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Released
  
23 August 1993 (UK)

Recorded
  
1993

Length
  
4:56 (Album Version)

Format
  
7" 12" CD-single

Genre
  
Rock new wave

B-side
  
"Drowning Man" (D:Ream Mix)

"Too Much Information" is the third single released from Duran Duran's 1993 album, Duran Duran, popularly known as The Wedding Album.

Contents

About the song

The song's lyrics deal mainly with the commercialisation of the music industry and feature the tongue-in-cheek line "Destroyed by MTV / I hate to bite the hand that feeds me / so much information", alluding to the belief that MTV were largely responsible for the band's success in the United States in the early 1980s.

In the UK, "Too Much Information" became the band's third Top 40 single from the album. The song fared poorly on the U.S. Billboard pop and adult contemporary charts, though performed much better on the alternative rock and club charts.

Music video

The video for "Too Much Information" was filmed by director Julien Temple in Santa Monica on 27 August and featured the elaborate stage setup designed for the band's 1993 Dilate Your Mind tour.

B-sides, bonus tracks and remixes

The cassette and CD singles were released on 23 August 1993, and those who bought the cassette single received a free No Ordinary EP cassette with live tracks ("Hungry Like the Wolf", "Notorious", "Come Undone"), recorded during a performance at Tower Records a few months before. These recordings also appeared as bonus tracks on various global CD releases of the single.

There are eleven official mixes of "Too Much Information". They are often credited with different names on different releases.

  • "Too Much Information" (Album Version) 4:54
  • "Too Much Information" (Album Version Edit) 3:56
  • "Too Much Information" (Trance Mix 12") / (Ben Chapman 12" Mix) 6:16
  • "Too Much Information" (Trance Instrumental 12") / (Ben Chapman Dub) / (Ben Chapman 12" Instrumental Dub) / (Ben Chapman Instrumental 12" Mix) 6:14
  • "Too Much Information" (Trance Mix 7") / (Techno 7" Remix) 3:29
  • "Too Much Information" (Deptford Dub) 6:01
  • "Too Much Information" (4:30am Twirl Mix) 4:10
  • "Too Much Information" (Club 2 Mix) 4:10
  • "Too Much Information" (Unplugged Mix) 4:14
  • "Too Much Information" (David Richards 12" Mix) 4:14
  • "Too Much Information" (Trance Instrumental) - 6:58
  • "Too Much Information" (12" Jellybean Mix) / (Jellybean Remix) 6:42

    • 12": Parlophone. / 12 DD 18 United Kingdom

    1. "Too Much Information" (Ben Chapman 12" Instrumental Dub) – 6:00
    2. "Drowning Man" (D:Ream Mix) – 6:19 (a.k.a. "D:Ream 12")
    3. "Drowning Man" (Ambient Mix)" – 6:44
    4. "Too Much Information" (Deptford Dub) – 5:43

    CD: Parlophone. / CD DDS 18 United Kingdom

    1. "Too Much Information" (Album version) – 4:56
    2. "Drowning Man" (D:Ream 12") – 6:29 (a.k.a. "D:Ream Mix")
    3. "Too Much Information" (Ben Chapman 12" Mix) – 6:18 (a.k.a. "Trance Mix 12")
    4. "Too Much Information" (Deptford Dub) – 5:43
  • This CD came in a 2-CD case that also housed CD DD 18.

    • CD: Parlophone CD DD 18 United Kingdom

    1. "Too Much Information (Album Version Edit)" – 3:59
    2. "Come Undone" (12" Mix - Comin' Together) – 7:25 (a.k.a. "Mix 1 Master")
    3. "Come Undone (Live)" – 7:35
    4. "Notorious (Live)" – 5:31
  • Part 2 of a 2-CD set which can be housed in the special 2-CD holder which come with UK release CD DDS 18.

