It Started Out as a JOKE…Ended as an UNLIKELY Duet That RULED Every Chart in 1985!-Professor of Rock

So how much is too much of a good thing? Well, today’s artist Phil Collins may epitomize the answer. This radio titan got off to a strong start in the 70s, was pretty much everywhere in the 80s, and barely slowed down for the 90s. He took over an established band in the 70s in Genesis then in the 80s he doubled his output by kicking off an unrelenting solo career… Beyond that, he also tried his hand at producing and collaborating with many legends… which brings us to today’s track: a so-called side-project that became a surprise duet when the Phillip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire, whom he was producing suggested they write one together. It came quickly and they created a rough demo…except when they came back the next day to record it, they realized the demo was perfect so they released it…the story of one of the catchiest songs of 1985 is NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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So, it’s time for another edition of #1 in Our Hearts. This show honors songs that were so unbelievably great, they absolutely should've been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. But for whatever reason, be it radio play, lack of marketing, label support, or just sheer stupidity, the song came up short. On previous episodes, we have covered Every Little Thing She Does is Magic by The Police, Somebody’s Baby by Jackson Browne, and Your Love by The Outfield.
But this time around we’re giving you twice as much as usual, with a double dose of Phils… It’s Phil Collins and Philip Bailey and their global smash hit ‘Easy Lover’. So to set up a running theme for today’s episode, I want to start out by asking a question. Is it possible to have too much of a good thing? And if so, “How much Phil Collins is too much Phil Collins?” Keep that question in the back of your mind as we go…
So coming into the mid-80s, Phil Collins was everywhere. He was all over the place in the music world. Just five years into the neon decade, the workaholic drummer-frontman had already released 3 albums with Genesis, 2 solo albums, and had headlined the Against All Odds Motion Picture Soundtrack. In the process, he also racked up 11 Top 40 hits. Three of them going Top 10. Remember these?
But that wasn’t all Collins was up to. Phil was also moonlighting for a long list of side projects… For instance, in 1980 he played drums on former Genesis bandmate Peter Gabriel’s third studio album. And he drummed on two Robert Plant records: 1982’s ‘Pictures at Eleven' and 1983’s ‘The Principle Moments.’
There were charity projects like Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ in 1984. And in later he became the only artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts… on two continents… on the same day! If that wasn’t enough, Collin also took the helm for multiple...