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Phil Collins released the song Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now). Date of release: 26/3/1984.

Release date: 26/3/1984
Duration: 03:26
Producer(s): Arif Mardin
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The meaning of the song 'Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) ', based on the lyrics
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🎶 Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) song analysis
This person asks her former partner to look at her one last time, because she is about to leave.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
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Phil Collins - Short Biography

- Philip David Charles Collins is an English singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor.
- He was the drummer and singer of the rock band Genesis and has a solo career.
- Between 1982 and 1990, Collins recorded three number one singles in the UK and seven in the US as a solo artist.
- He had more US top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s.
- His most successful singles from this period include "In the Air Tonight," "Against All Odds," "One More Night" and "Another Day in Paradise."
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- "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" is a song written and performed by Phil Collins, released as a single in February 1984, from the soundtrack of the film Against All Odds.
- It was a huge international success, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., and reaching the top spot in Canada, Ireland and Norway. In France, it reached the top 20 of the Top 50 (although its actual position is not known because the Top 50 began after the song's release), and sold 450,000 copies as a single.
- The song earned Collins the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance in 1985, and was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Music Video.
- It was covered by Mariah Carey twice, in 1999 (on her album Rainbow) and in 2000 with the band Westlife, whose version reached number 1 in the UK and Ireland.
- In 2005, Steve Brookstein, winner of the UK's The X Factor, released a cover of the song as his first single, which also reached #1 in the UK.
- Other artists who have covered the song include Dalida (as "Toutes ces heures loin de toi", with French lyrics written by Didier Barbelivien), The Postal Service, Bonnie Tyler and Barry Manilow.
- The Phil Collins Big Band released an instrumental version of the song on their 1999 album A Hot Night In Paris.
- The song was also covered by Elizabeth Gillies in the 2019 musical episode of the television series Dynasty.

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