Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
SinglebyJohnny Mathis and Deniece Williams
from the album You Light Up My Life
B-side	"Emotion"
Released	February 21, 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soul[1]
Length	3:00
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	John Vallins, Nat Kipner
Producer(s)	Jack Gold
Johnny Mathis singles chronology
"Yellow Roses On Her Gown" (1976) "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (1978) "You're All I Need to Get By" (1978)
Deniece Williams singles chronology
"Baby, Baby My Loves All for You" (1978) "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (1978) "You're All I Need to Get By" (1978)

Released as a single in 1978, it reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, Adult Contemporary chart,^[3] and R&B chart.^[4] It also reached #1 on Record World's Single Chart,^[5] but peaked at #2 on the Cashbox Top 100.^[6] Outside the United States, the song peaked at #9 on the Canadian Singles Chart^[7] and #3 on the UK Singles Chart.

"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" was certified gold and silver in the United States and the United Kingdom by the RIAA and the British Phonographic Industry respectively.^[8][9]

Later in 1978, the duo released a follow-up single, "You're All I Need to Get By" (which peaked at #47 on the Hot 100), and a full album of duets, That's What Friends Are For. The success of the duets with Williams prompted Mathis to record duets with a variety of partners including Jane Olivor, Dionne Warwick, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight and Nana Mouskouri. A compilation album, also called Too Much, Too Little, Too Late and released by Sony Music in 1995, featured the title track among other songs by the Mathis–Williams duo.

• 1 Chart performance
  • 1.1 Weekly charts
  • 1.2 Year-end charts
• 2 Silver Sun version
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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