#OnThisDay in 1989, “Another Day In Paradise” was released 🎙 Watch the official video on YouTube.
But everyday I say I’ll try To make my heart be still ‘Til then every way there is to cry, Ourselves to sleep, we will Everyday, everyday you know I try so hard Everyday, everyday it gets a little harder
“’Cause I know, I know I never meant to cause you no pain And I realise I let you down, oh yeah But I know in my heart of hearts I know I’m never gonna hold you again, no, no”
“Look Through My Eyes”, the lead single for Disney’s “Brother Bear”, was released 20 years ago today. The animated film also featured music by Tina Turner, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Oren Waters and The Bulgarian Women’s Choir.
‘Two Hearts’, which Phil wrote for the soundtrack of the film ‘Buster’ in which he starred opposite Julie Walters, was released 35 years ago this month 💐 The song topped the charts in the US, Canada, and Japan and won both a #GoldenGlobe and a #GRAMMY in 1989.
📸 Neale Haynes 2010
Phil’s #Hits album was released 25 years ago today 💥 What is your favourite Phil Collins hit?
Phil’s fourth solo album ‘…But Seriously’ was released this week in 1989. In the UK, it was the best-selling album of 1990 and topped the charts for 15 non-consecutive weeks 📀
London 1986 🎱 Photo by Timothy White #tbt
Can you feel it too? 🥁 Photo by Michael Ochs
It’s been 30 years since the release of ‘Both Sides’, Phil Collins’ fifth studio album and the first one he wrote, recorded and produced entirely by himself. Who remembers seeing Phil promoting ‘Both Sides’ in this classic TV ad from 1993? 👀
Rehearsals with @genesis_band, circa 1973 🥁 #tbt
Cosy Sunday 🛋 Photo by John Stoddart
‘Can’t Stop Loving You’, the lead single from Phil Collins’ ‘Testify’ album and his eighth #No1 on the Billboard chart, was released #OnThisDay in 2002. Phil’s version of the song, which was originally written by singer-songwriter William Nicholls in 1977, has some minor changes in the lyrics and introduces a bridge after the second chorus.
Photo by Alistair Thaine #tbt
30 years ago today, “Both Sides of the Story” was released as the lead single from Phil’s fifth studio album, “Both Sides”. Did you know that the single’s B-sides vary? Some copies include “Always”, while others feature “Rad Dudeski” 👀 Watch the official video for “Both Sides of the Story” now
In the studio with Frida of @abba in 1982, recording her LP “Something’s Going On”, produced by Phil Collins & Hugh Padgham 💿 What’s your favourite release for another artist that Phil has worked on?
A press shot taken for the promotion of Phil’s seventh studio album ‘Testify’, which was released 21 years ago this month. What’s your favourite track on the album? 📷 Lorenzo Aguis
Phil performing live at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, circa 1985. 📸 Photo by Kevin Winter
Phil on stage in Munich, 1981 📸 Martyn Goddard
#OnThisDay in 1996, Phil Collins released his sixth studio album ‘Dance Into The Light’. Recorded in France between ‘95 and ‘96 using mobile studio equipment 🎙🥁
#OnThisDay in 2010, Phil released his version of Carole King and Gerry Goffin’s ‘Going Back’ as a single, taken from the album of the same name. ‘The Essential Going Back’ reissue of the album, which came out 6 years later, includes several live versions as part of the Deluxe Edition 🥁
Released #OnThisDay in 1982 as a single, Phil Collins’ cover of ‘You Can’t Hurry Love’ by The @supremesmusic became his first ever number-one solo hit in the UK Singles Chart 👀
Phil Collins’ cover of ‘True Colors’, originally recorded by @cyndilauper in 1986, was released 25 years ago this month! Did you know that R&B singer Kenneth “@babyface” Edmonds provided the backing vocals for this version?
