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"Too Much Time on My Hands"
Song
B-side"Queen of Spades"

"Too Much Time on My Hands" is the second single released from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre. It was written and sung by Tommy Shaw, who also plays the lead guitar solo during the break in the song. The song is centered on a new wave-styled synthesizer bass line.

It reached No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100,[1] No. 2 on the Top Rock Tracks chart, and No. 4 on the RPM Top Singles chart of Canada.

Personnel

The song enjoyed a small revival when The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon started talking about the music video in April 2016.[2][3] This culminated with the episode on April 29, 2016 when Fallon showed a shot-by-shot reenactment of the video with him and guest Paul Rudd on the show.[4] In this video Fallon plays the part of Dennis DeYoung and Rudd plays Tommy Shaw, with A.D. Miles as James Young.[5][6] Tommy Shaw has commented positively and said he was impressed with Fallon's vocals.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Styx".
  2. ^ "Jimmy Fallon & Paul Rudd recreate Styx Too Much Time On My Hands video - EW.com". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com.
  3. ^ "Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd re-create Styx's 'Too Much Time On My Hands' video". UPI. 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ Jimmy Fallon & Paul Rudd Recreate Styx Music Video. 29 April 2016 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Watch Jimmy Fallon's and Paul Rudd's Remake of Styx's 'Too Much Time on My Hands' Video". Ultimate Classic Rock. 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ Danielle Henderson (30 April 2016). "Jimmy Fallon and Paul Rudd Gave Us the Shot-For-Shot Styx Video Remake We Didn't Know We Needed". Esquire.
  7. ^ "Jimmy Fallon Sings "Too Much Time on My Hands" - Styx". Styx.
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