"If You Want the Sun to Shine (instrumental version)"
Released
December 16, 1991 (1991-12-16)
Genre
Alternative rock, blue-eyed soul
Length
4:32
Label
Capitol
Songwriter(s)
Pat DiNizio
Producer(s)
Ed Stasium
The Smithereens singles chronology
"Top of the Pops" (1991)
"Too Much Passion" (1991)
"Miles From Nowhere" (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]
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