 Genius Meanings
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Phil Collins – Two Hearts
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“Two Hearts” won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song alongside the Carly Simon song Let the River Run from Working Girl (with the latter having beaten the former for the
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Phil Collins – Two Worlds
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According to Billboard, this musical lullaby is the first song Phil Collins worked on with Mark Macina for the Disney movie “Tarzan”. The song is woven into the score and sets the
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Phil Collins – Two Hearts [Serious Hits...Live!]
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Well there was no reason to believe / She'd always be there / But if you don't put faith in what you're believin' / It's getting ya nowhere / And it teaches you to never give up
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Phil Collins – You’ll Be In My Heart
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One of five original songs written by Phil Collins in 1998 for the 1999 Tarzan movie by Disney. In the movie, the song ends on the first verse, but the full version of the song was
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UNSECRET & UNSECRET String Quartet – Two Hearts
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[Instrumental]
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Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
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“In the Air Tonight” remains one of Phil Collins‘ best known hits. Its music video was directed by Stuart Orme and played on MTV shortly after the channel launched in 1981.
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Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise
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A protest song released as the 7th track of 4th album But Seriously in October 1989.
Interestingly, the song was the last #1 of the 1980’s and the first of the 1990’s.
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Phil Collins – Tearing and Breaking
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Tearing and breaking down / Tearing my heart / Tearing and breaking down / Tearing my heart / (Tearing and breaking down) / (Tearing my heart) / There goes my heart again / (
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Stephen Lynch (Ft. Courtney Jaye) – The Night I Laid You Down
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[Stephen] / We were young, maybe twenty / You wore a white dressing gown / Drinking wine and dancing slowly / On the night I laid you down / And the moonlight revealed your body
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Genesis – Mama
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Even though some may think “Mama” was written about abortion as told by the fetus, according to the band in 1983 interview the song is about a young man’s fascination for a
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Phil Collins – You Can't Hurry Love
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“You Can’t Hurry Love” is a 1966 song originally recorded by The Supremes on the Motown label.
Collins wanted to try and recreate the ‘Sixties’ sound but as recording studios
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Glenn Close (Ft. Phil Collins) – You’ll Be in My Heart
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[Glenn Close] / Come stop your crying, it'll be alright / Just take my hand, hold it tight / I will protect you from all around you / I will be here, don't you cry / [Phil Collins
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Phil Collins – You Know What I Mean
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[Verse 1] / Just as I thought I'd make it / You walk back into my life / Just like you never left / Just as I'd learned to be lonely / You call up to tell me / You're not sure if
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Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover
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Released in 1984 on Bailey’s album Chinese Wall, “Easy Lover” is a collaboration between Phil Collins and Bailey. The song was a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic (#2 in
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Phil Collins – Two Worlds Reprise
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Every moment now the bond grows / Grows stronger / Two worlds, one family / Trust your heart / Let fate decide / To guide those lives we see
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Earth, Wind & Fire – September
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In “September,” Maurice White reminisces over a nostalgic period that took place in the month of September.
As a joyful classic, the song has appeared in a variety of commercials
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Phil Collins – Two Worlds (Radio/Single Version)
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Put your faith in what you most believe in / Two worlds, one family / Trust your heart / Let fate decide / To guide these lives we see / A paradise untouched by man / Within this
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Phil Collins – True Colors
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In 1998, the song was covered by Phil Collins for his compilation album …Hits. The version was a smooth-jazz-influenced version compared to the original.
The song clearly is about
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Phil Collins – Son of Man
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[Verse 1] / Oh, the power to be strong / And the wisdom to be wise / All these things will come to you in time / On this journey that you're making / There'll be answers that you'
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Phil Collins – A Groovy Kind of Love
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The song is a cover of the Mindbenders song from 1966, taken from the movie Buster, a film in which Phil Collins starred in himself. This is a cover of the song of the same name
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Phil Collins – My Girl (Live)
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I've got sunshine on a cloudy day / And when it's cold outside / I've got the month of May / I guess you'll say / What can make me feel this way / My girl, I'm Talking about my
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Phil Collins – Somewhere
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A girl / There's a place for us / Somewhere a place for us / Peace and quiet and open air / Wait for us / Somewhere / There's a time for us / Some day a time for us / Time together
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Phil Collins – Strangers Like Me
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[Verse 1] / Whatever you do, I'll do it too / Show me everything and tell me how / It all means something / And yet nothing to me / I can see there's so much to learn / It's all so
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Phil Collins – Two Worlds Finale
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Put your faith in what you most believe in / Two worlds, one family / Trust your heart / Let fate decide / To guide these lives / To guide these lives we see / Put your faith in
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Phil Collins – Always (Live)
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Dreams will all come true / Being here with you / And time will fly / Caring each day more / Than the day before / Till spring rolls by / And when the springtime has gone / Will my
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Genesis – That's All
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“That’s All” was the band’s first of many top ten songs in the US, peaking at #6 in early 1984. It also reached the top 40 in five countries overseas including the UK.
Its genesis
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Phil Collins – The Way You Look Tonight (Live)
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Some day, when I'm awfully low / And the world is cold / I will feel a glow just thinking of you... / And the way you look tonight / Oh but you're lovely, with your smile so warm
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Phil Collins – Take Me Home
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Often (mis)interpreted as an ode to his home, demonstrated the song’s music video.
In his 1997 appearance on “VH1 Storyellers,” Phil Collins said the song was actually inspired by
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