美國女子團體［風尚］──R&B／靈魂抒情曲──［Too Gone, Too Long／太遠，太長］

Did I hear you say that you want another chance
You need another try
Youre ready to reclaim your prize
So you want my love back
Why did you let it slip away
Why did you every let me go
Your change of heart has come to late
Well the door is locked
You cant get in

The game is changed
Youve been too gone too long baby
To ever get back again in my heart
Too gone too long baby
Youre too many tears too late
To ever come back, to get back in my arms
Been gone, too gone, too long
Did you hear me say that
Youd be a fool to leave

Youd regret the road youn chose
Youd come running right back to me
You had such a good love, sugar
Youd never find with no one else
What I knew all the time
You had to find out for yourself
But now youll never know the love again
Youre on you own
Youve been too gone too long baby
To ever get back again in my heart

Too gone too long baby
Youre too many tears too late
To ever come back, to get back in my arms
Been gone, too gone, too long
Did you really think Id take you back
Let you right in my life baby
Just like that
Someone new is loving me

Loving you was what used to be
Baby youre too late to win my heart again
Youve been too gone too long baby
To ever get back again in my heart
Too gone too long baby
Youre too many tears too late
To ever come back, to get back in my arms
Been gone, too gone, too long

１９９７年３月, 美國女子R&B團體風尚（En Vogue）籌備第三張大碟［EV3］即將結束

當專輯接近完成時，在艱難的合約談判陷入僵局後，Dawn Robinson 在１９９７年４月選擇離開樂隊，與 Dr. Dre 的 Aftermath Records 簽訂個人錄音合約。, 讓風尚變成三人團, 導致必須重錄某些歌曲。 

１９９７年６月, 第三張專輯［EV3］（East West出版）正式發行。

距離上張專輯［Funky Divas］長達五年──主要因為期間團員懷孕生子, 以及發展個人事業。

長期製作人Denzil Foster＋Thomas McElroy掌舵五首歌曲，

其他製作群包括Babyface，David Foster， Giuliano Franco，Andrea Martin，Ivan Matias， Organized Noize，Pro-Jay

執行製作則是Sylvia Rhone ＆風尚。

樂評從好壞兩極到正面, 認為歌聲表現良好, 但大碟整體製作不如前兩張專輯。

［EV3］收錄１９９６年大紅的［Dont Let Go (Love)］, 為其名義首支單曲。

１９９７年９月２７日, 風尚推出名義第三主打／第二支實質單曲［Too Gone, Too Long／太遠，太長］

由詞曲天后黛安華倫 (Diane Warren) 創作，加拿大唱片製作人大衛福斯特 (David Foster) 製作成一首R&B／靈魂抒情曲

在搖曳的節奏間，風尚以宛如水蛇般的唱腔演繹．

［Too Gone, Too Long］得到褒貶不一的評價。

《洛杉磯時報》作家Connie Johnson將這首歌列為專輯的亮點之一，並指出它是其母專輯「女性氣質、更成熟姿態的一個不可或缺部分」。

「樂團吸取黛安·華倫的［Too Gone Too Long」，這種強力抒情曲將席琳·迪翁(Celine Dion) 和唐妮·布拉斯頓(Toni Braxton ) 的職業生涯推向了更高的水平。

放克女伶能唱歌一直是理所當然的，但這是一場真正建立音樂代表的表演。”

《AllMusic》 的 Stephen Leo Stanley 對樂團與華倫和福斯特合作製作《Too Gone, Too Long》的決定持批評態度。

他發現兩人將“En Vogue 重塑為一支成人當代團體，削弱了樂隊的能量或風格。”

［Too Gone, Too Long／太遠，太長］登上美國Billboard單曲榜＃３３──為其第１１首Top４０。

副榜－R&B榜＃２５

英國榜＃２０

荷蘭＃２＋４５　比利時荷語區＃１７　芬蘭＃１２　　紐西蘭＃３９

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4GV9KDqST4

Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6lKIU4mr9k

Radio Edit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaTGpJKDrlI

Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szi1Uz5jJxg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHUfQxL29YU