| Taking It All Too Hard | |
| Cover: | Taking_It_All_Too_Hard.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Genesis |
| Album: | Genesis |
| B-Side: | Silver Rainbow |
| Length: | 3:56 |
| Label: | Atlantic |
| Producer: | Genesis, Hugh Padgham |
| Prev Title: | Illegal Alien |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Invisible Touch |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
"Taking It All Too Hard" is the sixth track from the self-titled album by Genesis, released in 1983. It included the eighth track from the album, "Silver Rainbow," as the B-side.
No music video was made for this single, and the song has never been performed live by the band.[1] Tony Banks' played a Yamaha CP-70 electric piano on the track.
Cash Box said that "Collins' versatile vocals help make this song another potential mega-hit."[2]
The single was only released in the US in the summer of 1984; it peaked at on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[3] and received significant airplay, but stalled at on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 334.