"I Wanna Go Too Far" is a song written by Kent Robbins and Layng Martine Jr., and recorded by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released in July 1995 as the fourth single from the album Thinkin' About You. The song reached number 9 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

"I Wanna Go Too Far"
Single by Trisha Yearwood
from the album Thinkin' About You
B-side"The Restless Kind"
ReleasedJuly 31, 1995
StudioSound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length2:59
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Kent Robbins, Layng Martine Jr.
Producer(s)Garth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood singles chronology
"You Can Sleep While I Drive"
(1995)
"I Wanna Go Too Far"
(1995)
"On a Bus to St. Cloud"
(1996)

Critical reception

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Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it "a great uptempo ode to rocking the boat and living life to its finest." She goes on to say that Yearwood conveys a "sense of yearning and urgency" and this successfully taps into the emotional core.[2]

Chart performance

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"I Wanna Go Too Far" debuted at number 68 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 5, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] 25
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 9

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 403.
  2. ^ Billboard, July 29, 1995: Vol. 107 Iss. 30 - p. 86
  3. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2792." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 30, 1995. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Trisha Yearwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.