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"You Talk Too Much" is a 1960 single by American R&B singer Joe Jones, co-written by Jones and Reginald Hall. The song reached Number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Released by Ric Records , it would be the label's only commercial success. [ 2 ]
"You Talk Too Much" is the third track on Run–D.M.C.'s second studio album, King of Rock. It was released as the second single from the album in 1985. It was released as the second single from the album in 1985.
You Talk Too Much may refer to: "You Talk Too Much" (Joe Jones song), 1960 "You Talk Too Much" (Run-DMC song), 1985 "You Talk Too Much", a 1983 song by Cheap Trick from Next Position Please "You Talk Too Much", a 1988 song by George Thorogood and the Destroyers from Born to Be Bad
In 1960, a re-recording of a song he had first recorded in 1958 for Roulette Records, [4] "You Talk Too Much," became a national success, [5] but his subsequent releases were less successful. [ 6 ] Jones claimed to have composed many songs, including the song " Iko Iko ."
After the success of their first album, Run-DMC looked to branch out on their follow-up. The release of King of Rock in 1985 saw the group furthering their rap rock fusion on songs like "Can You Rock It Like This" and the title track; while "Roots, Rap, Reggae" was one of the first rap/dancehall hybrids.
Three tracks from the album were released as singles. "You Talk Too Much", written by Thorogood, was the lead single from the album. [3] The song peaked at number 4 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. [5] "Born to Be Bad", also written by Thorogood, peaked at number 3 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks. [5] "
Raising Hell was voted fifth best album of 1986 in the Pazz & Jop poll of American critics nationwide, published by The Village Voice. [22] Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, wrote in a contemporary review: "Without benefit of a 'Rock Box' or 'King of Rock,' this is [Run-D.M.C.'s] most uncompromising and compelling album, all hard beats and declaiming voices."
Within a year Joe Jones, a successful singer in his own right with the Top Five 1960 single "You Talk Too Much", became their manager. [5] After working with them for five months, Jones took them to New York City, where record producers/songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller signed them to their new Red Bird Records label. [1]