    • MC: Parlophone. / TC DD 18 United Kingdom

    1. "Too Much Information" (Album Version Edit) – 4:56
    2. "Come Undone (Live)" – 7:35
  • "Too Much Information" is actually the "Album Version".
  • Track 2 Live from Tower Records Sunset in Los Angeles.

    • 12": Capitol Records. / Y 7243 8 58044 6 5 United States

    1. "Too Much Information" (Trance Mix 12") - 6:00 (a.k.a. "Ben Chapman 12" Mix")
    2. "Too Much Information" (Trance Instrumental) - 6:58
    3. "Too Much Information" (Deptford Dub) - 6:26
    4. "Too Much Information" (Club 2 Mix) - 4:14
  • Limited Edition.
  • Blue transparent vinyl.
  • Also available under catalogue number: SPRO-79270.

    • CD: Capitol Records. / C2 0777 7 16489 2 2 United States

    1. "Too Much Information" (Album Version) – 4:57
    2. "Too Much Information" (Techno 7" Remix) – 3:31
    3. "Drowning Man" (D:Reamix) – 6:29 (a.k.a. "D:Ream 12" & D:Ream Mix)
    4. "Hungry Like the Wolf" (Live Acoustic) – 7:01
  • Comes in yellow tray
  • Track 4 Live from Tower Records Sunset in Los Angeles.

    • CD: Capitol Records. / DPRO-79256 (Promo) United States

    1. "Too Much Information" (Trance 7" mix) – 3:29
    2. "Too Much Information" (4:30 AM Twirl Mix) – 4:21
    3. "Too Much Information" (Club 2 Mix) – 4:14
    4. "Too Much Information" (Unplugged Mix) – 4:16
  • Mixes listed as The Churban Mixes.

    • CD: Capitol Records. / DPRO-79269 (Promo) United States

    1. "Too Much Information" (Trance Mix 12") – 6:12
    2. "Too Much Information" (Trance Instrumental 12") – 6:14
    3. "Too Much Information" (Deptford Dub) – 6:06
    4. "Too Much Information" (Club 2 Mix) – 4:15

    CD: Capitol Records. / DPRO-79816 (Promo) United States

    1. "Too Much Information" (Edit) – 3:56
    2. "Too Much Information" (Album Version) – 4:52

    MC: Capitol Records. / 4KM-44955 United States

    1. "Too Much Information" (LP Version) – 4:56
    2. "First Impression" – 4:57
    3. "Come Undone" (FGI Phumpin' Mix) – 8:14 (a.k.a. "FGI Phumpin' 12")

    CD: Part of "Singles Box Set 1986-1995" boxset

    1. "Too Much Information" (Album version) – 4:56
    2. "Come Undone" (Live) – 7:34
    3. "Notorious" (Live) – 5:31
    4. "Too Much Information" (Ben Chapman 12" Mix) – 6:19 (a.k.a. "Trance Mix 12")
    5. "Drowning Man" (D:Ream Mix) – 6:20 (a.k.a. "D:Ream 12")
    6. "Drowning Man" (Ambient Mix) – 6:36
    7. "Too Much Information" (Ben Chapman Instrumental 12" Mix) – 6:00
    8. "Too Much Information" (Deptford Dub) – 5:44
    9. "Too Much Information" (Album version edit) - 3:58
    10. "Come Undone" (12" Mix Comin' Together) – 7:26 (a.k.a. "Mix 1 Master")

    Chart positions

    On 4 September, "Too Much Information" peaked at #35 in the United Kingdom, and at #45 in the United States.

  • #35 UK Singles Chart
  • #45 Billboard Hot 100
  • #30 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks
  • #17 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play

    • Other appearances

  • 1993 - Duran Duran [The Wedding Album]
  • 1999 - Strange Behaviour
  • 2004 - Singles Box Set 1986-1995

    • Personnel

  • Simon Le Bon - vocals
  • Nick Rhodes - keyboards
  • John Taylor - bass
  • Warren Cuccurullo - guitars
  • Steve Ferrone - drums

    • References

    Too Much Information Wikipedia
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