Phil Collins' 'Sussudio' hits No. 1: The story behind its creation 45 years ago

On this day 45 years ago a rock legend's "meaningless" made up song reached No. 1 on the charts.

The 1984 hit song Phil Collins didn’t believe in: “I wasn’t drawn to it”

Phil Collins is the custodian of a golden library of hits, but there was one supersonic song he never thought was good enough ...
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How Phil Collins' 'Sussudio' became a chart-topping hit with a made-up name

The unusual word helped inspire one of the singer's biggest hits of his solo career.
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'Against All Odds': Phil Collins' 1984 Song Hit No. 1 on This Day

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Take a look at Phil Collins now. The former frontman for rock band Genesis was still on tour with said band when he agreed to ...
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4 of the Best Phil Collins Songs That Came Out of His Genesis Days

Before he was writing the Tarzan soundtrack, drummer and artist Phil Collins was a member of the English rock band Genesis. Here are some of the best songs from the band that Collins had a hand in ...
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4 Songs You May Not Know Phil Collins Wrote

Collins' songwriting resume include some deep cuts. Collins co-wrote this song with David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and it appeared on Crosby’s final studio album, Thousand Roads, which ...
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'Against All Odds': Phil Collins' 1984 Song Hit No. 1 on This Day

Take a look at Phil Collins now. The former frontman for rock band Genesis was still on tour with said band when he agreed to record a song for the neo-noir film Against All Odds in 1983. Titled ...