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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"'''Too Much Heaven'''" is a song by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_Gees Bee Gees], which was the band's contribution to the "Music for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICEF UNICEF]" fund. They performed it at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_UNICEF_Concert Music for UNICEF Concert] on 9 January 1979. The song later found its way to the group's thirteenth original album, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirits_Having_Flown Spirits Having Flown]''. In the United States and Canada, it became the latest in a long line of chart-toppers, and rose to the top three in the United Kingdom, as well.</p>
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Imbued with their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsetto falsetto] style, it is also notable for being one of two songs on the album featuring the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(band) Chicago] horn section they are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pankow James Pankow], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Parazaider Walt Parazaider] and[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Loughnane Lee Loughnane] the other track with the Chicago members being "Search, Find". In later years, the brothers performed the song with only Barry's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar guitar] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_instrument keyboards], with all three singing in their normal range. This version was part of a medley the brothers did as part of their ''All for One'' Australian concert, and is also included on the''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Brothers_Gibb Tales from the Brothers Gibb]'' box set alongside the original version.</p>
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==Contents==
<span class="toctoggle" style="-webkit-user-select:none;"> [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven# hide]] </span>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#Recording 1 Recording]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#Release 2 Release]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#Charts_and_certifications 3 Charts and certifications]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#Charts 3.1 Charts]
**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#Sales_and_certifications 3.2 Sales and certifications]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#Cover_versions 4 Cover versions]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#References 5 References]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#External_links 6 External links]
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==Recording<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Too_Much_Heaven&action=edit§ion=1 edit]]</span>==
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The recording process was the longest of all the tracks on ''Spirits Having Flown'' as there are nine layers of three-part harmony creating 27 voices, though the high falsetto voices are the most pronounced in the final mix:</p>
*Barry on falsetto lead three times
*falsetto high harmony three times
*falsetto low harmony three times
*Barry on natural voice lead three times
*high harmony three times
*low harmony three times
*Barry, Robin and Maurice together on lead three times
*high harmony three times
*low harmony three times<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup>
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The horn section from the band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(band) Chicago] play on the song, in return for the brothers' appearance on the Chicago song "Little Miss Lovin". On its demo version, Barry begins with count-in. This track does have some backing vocals. The demo lacks the full orchestral feel of the final song.</p>
==Release<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Too_Much_Heaven&action=edit§ion=2 edit]]</span>==
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"Too Much Heaven" was released nine months after "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Fever Night Fever]". At the time, this had been the longest gap in The Bee Gees' distribution of singles since 1975.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The single "Too Much Heaven" was released in the late autumn of 1978 (it had originally been intended for use in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Travolta John Travolta] movie ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_by_Moment Moment By Moment]'', but was pulled before the film's release reportedly because Barry Gibb thought the movie was awful when he was shown a rough cut),<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup> and started a slow ascent up the music charts. In the first week of 1979, preceding the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_for_UNICEF_Concert Music for UNICEF Concert], the single first topped the charts in both the United States and Canada. In the United Kingdom, the single peaked at number three late in 1978. A slow [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballad ballad] that was unlike the previous two singles off the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fever Saturday Night Fever]'' soundtrack, Barry Gibb noted that the group wanted to "move in an R&B direction, still maintaining our lyric power, and our melody power as well."<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the summer of 1978, the Gibb brothers announced their latest project at a news conference at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations United Nations] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City]. All of the publishing royalties on their next single would go into UNICEF, to celebrate the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_of_the_Child International Year of the Child], which was designated to be 1979. The song earned over $7 million in publishing royalties. Then-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Secretary-General United Nations Secretary-General] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Waldheim Kurt Waldheim] heralded the move as "an outstanding and generous initiative."<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup></p>
<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Bee Gees were later invited to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House White House], where President [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter Jimmy Carter] thanked the group for their donation. At the ceremony, the brothers presented Carter with one of their black satin tour jackets. Carter remarked that he was "not a disco fan" but knew enough about their music because his daughter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Carter Amy] was a big fan.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed citation needed]'']</sup></p>
==Charts and certifications<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Too_Much_Heaven&action=edit§ion=3 edit]]</span>==
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"|Canada ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Canada Music Canada])<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CanadaBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef_2-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#cite_note-CanadaBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef-2 [2]]</sup>
|Platinum
|150,000<sup style="line-height:1;">^</sup>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"|France ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique SNEP])<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-FranceBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef_3-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#cite_note-FranceBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef-3 [3]]</sup>
|Gold
|728,000<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#cite_note-4 [4]]</sup>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"|United Kingdom ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry BPI])<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-United_KingdomBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef_5-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#cite_note-United_KingdomBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef-5 [5]]</sup>
|Gold
|500,000<sup style="line-height:1;">^</sup>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"|United States ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America RIAA])<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-United_StatesBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef_6-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#cite_note-United_StatesBee_GeesToo_Much_HeavenCertRef-6 [6]]</sup>
|Platinum
|2,000,000<sup style="line-height:1;">^</sup>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"|'''Total certified sales:'''
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|'''3,150,000'''
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*</sup>sales figures based on certification alone <sup style="line-height:1;">^</sup>shipments figures based on certification alone <sup style="line-height:1;">x</sup>unspecified figures based on certification alone</p>
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==Cover versions<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Too_Much_Heaven&action=edit§ion=6 edit]]</span>==
*In 1979, the Cantonese singer Alan Tam covered and released it as 唱一首好歌 ("Sing A Good Song").
*German boy band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US5 US5] released a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_(song) cover] of "Too Much Heaven" in 2007 as a duet with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Gibb Robin Gibb]. "Too Much Heaven" was their first single with new member Vincent.
*Norwegian pop duo [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2M_(band) M2M] used the chorus from "Too Much Heaven" in the chorus of their own song "Our Song" - ''"Nobody gets too much heaven no more / It's much harder to come by/ I'm waiting in line / Nobody gets too much love any more / It's as high as a mountain / And harder to climb"''. The song can be found on their debut album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_Purple Shades of Purple]''.
*British soul singer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Knight Beverley Knight] released a cover version of "Too Much Heaven" in 2009 on her album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%25_(Beverley_Knight_album) 100%]''. Knight's version featured backing vocals at the request of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Gibb Robin Gibb], as they had previously collaborated on the song live.
*Nana (darkman), German rapper and DJ used the chorus from "Too Much Heaven" in the song "Too Much Heaven" (1997)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney Paul McCartney] recorded this song in 2004 as a tribute to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Gibb Maurice Gibb] for his album [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_and_Creation_in_the_Backyard Chaos and Creation in the Backyard] but not released.
*Rebecca Conklin, an avant garde gypsy funk sound stylist based in Bucharest, performed an electronic rendition at the Romanian Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo 2010.
*American gospel recording group Winans Phase 2,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#cite_note-7 [7]]</sup> released a cover of "Too Much Heaven" on their 2000 album, ''We Got Next''.
*In 1999, South Korean singer, 조관우 (Joe Kwan Woo) covered the song on his album ''Special 99 Edition''.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Much_Heaven#cite_note-8 [8]]</sup>
*The Minneapolis based singer-songwriter Criss Starr, released a cover version of "Too Much Heaven" for his ''Yours 4Ever'' CD in 2013.
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