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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 .
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 .
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 Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special
Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song March 10 Against All Odds "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Phil Collins: Phil Collins 1 2 Nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and won a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: March 17 Hard to Hold "Love Somebody" Rick Springfield: Rick ...
English musician Phil Collins has released 8 studio albums, 1 live album, 5 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 3 soundtrack albums, 2 box sets, 50 singles, 18 video albums, and 41 music videos. A Grammy and Academy Award -winning solo artist, Collins has sold more than 34.5 million albums in the United States, and 150 million records worldwide.
In 1985, Phil Collins was passed over to perform his nominated composition "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)". According to representatives of both Collins' record company and Columbia Pictures, this was because the producers of the telecast were not familiar with his work.
For his work in film, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "You'll Be in My Heart" from the animated film Tarzan (1999). He was Oscar-nominated for "Against All Odds" from the neo-noir romantic drama Against All Odds (1984), and "Two Hearts" from the romantic crime comedy Buster (1988).
[39] [40] "One More Night" was Collins' second US number-one single, [39] following "Against All Odds" and was his fourth single to reach the top ten in the UK, peaking at number four on the singles chart. Its B-side in the UK was "I Like the Way", while the US version featured "The Man with the Horn".