Too Busy Being in Love

"Too Busy Being in Love"
Single by Doug Stone
from the album From the Heart
B-side "The Workin' End of a Hoe"[1]
Released October 26, 1992
Format CD Single, Cassingle, 7" single
Genre Country
Length 3:54
Label Epic 74761
Writer(s) Gary Burr, Victoria Shaw
Producer(s) Doug Johnson
Doug Stone singles chronology
"Warning Labels"
(1992)
"Too Busy Being in Love'"
(1992)
"Made for Lovin' You"
(1993)

"Too Busy Being in Love" is a song written by Victoria Shaw and Gary Burr, and recorded by American country music singer Doug Stone. It was released in October 1992 as the second single from the album From the Heart. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on The Canadian RPM Tracks chart.

Content

In this song, the narrator says he could probably give his woman everything and write a poem better than Shakespeare, but that he was "Too Busy Being in Love" with her to do so.

Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in late 1992.

Chart performance

Chart (1992-1993) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 22
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 48

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 405. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1723." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. February 20, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  3. "Doug Stone – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Doug Stone.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1993". RPM. December 18, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  5. "Best of 1993: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.

External links

Preceded by
"Look Heart, No Hands"
by Randy Travis
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single

February 6, 1993
Succeeded by
"Can I Trust You with My Heart"
by Travis Tritt
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

February 20, 1993
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