support of their fourth album '' Blow Up''. It hit #8 on the

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(dated April 18, 1992) as well as #37 on the

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chart. It also provided Smithereens with their first, and to date, only

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charting song, reaching #32 on that chart. In the Smithereens guitar book, Pat DiNizio explains that he wrote the song to sound like the style of

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. There was also a music video directed by Jeff Stein (known for his work on '' The Kids Are Alright'').Too Much Passion Official Music Video on YouTube
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Formats and track listing

All songs written by

Pat DiNizio Patrick Michael DiNizio (October 12, 1955 – December 12, 2017) was the lead singer, songwriter, and founding member of the band The Smithereens, which he formed in 1980 with Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, and Mike Mesaros, from Carteret, New Jersey ...

, except where noted. ;US cassette single (4KM-44784) #"Too Much Passion" – 4:35 #"If You Want the Sun to Shine (instrumental version)" – 5:56 ;US CD single (C2-15818) #"Too Much Passion" – 4:35 #"World Keeps Going Round" – 2:40 #"It Don't Come Easy" – 3:07 #"If You Want the Sun to Shine (instrumental version)" – 5:56

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Too Much Passion 1991 songs 1991 singles Capitol Records singles The Smithereens songs Song recordings produced by Ed Stasium Songs written by Pat DiNizio