 Genius Meanings
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Phil Collins – Take Me with You
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[Verse 1] / If you see the light on in the window of my room / I'll be looking out though the shades are drawn / If you should hear someone quietly calling out for your hair / Don'
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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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Phil Collins – Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
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Taking place in the aftermath of a breakup, “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)” is a power ballad about asking for another chance.
The song details the narrator’s feelings
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Phil Collins – Take Me Home (Extended Version)
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[Verse 1] / Take that look of worry, I'm an ordinary man / They don't tell me nothing, so I find out all I can / There's a fire that's been burning right outside my door / I can't
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Phil Collins – Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)
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[Verse 1] / I know you're leaving me behind / I'm seeing you, darling, for the very last time / Show a little tenderness before you go / Please let me feel your embrace once more
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JID (Ft. Lil Yachty) – Van Gogh
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“Van Gogh” is the first collaboration between Atlanta natives Lil Yachty and JID.
The song’s producer, Cardo, was the first to tease the track via his Instagram story on April 14
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ft. Phil Collins) – Home
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[Verse 1: Layzie Bone] / I been stuck in the struggle / And I been wonderin' if I'm ever gon' bubble / I'm gettin' caught up in a tussle 'stead of usin' my muscle / And every time
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Phil Collins – Do I Love You
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[Verse 1] / Do I want you for my baby / Do I want you by my side / Do I want to run and kiss your lips / Say you're my loving kind, oh oh / [Chorus] / Do I love you / (oh, oh, oh
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Genesis – Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
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Tonight, Tonight, Tonight is the fourth single released from Genesis‘ 13th album Invisible Touch in America.
The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #18 on the U.K
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Lorde – Take Me Home
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Lorde sung a little part of “Take Me Home” by Phil Collins in an interview with Marc Maron, citing it as a song that has inspired her deeply. Lorde has had a long history of
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Phil Collins – Do You Remember?
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Single from the album “…But Seriously”
The song was written by Collins and produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham.
Peaked at #2 on the U.S. Hot 100 Airplay and #4 on the U.S
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Genesis – Jesus He Knows Me
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A song about TV evangelists who promise false hope (such as financial success), if they send (usually) large sums of money to them. Released when several TV evangelists were under
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Eminem (Ft. Dido) – Stan
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In this song, Eminem corresponds with a crazed fan who becomes increasingly unhinged as the story progresses. This is one of his most well-received singles and was listed at #15 on
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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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Paul Young – Everytime You Go Away
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“Every Time You Go Away” was originally written and recorded in 1980 by Hall & Oates as “a kind of gospel/soul song”. Paul Young’s cover of the song went to #1 in the US (Hot 100
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Phil Collins – Like China
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[Verse 1] / My mom and daddy both say / I must be crazy to be this infatuated / But I know you know / We got something special never felt before / You get me going just looking at
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Phil Collins – One More Night
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This love song by Collins released in 1984 as a promotional single for No Jacket Required.
The song was featured in the background during a scene in the 1986 film The Color of
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Phil Collins – Dance into the Light
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[Verse 1] / It's there in the eyes of the children / In the faces smiling in the windows / You can come on out, come on open the doors / Brush away the tears of freedom / [Pre-
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Phil Collins – Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
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[Verse 1] / I love you, girl, with all my heart and soul / I can't understand why you treat me cold / Your every wish, girl, is my command / And that's why I can't seem to
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Phil Collins – Take A Look At Me Now
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How can I just let you walk away / Just let you leave without a trace? / When I stand here taking every breath with you, ooh ooh / You're the only one who really knew me at all
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Phil Collins – Oughta Know by Now
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[Verse 1] / You oughta know by now / That a man can't hold on forever / So why do you keep waiting here / When you know it makes me want you more? / You ought a know by now / How
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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 (a misconception influenced by Seals & Crofts' infamous concept album Unborn Child, which was
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Delta Rae – Take Me There
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“Take Me There” is the first single from Delta Rae’s third album, The Light. An initial version of the song was originally released on August 13, 2019 via Youtube as a part of the
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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.
Collins
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Phil Collins – Burn Down The Mission
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You tell me there's an angel in your tree / Did he say he'd come to call on me / For things are getting desperate in our home / Living in the parish of the restless folks I know
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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 – Sussudio
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When this was released in 1985, critics assailed Collins for its similarity with “1999” by Prince. Collins responded by saying that he was a “big Prince fan” and that his original
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Phil Collins – In My Lonely Room
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[Verse 1] / Every single time / You take me out with you / You always flirt around / With someone new / But I never criticize / The tearful things you do / Cause I'm so afraid / Of
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Phil Collins – It’s in Your Eyes
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[Verse 1] / It's in your eyes / The love you hide away / You can't disguise / The things you feel, the things you say / [Chorus 1] / If you just call my name / Any time at all, I'
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