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"Against All Odds" was created explicitly for the movie, [11] although it was based on an earlier unreleased song Collins had written in 1981. Hackford, who previously used a song for the 1982 American drama film An Officer and a Gentleman, planned the same for the neo-noir 1984 film Against All Odds, [11] which is a remake of Out of the Past.
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins: Nominated [12] Golden Globe Awards: Best Original Song: Nominated [13] Grammy Awards: Song of the Year "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" – Phil Collins Nominated [14] Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Won
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", a song by Phil Collins, written for the 1984 film of that name "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Mariah Carey recording) , Mariah Carey's rendition of the song, also featuring Westlife, 2000
The No Jacket Required World Tour was a concert tour by the English drummer, singer and songwriter Phil Collins, which occurred February–July 1985 in support of his 1985 album, No Jacket Required. The album had been a massive international success and the tour concluded with Collins performing " Against All Odds " and " In the Air Tonight ...
Best known of the tracks is "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", a Phil Collins single which topped the Billboard Hot 100 song chart and became Collins's first American number one song. It gave him a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male and another nomination for Song of the Year .
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" received positive reviews. Danyel Smith of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Listeners with an eye on the tabloids could read her close, ringing interpretation of Phil Collins' 1984 hit, 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)', as a postmortem on her bittersweet affair with Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter and a poignant evocation of the couple's shared ...
Philip David Charles Collins was born on 30 January 1951 at Putney Hospital in Wandsworth, south-west London. [17] [18] His father, Greville Philip Austin Collins (1907–1972), was an insurance agent for London Assurance; his mother, Winifred June Collins (née Strange, 1913–2011), worked in a toy shop, and later as a booking agent at the Barbara Speake Stage School – an independent ...
Four songs Collins wrote during the Face Value sessions were ultimately omitted: "Misunderstanding" and "Please Don't Ask" which appeared in the Genesis album Duke, "How Can You Just Sit There" (which evolved into his 1984 single "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"), and what would become "Don't Lose My Number", which would not appear ...