- Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
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"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" Single by Garth Brooks from the album Garth Brooks B-side "Alabama Clay" Released March 6, 1989 Format CD Single, 7" single Recorded 1988 Genre Country Length 2:58 (album version) Label Capitol 44342 Writer(s) Randy Taylor & Garth Brooks Producer Allen Reynolds Garth Brooks singles chronology "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"
(1989)"If Tomorrow Never Comes"
(1989)"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" is the debut single of Garth Brooks from his self-titled debut album. It was also featured on The Garth Brooks Collection, The Hits and The Ultimate Hits. It was co-written by Garth Brooks and Randy Taylor. In the U.S., the song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Contents
Content
This song talks about the stressful life of a rodeo cowboy. The narrator of the story tells about always being on the road and how, "The competition's getting younger" is making him feel old.
Background and Production
The fact that Chris LeDoux was mentioned in this song led to him being introduced to a wider audience. Chris was surprised to hear his name in the song on the radio one day and set out to meet Garth: "We finally met about eight months after that song had come out. A promoter put us together on the same bill. At the Cocky Bull in Victorville, California. And Garth for some reason insisted on opening for me, but it was great. One of the things that impressed me about him, The first thing he said to me, "You know Chris using your name in that song, you wouldn't believe how that's helped my career." We hit it off pretty good."[1] Brooks, who is a major fan of his, convinced Capitol Records to give him a record contract and would later sing a duet with him on "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy".
Garth provided the following background information on the song in the CD booklet liner notes from The Hits:"'Much too young' will always be my sentimental favorite because it was my very first single. It was a baby that I watched grow up. Whenever I hear it today, I have a smile on my face. It want to give a big thanks to Randy Taylor and Chris LeDoux. Randy was the writer and Chris was probably the reason that it was played. He Chris, Randy and I decided that we owe you a beer, pal."[2]
Music video
A music video wasn't made at the time of the song's release. A video that was included on The Ultimate Hits Collection featured an overdubbed and edited performance of the song for Austin City Limits in 1990.
Chart positions
"Much Too Young" debuted at #94 on Billboard's Country Singles chart on March 25, 1989. It peaked at #8 on that chart on July 15, 1989.[3]
Chart (1989) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs 8 Canadian Country Singles Chart 9 References
- ^ Transcription from "The Garth Brooks Story" (1996)
- ^ Garth Brooks - The Hits: transcription from the CD booklet (bar code 7-2438-29689-2-4)
- ^ PlanetGartn.com info on "Much Too Young"
Garth Brooks "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" · "If Tomorrow Never Comes" · "Not Counting You" · "The Dance"No Fences "Friends in Low Places" · "Unanswered Prayers" · "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" · "The Thunder Rolls" · "Wild Horses" (released in 2001)Ropin' the Wind The Chase In Pieces "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" · "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" · "Standing Outside the Fire" · "One Night a Day" · "Callin' Baton Rouge" · "The Red Strokes"Fresh Horses "She's Every Woman" · "The Fever" · "The Beaches of Cheyenne" · "The Change" · "It's Midnight Cinderella" · "That Ol' Wind"Sevens "Longneck Bottle" · "She's Gonna Make It" · "Two Piña Coladas" · "You Move Me" · "Do What You Gotta Do" (released in 2000)The Limited Series Double Live "It's Your Song"Greatest Hits (as Chris Gaines) "Lost in You" · "It Don't Matter to the Sun" · "That's the Way I Remember It"Scarecrow "When You Come Back to Me Again" (released in 2000) · "Wrapped Up in You" · "Squeeze Me In" (with Trisha Yearwood) · "Thicker Than Blood" · "Why Ain't I Running"The Lost Sessions The Ultimate Hits Guest singles "In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) · "One Heart at a TIme" (charity single) · "Burnin' the Roadhouse Down" (with Steve Wariner) · "Where Your Road Leads" (with Trisha Yearwood) · "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Steve Wariner) · "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (with George Jones)Other songs Categories:- 1989 singles
- Garth Brooks songs
- Songs written by Garth Brooks
- Songs produced by Allen Reynolds
- Capitol Records singles
- 1980s country song stubs
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