Many Too Many

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{{Infobox song

| name = Many Too Many

| cover = Many Too Many Single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Genesis

| album = ...And Then There Were Three...

| B-side = {{ubl|"The Day the Light Went Out"|"Vancouver"}}

| released = 16 June 1978{{Cite web|url=https://www.genesis-movement.org/Genesis%20Official%20Release%20Dates%20Online%20Version%20Rev%20E3%20(Oct%202022).pdf|title=Get 'Em Out By Friday. Genesis: The Official Release Dates 1968-78|author=Mic Smith|pages=88|date=May 2017}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 3:31

| label = Charisma/Phonogram (UK)
Atlantic (U.S.)

| writer = Tony Banks

| producer = David Hentschel and Genesis

| prev_title = Follow You Follow Me

| prev_year = 1978

| next_title = Deep in the Motherlode

| next_year = 1978

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Genesis - Many Too Many.ogg

| description = "Many Too Many"

}}

}}

"Many Too Many" is a love song recorded by English rock band Genesis.

Background

"Many Too Many" was released as a single from the album ...And Then There Were Three... in 1978 and written by the band's keyboardist, Tony Banks, who described it as "a simple love lyric".Jon Young. "The Genesis Autodiscography". Trouser Press. March 1982 issue The single reached No. 43 on the UK Singles Chart, following the band's successful breakthrough into the Top Ten with "Follow You Follow Me".[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/genesis/ Genesis UK chart history], The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2012. Its B-side had two non-album songs, "Vancouver" and "The Day the Light Went Out", both released on compact disc on the Genesis Archive 2: 1976–1992 box set. An official music video was filmed for the song.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| title1 = Many Too Many

| writer1 = Tony Banks

| length1 = 3:31

| title2 = The Day the Light Went Out

| writer2 = Banks

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Vancouver

| writer3 = Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford

| length3 = 3:00

}}

Personnel

Chart performance

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!Chart (1978)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Germany|41|artist=Genesis|song=Many, Too Many|songid=27461|rowheader=true|access-date=19 June 2024}}
{{single chart|UK|43|date=19780716|rowheader=true|access-date=19 June 2024}}

References