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from the album Impossible Princess | ||||
Released | 27 September 1997 | |||
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"Too Far (Remix)" | ||||
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from the album Mixes | ||||
Released | 21 May 1998 | |||
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"Too Far" is a song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, taken from her sixth studio album Impossible Princess (1997). It was written and produced by Minogue, with additional production credits to Brothers in Rhythm. The song is a drum and bass song where Minogue describes her anger and frustration through its lyrics. It contains elements of club music and breakbeat music, and employs spoken word techniques. The Brothers in Rhythm remix was released as the lead and only single from Minogue's remix compilation, Mixes (1998), on 21 May 1998 by record label Sony BMG.
Critical reception towards "Too Far" has been universally acclaimed; some critics favoured its commercial appeal, while some felt it was one of Minogue's best dance tracks. Critics have highlighted it as an album and career stand out. "Too Far" failed to chart on any record charts, and no music video was directed. Minogue has performed the track on two of her concert tours; Intimate and Live Tour and Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour, and has been included on her greatest hits albums including Artist Collection (2004) and Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie (2007).
"Too Far" was one of the first tracks written for Minogue's sixth album, Impossible Princess. Minogue stated that she left her home for an entire day, and stayed at a local cafe for the morning to write "Too Far". Minogue felt that her home was a "negative atmosphere", and wanted to "get rid of bad energy". She later stated that she wrote "Too Far" "very quickly and at a very bad state." Minogue stated that the lyric "Caught up in this house, trapped my very own self in the snare of my mind," explained her "very well at the time". Minogue felt the lyrics were claustrophobic-like, feeling that she "couldn't find a way out". Although Minogue commented the song was "nothing I have ever done before," she felt the song was a "good form of release" of emotions. Interviewed with the magazine Music Week, Minogue re-alliterated that "Too Far" was "the strangest thing I have ever written."