Too Many Walls

"Too Many Walls"
Single by Cathy Dennis
from the album Move to This
Released September 23, 1991
Format
Recorded 1990
Genre Pop
Length 4:38 (Album Version)
4:25 (Edit Version)
3:42 (Acoustic Version)
Label Polydor Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Cathy Dennis
  • Phil Bodger
Cathy Dennis singles chronology
"Touch Me (All Night Long)"
(1991)		 "Too Many Walls"
(1991)		 "Everybody Move"
(1991)

"Touch Me (All Night Long)"
(1991)		 "Too Many Walls"
(1991)		 "Everybody Move"
(1991)

"Too Many Walls" is a song by British singer-songwriter Cathy Dennis.

Released as a single from her album Move to This on September 23, 1991[1], the song became Dennis' fourth Top 10 hit on the U.S. pop chart, where it peaked at #8. Her other American Top 10 singles were: "C'mon and Get My Love" (officially credited to 'D Mob introducing Cathy Dennis'), #10 in 1990; "Just Another Dream", #9, also from 1990; and "Touch Me (All Night Long)", #2 from earlier in 1991. "Too Many Walls" also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. In the UK, the song was released in October and reached #17 on the British pop chart. In Australia, the song reached #57 on the Australian pop chart.

"Too Many Walls" is a midtempo pop ballad and was co-written by Dennis and Anne Dudley, member of the avant-garde synthpop musical group The Art of Noise. The song was originally a composition of Dudley's with strings but no lyrics, until Dennis adapted the song and added words before it appeared on her debut album. The song was then remixed into a more radio-friendly version before being released as a single.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Dennis stated that she thinks the ballad is "the best song on the album, especially in terms of lyrics. The other songs are fun, but they can be quite vacant." She said the song is "about when you want to be together with someone, but other people's opinions and prejudices get in the way."[2]

"Too Many Walls" was Dennis' final Top 10 hit in the U.S. as a featured singer; she has, however, written other hit songs, notably Kylie Minogue's worldwide hit "Can't Get You Out of My Head".

The video was filmed at the newly opened Stansted airport. It was directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel.

Track listings

UK CD single
  1. "Too Many Walls"
  2. "Too Many Walls" (L'autre Mix)
  3. "Too Many Walls" (a cappella)
US cassette single
  1. "Too Many Walls" (Radio Mix)
  2. "Too Many Walls" (a cappella)

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "CATHY DENNIS - TOO MANY WALLS on hitparade.ch".
  2. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  3. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 79.
  4. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1636." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Cathy Dennis – Too Many Walls". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Too Many Walls". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Cathy Dennis Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cathy Dennis Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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