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"Easy Lover" is a song performed by Philip Bailey of the band Earth, Wind & Fire and Phil Collins of the band Genesis, jointly written and composed by Bailey, Collins, and Nathan East. The song appears on Bailey's solo album, Chinese Wall. Collins has performed the song in his live concerts, and it appears on both his 1990 album, Serious
It is a power ballad in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to "take a look at me now", knowing that reconciliation is "against all odds", but worth the gamble. The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, the first of seven US No. 1s for Collins in his solo career. [ 4 ] "
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Holden described "Only You Know and I Know" as an "angry love song" that had some sampling of Motown-style music mixed in. [17] "In 'One More Night', Mr. Collins's recent number-one hit, a ticking snare drum injects a whisper of lurking fear into a song that suggests a sweeter, tenderer reprise of 'Against All Odds'", says Holden. [17]
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" 1984 2 3 13 1 9 1 12 3 4 1 BPI: Platinum [3] RIAA: Gold [5] Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey) 1 74 21 1 5 1 2 10 8 2 BPI: Platinum [3] MC: Platinum [22] RIAA: Gold [5] Chinese Wall "Sussudio" 1985 12 8 — 10 17 14 12 13 9 1 BPI ...
"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 ...
Hits was also the first Phil Collins album to include four songs originally recorded for motion pictures (all of them US number-one hits) as well as his popular duet with Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover" (a UK number-one hit). In 1998, the album reached number one in the United Kingdom and number 18 in the United States.
Old and New (2004) - and came at the end of his Take a Look at Me Now series, which saw him remaster and reissue his entire back catalogue dating back to 1981's Face Value. [3] [4] The compilation is made up of most of the hit singles from Collins' solo career, as well as lesser-known singles. The album was released in two versions, a standard ...