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Phil Collins: every song, explained.
3 Phil Collins songs in the archive, from 1984–1989: what each one is about, who wrote it and what it did on the charts. Each entry opens the full explanation.
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Songs explained
1984–1989
Years covered
Pop
Main genre here
Phil Collins
Against all Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
1984
Phil Collins
Another Day in Paradise
1989
Phil Collins
In the Air Tonight
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Every Phil Collins entry sets out what the song is about and where that reading comes from: writing credits, interviews, the record's own history. Where a popular interpretation is wrong, the entry says so and shows the evidence. Missing a song? Suggest it.