Too Good to Be True (Edens Edge song)

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| name = Too Good to Be True

| cover = TooGoodtoBeTrue.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Edens Edge

| album = Edens Edge

| released = {{Start date|2012|04|09}}

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| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=17}}

| label = Big Machine

| writer = Gordie Sampson
Hillary Lindsey
Troy Verges

| producer = Dann Huff

| prev_title = Amen

| prev_year = 2011

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"Too Good to Be True" is a song written by Gordie Sampson, Hillary Lindsey and Troy Verges, and recorded by American country music group Edens Edge. It was released in April 2012 as the second single from their debut album Edens Edge.

This was Edens Edge's last single on Big Machine Records and remains their last single to be released as of 2013.

Critical reception

Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave it 4½ stars out of 5, saying that it "is slick but not overdone or bombastic" and has "interesting similes and metaphors".{{cite web|url=https://roughstock.com/news/2012/09/16704-edens-edge-too-good-to-be-true|title=Edens Edge - Too Good To Be True|last=Peacock|first=Bobby|date=18 September 2012|work=Roughstock|accessdate=25 September 2012}} It received 4 out of 5 stars from Billy Dukes of Taste of Country, who thought that the song's storyline was similar to other songs such as "Good Girl" by Carrie Underwood, but said that "the production is top-notch".{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/edens-edge-too-good-to-be-true/|title=Edens Edge, 'Too Good to Be True' – Song Review|last=Dukes|first=Billy|date=18 March 2012|work=Taste of Country|accessdate=25 September 2012}}

Music video

The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in June 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/edens-edge/789527/too-good-to-be-true.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727020327/http://www.cmt.com/videos/edens-edge/789527/too-good-to-be-true.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 27, 2012|title=CMT : Videos : Edens Edge : Too Good To Be True|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=June 10, 2012}}

Chart performance

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=Year-end charts=

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US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-country-songs | title=Best of 2012: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=2012 | accessdate=December 14, 2012}}

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