Hello, I Must Be Going! (album)
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Hello, I Must Be Going! is the second studio album
by English singer-songwriter
Phil Collins
. It was originally released 1 November 1982. This album's name comes from the Marx Brothers
' song with the same name, featured in the movie Animal Crackers
. The album was promoted with a tour of the same name.
The album contains the cover version
of The Supremes
hit "You Can't Hurry Love
", which is one of Collins' best-known singles. None of the other single releases from the album made any significant impact on the charts. Other notable tracks include the modern-jazz instrumental "The West Side", and "Thru These Walls", a dark voyeuristic song about a man listening through the wall to his neighbors partaking in unseemly nighttime activities—or at least that's what he's imagining at the time. Other than "You Can't Hurry Love", Phil Collins produced another hit single which managed to seep into the US Top 40 charts at #39, called "I Dont Care Anymore", a dark song with the gated reverb effect and lyrics of his divorce similar to the previous "In the Air Tonight
".
The more upbeat tracks serve as a preamble to the more commercial sound of the next album No Jacket Required
. The album takes much of its inspiration from the problems in Collins' personal life, most notably the painful divorce he was going through at the time. This accounts for the dark and embittered tone on several of the tracks, including the single "I Don't Care Anymore". Co-produced with Hugh Padgham, the gated reverb sound of the drum kit is employed in full yet again, with a mixture of very dry drum sounds on tracks like "I Cannot Believe It's True" in contrast to the huge acoustics used on "Do You Know, Do You Care?".
1. "I Don't Care Anymore"
2. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
3. "Like China"
4. "Do You Know, Do You Care?"
5. "You Can't Hurry Love"
6. "It Don't Matter to Me"
7. "Thru These Walls"
8. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
9. "The West Side"
10. "Why Can't It Wait' Til Morning"
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by English singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
. It was originally released 1 November 1982. This album's name comes from the Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act, originally from New York City, that enjoyed success in Vaudeville, Broadway, and motion pictures from the early 1900s to around 1950...
' song with the same name, featured in the movie Animal Crackers
Animal Crackers (film)
Animal Crackers is a 1930 American comedy film, in which mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding. The film was both a critical and commercial success upon initial release, and remains one of the Marx...
. The album was promoted with a tour of the same name.
The album contains the cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
hit "You Can't Hurry Love
You Can't Hurry Love
"You Can't Hurry Love" is 1966 song originally released by The Supremes for the Motown label.Written and produced by Motown production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song topped the United States Billboard pop singles chart and in the UK in the top 5, released and peaking late summer in 1966...
", which is one of Collins' best-known singles. None of the other single releases from the album made any significant impact on the charts. Other notable tracks include the modern-jazz instrumental "The West Side", and "Thru These Walls", a dark voyeuristic song about a man listening through the wall to his neighbors partaking in unseemly nighttime activities—or at least that's what he's imagining at the time. Other than "You Can't Hurry Love", Phil Collins produced another hit single which managed to seep into the US Top 40 charts at #39, called "I Dont Care Anymore", a dark song with the gated reverb effect and lyrics of his divorce similar to the previous "In the Air Tonight
In the Air Tonight
"In the Air Tonight" is a song by Phil Collins that first appeared on his 1981 album Face Value. It was recorded in 1979 and was the first single of Collins' solo career, and remains one of his best-known hits. The music video, directed by Stuart Orme, was released in 1981.-The song/recording:The...
".
The more upbeat tracks serve as a preamble to the more commercial sound of the next album No Jacket Required
No Jacket Required
The album is named after an incident at The Pump Room restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. Collins , was denied admittance because he did not meet the restaurant's dress code of "jacket required" for dinner, while Plant was allowed in. Collins was wearing a jacket, and argued about it. The Maître d'...
. The album takes much of its inspiration from the problems in Collins' personal life, most notably the painful divorce he was going through at the time. This accounts for the dark and embittered tone on several of the tracks, including the single "I Don't Care Anymore". Co-produced with Hugh Padgham, the gated reverb sound of the drum kit is employed in full yet again, with a mixture of very dry drum sounds on tracks like "I Cannot Believe It's True" in contrast to the huge acoustics used on "Do You Know, Do You Care?".
Track listing
All songs written by Phil Collins except as noted.- "I Don't Care AnymoreI Don't Care Anymore"I Don't Care Anymore" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!.The song is very dark, which follows a vast majority of songs from the album...
" – 5:00 - "I Cannot Believe It's TrueI Cannot Believe It's True"I Cannot Believe It's True" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song was the sixth single released from the album and was only released in the United States....
" – 5:14 - "Like ChinaLike China"Like China" is a song written and performed by English singer Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song, produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham was released as the seventh and final single released from the album....
" – 5:05 - "Do You Know, Do You Care?" – 4:57
- "You Can't Hurry Love" (Holland-Dozier-HollandHolland-Dozier-HollandHolland–Dozier–Holland is a songwriting and production team made up of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. They are considered to be one of the greatest songwriting teams in popular music...
) – 2:50 - "It Don't Matter to Me" – 4:12
- "Thru These WallsThru These Walls"Thru These Walls" is a Phil Collins song from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song is about a man listening through the wall to his neighbours partaking in unseemly nighttime activities....
