The Singles (Phil Collins album)

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The Singles
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The standard edition album cover. The deluxe edition album cover is the same image, but with a maroon background.
Compilation album by
Phil Collins
Released14 October 2016
Recorded1980–2010
Genre
Length152:42 (2CD edition) 201.52 (3CD edition)
Label
Atlantic
Producer Phil Collins, Babyface, Rob Cavallo, Mark Mancina, Arif Mardin, Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins chronology
Take a Look at Me Now: The Collection
(2016)		The Singles
(2016)		 Plays Well with Others
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Singles is a compilation album by English drummer Phil Collins. It was released on 14 October 2016 through Atlantic Records and Warner Music. [2] The album is Collins' fourth compilation album - after ...Hits (1998), The Platinum Collection (2004) and Love Songs: A Compilation... 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 2-CD edition and a deluxe 3-CD edition. A vinyl edition was also released, first available as a 4-LP set with the same track list as in standard 2-CD edition, but it was, in 2018, replaced with a 2-LP set, which have only 19 selected tracks from previous version.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Phil Collins, except where noted.

Standard 2-CD edition

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey)Collins, Bailey, Nathan East Bailey's Chinese Wall (1984)5:03
2."Two Hearts"Collins, Lamont Dozier Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988)3:24
3."Sussudio"  No Jacket Required (1985)4:23
4."I Missed Again"  Face Value (1981)3:46
5."Wear My Hat"  Dance into the Light (1996)4:44
6."Don't Lose My Number" No Jacket Required4:48
7."You Can't Hurry Love" Holland–Dozier–Holland Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982)2:55
8."Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"Collins, Daryl Stuermer ...But Seriously (1989)4:51
9."We Wait and We Wonder"  Both Sides (1993)7:01
10."Can't Stop Loving You" Billy Nicholls Testify (2002)4:16
11."Dance into the Light" Dance into the Light4:23
12."It's in Your Eyes" Dance into the Light3:02
13."Hang in Long Enough" ...But Seriously4:44
14."Thru These Walls" Hello, I Must Be Going!5:05
15."I Wish It Would Rain Down" ...But Seriously5:27
16."Both Sides of the Story" Both Sides6:43
17."(Love Is Like a) Heatwave"Holland–Dozier–Holland Going Back (2010)2:53
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Going Back" Gerry Goffin, Carole King Going Back4:37
2."In the Air Tonight" Face Value5:35
3."Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"  Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1984)3:26
4."If Leaving Me Is Easy" Face Value4:55
5."One More Night" No Jacket Required4:51
6."Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin) Stephen Bishop White Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1985)4:08
7."A Groovy Kind of Love" Carole Bayer Sager, Toni Wine Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack3:30
8."That's Just the Way It Is" ...But Seriously5:20
9."Do You Remember?" ...But Seriously4:36
10."Everyday" Both Sides5:43
11."True Colors" Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg ...Hits (1998)4:34
12."You'll Be in My Heart"  Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (1999)4:17
13."The Least You Can Do"Collins, StuermerTestify4:21
14."Look Through My Eyes"  Brother Bear: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack (2003)4:00
15."Another Day in Paradise" ...But Seriously5:22
16."Take Me Home" No Jacket Required5:51

Deluxe 3-CD edition

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."In the Air Tonight" Face Value5:35
2."I Missed Again" Face Value3:46
3."If Leaving Me Is Easy" Face Value4:55
4."Thru These Walls" Hello, I Must Be Going!5:05
5."You Can't Hurry Love"Holland–Dozier–HollandHello, I Must Be Going!2:55
6."I Don't Care Anymore" Hello, I Must Be Going!5:05
7."Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" Hello, I Must Be Going!4:45
8."Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" Hello, I Must Be Going!3:10
9."I Cannot Believe It's True" Hello, I Must Be Going!5:16
10."Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack3:26
11."Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey)Collins, Bailey, Nathan EastBailey's Chinese Wall5:03
12."Sussudio" No Jacket Required4:23
13."One More Night" No Jacket Required4:51
14."Don't Lose My Number" No Jacket Required4:48
15."Take Me Home" No Jacket Required5:51
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin)Stephen BishopWhite Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack4:08
2."A Groovy Kind of Love"Carole Bayer Sager, Toni WineBuster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack3:30
3."Two Hearts"Collins, Lamont DozierBuster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack3:24
4."Another Day in Paradise" ...But Seriously5:22
5."I Wish It Would Rain Down" ...But Seriously5:27
6."Something Happened on the Way to Heaven"Collins, Daryl Stuermer...But Seriously4:51
7."That's Just the Way It Is" ...But Seriously5:20
8."Hang in Long Enough" ...But Seriously4:44
9."Do You Remember?" ...But Seriously4:36
10."Who Said I Would" No Jacket Required4:02
11."Both Sides of the Story" Both Sides6:43
12."Everyday" Both Sides5:43
13."We Wait and We Wonder" Both Sides7:01
14."Dance into the Light" Dance into the Light4:23
15."It's in Your Eyes" Dance into the Light3:02
Disc three
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."No Matter Who" Dance into the Light4:41
2."Wear My Hat" Dance into the Light4:44
3."The Same Moon" Dance into the Light4:10
4."True Colors"Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg...Hits4:34
5."You'll Be in My Heart" Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack4:17
6."Strangers Like Me" Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack3:02
7."Son of Man" Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack2:44
8."Two Worlds" Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack2:42
9."Can't Stop Loving You"Billy NichollsTestify4:16
10."The Least You Can Do"Collins, StuermerTestify4:21
11."Wake Up Call" Testify5:15
12."Look Through My Eyes" Brother Bear: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack4:00
13."No Way Out" Brother Bear: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack4:17
14."(Love Is Like a) Heatwave"Holland–Dozier–HollandGoing Back2:53
15."Going Back"Gerry Goffin, Carole KingGoing Back4:37

For the 3-CD edition of the album, the songs are arranged in chronological order with the exception of "Who Said I Would" (originally from No Jacket Required) which was released as a live single from the album Serious Hits... Live! (1990), released between the studio album releases of ...But Seriously and Both Sides.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The Singles
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [33] Gold10,000‡
France (SNEP) [34] Platinum100,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [35] 2× Platinum600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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