Official Phil Collins Against All Odds lyrics at CD Universe. 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 Yo. Watch the video, get the download or listen to Phil Collins – Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) for free. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) appears on the album Serious Hits. Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (also simply titled 'Against All Odds') is a song originally written and recorded.
. ' Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)' (also titled ' Against All Odds') is a song by English drummer, singer and songwriter. It was recorded for the soundtrack to. It is a in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to 'take a look at me now', knowing that reconciliation is 'against all odds' while considering it worth trying.
The single reached number two in the United Kingdom, while it peaked at number one on the in the United States, the first of seven US number ones for Collins in his solo career. The song has been covered by several singers, some versions of which have been successful in both the US and UK markets. The song has twice reached in the UK singles chart: the pairing of and boyband, in September 2000, and then again by, the first winner of, in January 2005.
Contents. Phil Collins version Background and writing Collins was approached to write the title song to the film while it was still in its 'rough cut form'. At the time the soundtrack was being completed, Collins was on tour with.
Director flew into Chicago to see one of the band's concerts. Collins watched the movie on a in his hotel room and agreed to appear on the soundtrack.
Originally titled 'How Can You Just Sit There?' , the song was initially from the sessions for Collins' debut solo album (1981).
Collins wrote the song, while Arif Mardin produced it. The piano performance is by New York musician. Piano, keyboard bass and a string section arranged and conducted by Mardin were recorded at RCA Studios, New York, while Collins recorded vocals and drums in Los Angeles. According to Collins in a 1985 interview with Dan Neer: 'We recorded the song in two days. One day in New York, the other in Los Angeles.
The mixes were done by phone and the song went to Number 1. I couldn't believe it'.
On episode 339 of This American Life, 'Break Up', Collins relays that the song was inspired and written shortly after the breakup between him and his first wife. In the interview he says that the divorce transformed him from being a musician into also being a lyricist. The song was first included on a Collins album on the 1998 compilation, and it also appeared on his compilation (2004). A live performance of the song also appears on the album. In 2015, Collins released the original demo recording from the Face Value sessions as part of his Take A Look At Me Now project. Use and association with the film 'Against All Odds' was created explicitly for the movie, 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, planned the same for the 1984 film Against All Odds, which is a remake of. When he signed with, he was provided with a roster of artists, among whom Collins was chosen to render the film's theme song based on the quality of his voice. Hackford said that it was a 'textbook case of designing a song to reflect what the film is'. The song appears in the movie as background music during the closing credits. Writing for the soundtrack's review, editor Heather Phares claimed that the movie is best remembered for the inclusion of Collins' 'classic theme song'. Phares added that the song 'remains not only one of Collins' definitive singles, but one of the 1980s' best love songs'.
Director Hackford also had the same view, stating that it 'decidedly' helped the film: people identified the song with the film and came to watch it. When the single reached the top five, it contributed to the increased box office sales of the movie. Reception 'Against All Odds' won the for in, was nominated for and for an as well as for a both in the categories. At the Academy Awards ceremony, Collins was not invited to sing his song on stage and instead sat in the audience as dancer gave a mostly lip-synced vocal performance accompanied by a dance routine. Reinking's performance was poorly received by critics from the and, as well as by Collins himself in a interview.
When another song Collins performed for a movie, ', was being nominated for an, in interviews about the original snub by the Academy for 'Against All Odds', Collins would jokingly say 'the hell with him - I'm going up too', referring to what he would do if the Stephen Bishop-written song were to win the award. Collins lost to the song '. Rapper named 'Against All Odds' as his favourite power ballad in an article on such songs in.
Commercial performance After its release, 'Against All Odds' peaked at No. 2 as a single in 1984 and became Collins' third top-ten single in the UK. In the U.S., it peaked at No. Cummins incal december 2012 minnesota. 1 on the for three weeks in the spring of 1984. Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1984.
It is the first of six songs by Collins written specifically for a film soundtrack that would appear on the Hot 100. Music video The single's music video was directed by, produced by Jeffrey Abelson through Parallax Productions and cinematographed. Hackford was paid 20,000 (out of a total budget of US$45,000) for a complete Collins clip. The music video was released in February 1984. 1 MTV video for several weeks, ranked it as No.
