| Too Much Passion | |
| Cover: | The Smithereens - Too Much Passion.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Smithereens |
| Album: | Blow Up |
| B-Side: | If You Want the Sun to Shine (instrumental version) |
| Genre: | Alternative rock, blue-eyed soul |
| Length: | 4:32 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Ed Stasium |
| Prev Title: | Top of the Pops |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Miles From Nowhere |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
"Too Much Passion" is a song by the American alternative rock group The Smithereens. It is the second single released in support of their fourth album Blow Up.
It hit #8 on the Cash Box Top 100 (dated April 18, 1992) as well as #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also provided Smithereens with their first, and to date, only Adult Contemporary charting song, reaching #32 on that chart.[1]
In the Smithereens guitar book, Pat DiNizio explains that he wrote the song to sound like the style of Smokey Robinson. There was also a music video directed by Jeff Stein (known for his work on The Kids Are Alright).[2]
All songs written by Pat DiNizio, except where noted.