Not Too Much to Ask

{{Infobox song

| name = Not Too Much to Ask

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Mary Chapin Carpenter with Joe Diffie

| album = Come On Come On

| B-side = I Am a Town

| released = September 1992

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:24

| label = Columbia

| writer = Mary Chapin Carpenter
Don Schlitz

| producer = Mary Chapin Carpenter
John Jennings

| chronology = Mary Chapin Carpenter

| prev_title = I Feel Lucky

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Passionate Kisses

| next_year = 1993

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Joe Diffie

| type = singles

| prev_title = Next Thing Smokin'

| prev_year = 1992

| title = Not Too Much to Ask

| year = 1992

| next_title = Startin' Over Blues

| next_year = 1992

}}

}}

"Not Too Much to Ask" is a song recorded by American country music artists Mary Chapin Carpenter and Joe Diffie. It was released in September 1992 as the second single from Carpenter's album Come On Come On. The song reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1992.{{cite magazine|title=Mary Chapin Carpenter Hot Country Songs Chart History|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=mary chapin carpenter|chart=Country Songs}}|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 1, 2012}} It was nominated for a 1993 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals.{{cite news|title=The 35th Grammy Awards Nominations : General Categories|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-08-ca-921-story.html|access-date=February 1, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=January 8, 1993}} It was written by Carpenter and Don Schlitz.

Critical reception

David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the song a negative review, calling it "a delicate acoustic ballad that doesn't set off as many sparks as the collaboration promises."{{cite news|last=Browne|first=David|title=Come On Come On Review|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311094,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421060017/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311094,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 21, 2009|accessdate=February 1, 2012|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 17, 1992}}

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1992)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Canadacountry|12|chartid=1867|publishdate=December 19, 1992|accessdate=August 15, 2013}}
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|15|artist=Mary Chapin Carpenter}}

References