Too Much Heaven

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Too Much Heaven
  DE 10 December 25, 1978 (23 weeks)
  AT 13 02/15/1979 (8 weeks)
  CH 5 01/12/1979 (9 weeks)
  UK 3 11/25/1978 (13 weeks)
  US 1 11/18/1978 (21 weeks)

Too Much Heaven is a 1978 Bee Gees song , written by Barry , Robin and Maurice Gibb , and appeared on the 1979 album Spirits Having Flown . Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson and Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb produced the song.

history

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The Gibb brothers wrote the song with Tragedy after the filming of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . Even the song Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb was written in time. Inspired by the band Chicago , their wind players James Pankow, Walter Parazaider and Lee Loughnane also play here.

The Bee Gees introduced this song in 1978 and announced at a United Nations press conference in New York City that they would donate all of the proceeds from this song to UNICEF . Too Much Heaven was intended to celebrate the International Year of the Child, which began on January 1, 1979. In the fall of 1978 the single was released. On January 9, 1979, the Bee Gees performed at the Music for UNICEF concert, singing Too Much Heaven . The concert was also released on an album with this song. Other artists at this concert were ABBA , Andy Gibb , Olivia Newton-John , John Denver , Earth, Wind and Fire , Rita Coolidge , Kris Kristofferson , Rod Stewart and Donna Summer . Robert Stigwood , the manager of the Bee Gees, had the idea for the concert. Three days before the concert, the single Too Much Heaven climbed to first place on the Billboard Hot 100 . In total, the Bee Gees were able to transfer more than 7 million US dollars to UNICEF and received thanks from UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim , who described the Bee Gees' gesture as extraordinary and generous. US President Jimmy Carter invited them to the White House to personally thank UNICEF for their support. The Bee Gees brought him one of their black satin jackets as a gift.

The single was released on October 24, 1978, in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Spain and Sweden, the R&B and soul number became a number one hit. The song could be heard in the movie Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back .

Cover version of Nana

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Too Much Heaven
  DE 2 12/15/1997 (17 weeks)
  AT 6th 01/18/1998 (12 weeks)
  CH 7th 01/11/1998 (12 weeks)

In 1997, Nana released his version of the song, which appeared on the album Father . Compared to the original, you can hear rap passages here, but have largely remained true to the original. Nana raps while Van der Toorn sings the lyrics and the chorus. In Germany, the version was even more successful in the charts than the original and was awarded the Golden Record .

Music video

The music video is set both in heaven and in a family home. The focus is on living together in a large family. At the same time, Nana recites the song in the sky and shines with the family. During the course of the clip, the parents argue and at the end find each other again.

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart placements: chartsurfer.de (Bee Gees) , accessed on March 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ Joseph Brennan: Gibb Songs: 1978. Retrieved March 28, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Tragedy by Bee Gees . Retrieved February 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Too Much Heaven. on: superseventies.com
  5. ↑ Chart placements: chartsurfer.de (Nana) , accessed on March 26, 2020.
  6. ↑ Database: BVMI .
  7. ↑ NANA - Too Much Heaven (Official Video) . YouTube .