Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

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{{Infobox song

| name = Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

| cover = Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams

| album = You Light Up My Life

| B-side = Emotion

| released = February 21, 1978

| recorded = 1977

| studio =

| genre =

• Soul{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams' "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"|website= Stereogum |date= December 4, 2019 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2067701/the-number-ones-johnny-mathis-deniece-williams-too-much-too-little-too-late/columns/the-number-ones/|quote= ...it just felt right that one of the old romantic-crooner titans was now singing adult-contempo soul about not being able to stay together...|accessdate= July 5, 2023}}{{cite book|title= Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= July 17, 2000|chapter=

Movin' On Up: Corporate Soul|page= 101|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95}}

| length = 3:00

| label = Columbia

| writer = John Vallins, Nat Kipner

| producer = Jack Gold

| chronology = Johnny Mathis

| prev_title = Yellow Roses On Her Gown

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = You're All I Need to Get By

| next_year = 1978

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Deniece Williams

| type = singles

| prev_title = Baby, Baby My Loves All for You

| prev_year = 1978

| title = Too Much, Too Little, Too Late

| year = 1978

| next_title = You're All I Need to Get By

| next_year = 1978

}}

}}

"Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" is a song performed by singers Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams, written by Nat Kipner and John Vallins. The single was a comeback of sorts for Mathis, because his last U.S. top 10 hit had been 1963’s "What Will Mary Say" and his last U.S. #1 hit had been 1957's "Chances Are."{{Cite web|date=2019-12-13|title=The Number Ones: Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams' "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2067701/the-number-ones-johnny-mathis-deniece-williams-too-much-too-little-too-late/columns/the-number-ones/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Stereogum|language=en}}

Released as a single in 1978, it reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, Adult Contemporary chart,{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=161}} and R&B chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=383}} It also reached #1 on the Record World Singles Chart,{{Cite journal|date=May 27, 1978|title=Record World Singles Chart, page 36|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/78/RW-1978-05-27.pdf|journal=Record World |pages=92}} but peaked at #2 on the Cashbox Top 100.{{Cite journal|date=June 10, 1978|title=Cashbox Top 100, page 4|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-06-10.pdf|journal=Cashbox Magazine|pages=52}} Outside the United States, the song peaked at #9 on the Canadian Singles ChartLwin, Nanda (2000). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=Gold & Platinum |publisher=RIAA |access-date=2016-10-14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928014038/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}

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, released by Sony Music in 1995, featured the title track among other songs by the Mathis–Williams duo.