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“Too Much” by Dave Matthews Band

From the album Crash (1996)

“Too Much” by Dave Matthews Band appears on 31 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1996 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Crash. Its best result is #7 on the WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #55 alternative song of 1996, #877 alternative song of all time and #448 of the '90s.

31countdowns
13stations
#7best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1996–2023years charted

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"Too Much" kicked the door open for Crash, Dave Matthews Band's second studio album, arriving as its lead single in April 1996. Steve Lillywhite produced and Tom Lord-Alge mixed, and the band sounds like it's barely keeping the lid on: Matthews scratching out a jittery acoustic rhythm and yelping over the top, LeRoi Moore's saxophones honking in the corners, Boyd Tinsley's violin sawing away, Stefan Lessard's bass doing a nervous funk strut, and guest Tim Reynolds piling on more guitar. The music credit is split five ways, with Matthews writing the words.

It reached number five on Billboard's Modern Rock chart and gave the band their first number one on the Triple-A chart, and it later turned up on the compilation The Best of What's Around Vol. 1.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 52 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1996 101
1996 59 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 99
1996 85 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 107
1996 7 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 1996 104
1996 85 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 1996 100
1996 31 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 96 Songs of 1996 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1999 466 WHFS WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) 500
1999 632 Q101 Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 1017
1999 437 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 31 DC101 DC101 Top 101 Rock Songs of the 90s 101
2000 437 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 439 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2001 293 WBRU WBRU Modern Rock Top 500 (2001) 500
2002 439 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 439 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 439 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 440 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 804 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2007 932 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 896 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 916 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 947 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 979 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1032 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1089 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 427 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 450 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2020 436 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2021 209 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s 908
2023 1214 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2023 472 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500

Charting alongside it in 1996

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  3. 3Where It's AtBeck
  4. 4SpiderwebsNo Doubt
  5. 5What I GotSublime
  6. 6MachineheadBush

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