Too Many Walls

About Too Many Walls

"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, 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. The song lasted for 20 weeks on the Hot 100, even though it was last seen a few weeks before Nielsen SoundScan became part of the Hot 100, as well as the recurrent rule which made 20-week chart runs much more commonplace. (The bottom half of the Hot 100 became limited to the first 20 weeks.) "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.  more »