Too Young to Fall in Love

{{Infobox song

| name = Too Young to Fall in Love

| cover = Tooyoungtofallinlove.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| B-side = Take Me to the Top

| released = June 1984 (US){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/567/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=567 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}

| recorded = 1983

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

Glam metal{{Cite web|first=J|last=Bennet|title=Cue the Guitar Solos, Here Are Ten Hott Hair Metal Love Ballads for Valentine's Day|date=February 13, 2015|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/hott-hair-metal-love-ballads-for-valentines-day/|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Vice.com|language=en}}
dance-rock{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2024/09/how-1984-became-pops-greatest-year|title=What's 1984 Got to Do with It Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=September 16, 2024|access-date=January 11, 2025}}

| length = 3:34

| label = Elektra

| writer = Nikki Sixx

| producer = Tom Werman

| prev_title = Looks That Kill

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = Smokin' in the Boys Room

| next_year = 1985

| misc = {{External music video

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| header = Music videos

| 1 = {{YouTube|QlKaGou7D-g|"Too Young to Fall in Love"}}

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"Too Young to Fall in Love" is a 1984 single by American rock band Mötley Crüe. It was originally released on their 1983 album Shout at the Devil.

Background

Written by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx, "Too Young to Fall in Love" was released as a single in 1984 and reached No. 90 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #26 on the Mainstream Rock tracks.{{cite web|url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4964|pure_url=yes}}|title = Allmusic (Motley Crue charts & awards)Billboard singles}}

The tune later appeared in the 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the fictional in-game radio station "V-Rock".

Even though the song was a hit, it has been left off some of Mötley Crüe's compilation albums such as Decade of Decadence and Greatest Hits, though it would be included on the reissue of the latter.

Music video

An accompanying music video was released with the single.

The video concerns the members of the band coming together to rescue a young Asian woman from the clutches of the local Crime Boss. Interspersed with footage of the band performing the song, the video also contains a fight scene where the band members fight the Guards of the Crime Boss. It is then revealed that the young woman has willingly submitted to being a consort to the Crime Boss prompting the band members to leave while shaking their heads in disbelief and disgust.

As they leave, Tommy Lee tries to sample some of the Asian cuisine, where Vince told him not to after they tried to rescue the Asian woman, in the Crime Boss's kitchen. The Chief Guard attempts to kill Tommy but is knocked out using a heavy sack of grain. Tommy then picks up a bit of the food and begins to eat it. He then grimaces and spits the food out, walking from the kitchen in disgust.

Critical reception

Upon the British release Barney Hoskyns of New Musical Express left an ironic review of 17 November 1984 and found few warm words for the band and their "not unraunchy" song.{{cite magazine|last=Hoskyns|first=Barney|author-link=Barney Hoskyns|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/49383551522/in/album-72157712772622567/|title=Mötley Crüe — "Hot Too Young to Fall in Love" (Elektra Records)|magazine=New Musical Express|date=17 November 1984|page=23|location=London|publisher=IPC Limited|issn=0028-6362|access-date=17 July 2023|via=Flickr}}

Bryan Rolli, writing for Ultimate Classic Rock, wrote that the song “demonstrated Nikki Sixx’s penchant for sticky, earworm choruses."{{Cite web |last=Rolli |first=Bryan|date=2023-11-24 |title=Top 30 Glam Metal Albums |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/glam-metal-albums/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}