1992 Patty Smyth & Don Henley – Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough (US:#2 UK:#22)
“Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” a duet between American singers Patty Smyth and Don Henley. The rock ballad was written by Smyth and Glen Burtnik and was released as a single in August 1992. It reached No. 1 in Canada, where it was the most successful single of 1992, and peaked at No. 2 in Ireland and on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Smyth is the lead singer for the band Scandal, whose hits included “The Warrior” and “Goodbye to You”; Henley is a longtime member of the band Eagles (singing lead vocals on “Desperado” and “Hotel California”, among many others) as well as a successful solo artist (“The Boys of Summer”, “Dirty Laundry”). Smyth had previously provided backing vocals on Henley’s solo albums Building the Perfect Beast (1984) and The End of the Innocence (1989). “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough” was written by Smyth and Glen Burtnik and would appear on her self-titled 1992 album.
Album
Patty Smyth is the second solo studio album by rock singer-songwriter Patty Smyth, formerly of Scandal; it went gold as a result of the popularity of its first single, “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough”, which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and also went gold. The album also produced three further singles […]
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Produced By
Roy Bittan
Songwriters
Glen Burtnick
Patty Smyth
Charts
US:# 2
UK:#22