4 four in its 1984 year-end top 20 video countdown. Gary LeMel, music supervisor at Columbia, felt the music video on MTV increased Against All Odds' box office takings by at least US$5 million. The concept for the video was created by Keith Williams, a Welsh-born writer who had already worked with Abelson on the video for 'Dancin' With Myself' , and who would go on to also create concepts for ' and 'Ghostbusters' for the same producer as well as 'Say You Say Me' from, which Taylor Hackford also directed. Charts Chart (1984) Peak position Australia 3 Austria 13 Belgium ( Flanders) 4 Canada Top Singles 1 Finland 5 France 20 Germany 9 Ireland 1 Italy 3 Netherlands 10 New Zealand 3 Norway 1 8 Sweden 3 Switzerland 4 (Official Charts Company) 2 US 1 US Billboard 2 US Billboard 1 Credits. vocals, drums. piano, keyboards. Orchestra conducted by Mariah Carey version 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)' by from the album Released 3 October 2000 ( 2000-10-03) Format Recorded 1999.
Mariah Carey. singles chronology ' / ' (2000) ' Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)' (2000) ' (2000) '/' (2000) ' Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)' (2000) ' (2000) American singer co-produced her version of the song with and for her seventh studio album which was released in 1999. It was released as the fifth and final single from the album on 3 October 2000. Carey co-produced the single edit of the song with. Although the song was promoted as part of Carey's Rainbow in the U.S., it was not released as a commercial or radio single there. It was initially released in some markets in early 2000. This was also the last single with her then label.
The song reached the top twenty in several countries. The highest peak of the song was number two in. The video for the Carey version of the song, directed by Paul Misbehoven, consists of a montage of clips of Carey singing the song from her various stops to cullings from her Homecoming special. Critical reception Mariah Carey's cover of '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 and a poignant evocation of the couple's shared mixed-race heritage ('You're the only one who really knew me at all').'
Times' Elysa Gardner called this cover 'surprisingly faithful, forthright' and 'she resists her tendency to over-embellish notes and focuses on what really matters: the melody and lyrics.' MTV Asia editor Dara Cook wrote: 'Mariah festoons herself in Phil Collins' 1980s melodic garb, appropriately pret a porter with overwrought emotion. She delicately ascends the sparely accompanied first verses—but alas, that damn drum roll soon sounds and the bouffant strings and vocal gymnastics ensue.' Rolling Stone's Arion Berger was not happy with the cover selection which he called a 'drippy Eighties power-pop hit.' Track listings European CD single. 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)'.
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The song was released as the first single from the band's second album. The song was released in September 2000, a few months after Carey's solo version. Carey's vocals from the solo version were retained for the duet, though the instrumental track was reproduced with a more organic sound complete with violins.
The music video shows Carey and Westlife recording the song and exploring the island of by boat. The single peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and Ireland, while reaching number three on the continental chart,. It became Carey's second single to top the and Westlife's sixth consecutive number one single. The song has sold 370,000 copies in the total in the United Kingdom. The UK version of the single includes a limited edition Enhanced CD with video, poster and Westlife-only version and CD with Westlife video interview and picture sleeves. Due to its European success, the single is featured on the international editions of Carey's compilation albums (2001) and (2015).
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American indie-electronic group covered 'Against All Odds' for the to the 2004 film. The cover was later named as one of the best cover songs of all time by the. did an instrumental of the song in 1986 on their album Moonlight Shadows. German electronic group covered the song in 1997 on their album.
Welsh singer released the song as a single from her 2003 album. Instrumental group released their version from the album A Passionate Life. recorded the song and it appears on his albums The Movies, Stage and Screen and Seasons of Love. In 2008, covered the song on the album. In 2009, covered the song on the album Soundtrack. In 2013covered the song in the episode '.
In 2013, covered the song with Collins on their album. In popular culture Radio The song also features heavily in the first act of the episode 'Break Up'. The segment featured an interview with Collins, as well as narration from a woman who listened to the song to get over a break-up and vowed to write her own break-up song. See also. References Inline citations. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
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