Taking It All Too Hard

"Taking It All Too Hard"
Single by Genesis
from the album Genesis
B-side"Silver Rainbow"
ReleasedJune 1984 (1984-06)
Length3:56
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
Producer(s)Genesis, Hugh Padgham
Genesis singles chronology
"Illegal Alien"
(1984) 		"Taking It All Too Hard"
(1984) 		"Invisible Touch"
(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.

Background

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.

Reception

Cash Box said that "Collins' versatile vocals help make this song another potential mega-hit."[2]

Personnel

Chart performance

The single was only released in the US in the summer of 1984; it peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart[3] and received significant airplay, but stalled at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

References

  1. ^ The Pet Shop
  2. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 9 June 1984. p. 7. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Taking It All Too Hard" Billboard chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 334.


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