" – 5:02 - "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart AwayDon't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song was the fourth single released from the album and failed to reach the top 40 in the UK...
" – 4:43 - "The West Side" – 4:59
- "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" – 3:01
Personnel and arrangements
- Phil CollinsPhil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
– vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
on "Do You Know Do You Care", bass pedalsBass pedalsBass pedals are an electronic musical instrument with foot-operated pedal keyboard with a range of one or more octaves. The earliest bass pedals from the 1970s consisted of a pedalboard and analog synthesizer tone generation circuitry packaged together as a unit...
on tracks 1, 4 and 9, producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Daryl StuermerDaryl StuermerDaryl Mark Stuermer is an American musician who plays guitar and bass for Genesis during live shows, and lead guitar for Phil Collins during most of his solo tours and albums.-Biography:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - John GiblinJohn GiblinJohn Giblin is an internationally renowned session bassist who has worked with the following artists:*Eric Clapton, Sting, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins * Peter Gabriel...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
on tracks 2, 3, 5 and 8 - Mo FosterMo FosterMo Foster is a British session musician, playing primarily jazz, jazz-fusion and rock bass guitar. He is also a music producer and songwriter/composer. In over 40 years as a musician Foster has played on and produced countless albums, singles, and film soundtracks...
- bass guitar on tracks 6 and 7 - Michael Harris, Rahmlee Michael Davis - trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
- Don MyrickDon MyrickDon Myrick was a saxophonist.He played alto, tenor and soprano sax and was a member of Earth Wind & Fire's original horn section, The Phenix Horns Esq. from 1975 through 1982. Previously, Myrick had been a member of the musical group The Pharaohs...
- saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
s - Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield - tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Chester ThompsonChester ThompsonChester Cortez Thompson is an American drummer and session musician.-Biography:Thompson made his name as a session drummer, going on to play in Frank Zappa's touring band and with Weather Report...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(for the tour)
1. "I Don't Care Anymore"
- Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, bass pedals
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
2. "I Cannot Believe It's True"
- Phil Collins - keys, drums, vocals, percussion
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
- John Giblin - bass
- Don Myrick - alto sax solo
- Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Michael Harris - Phenix HornsPhenix Hornsare Earth, Wind & Fire, Phil Collins and Genesis's brass main section. The four members were Don Myrick on saxophones, Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield on trombone, Rahmlee Michael Davis on trumpet and Michael Harris on trumpet.-The Pharaohs:...
- Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Phil Collins, Peter Newton - Phenix Choir
3. "Like China"
- Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, claps
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
- John Giblin - bass
4. "Do You Know, Do You Care?"
- Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, pedals, tymps, trumpet
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
5. "You Can't Hurry Love"
- Phil Collins - drums, vocals, tambourine
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
- John Giblin - bass
- J. Peter RobinsonJ. Peter RobinsonJ. Peter Robinson is a composer whose works include Nightmare Cafe, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Return of the Living Dead Part II, Vampire in Brooklyn , The World's Fastest Indian, and The Bank Job.He also composed some music for the English version of Godzilla 2000...
- piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone - Strings arranged by Martyn Ford
6. "It Don't Matter to Me"
- Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, percussion
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
- Mo Foster - bass
- Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Michael Harris - Phenix Horns
7. "Thru These Walls"
- Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, vocals, marimba
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
- Mo Foster - bass
8. "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away"
- Phil Collins - piano, drums, vocals
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
- John Giblin - bass
- Strings arranged by Martyn Ford
9. "The West Side"
- Phil Collins - keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals, pedals
- Daryl Stuermer - guitars
- Don Myrick - alto saxophone
- Don Myrick, Louis "Louie Louie" Satterfield, Rhamlee Michael Davis, Michael Harris - Phenix Horns
10. "Why Can't It Wait' Til Morning"
- Phil Collins - piano, vocals
- Strings arranged by Martyn Ford
- Produced by Phil Collins
- Assisted by Hugh Padgham
- Engineered by Hugh Padgham
- Assisted by Howard Gray
- Thanks to Martyn Ford for extra mixing hands on the orchestral tracks
- Recorded at Old Croft On 1" 8 track,
- Overdubbed at 'The Farm' and 'Townhouse' May–June '82
- Strings recorded at CBS, Engineered by Mike Ross
- Main cover photo by Trevor Key
- Mastered by Ian Cooper
- The Mountain Fjord Orchestra was conducted by Martyn FordMartyn FordMartyn Ford is an English musician, best known for his orchestral contributions to rock music albums of the 1970s and 1980s.Ford was originally classically trained; he studied French horn at the Royal Academy of Music. While in his senior year there, he formed his own orchestra, which debuted at...
and led by Garyn Wright. - The Phenix HornsPhenix Hornsare Earth, Wind & Fire, Phil Collins and Genesis's brass main section. The four members were Don Myrick on saxophones, Louis "Lui Lui" Satterfield on trombone, Rahmlee Michael Davis on trumpet and Michael Harris on trumpet.-The Pharaohs:...
are Don Myrick - Tenor and Alto, Louis Satterfield - Trombone, Rhamlee Michael Davis - Trumpet Michael Harris - Trumpet, Arranged by Tom-Tom 84
Album
| Year | Charts | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
NOR VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
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| 1982 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Title | Charts | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US A.C. |
US Rock |
CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ |
GER Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
NL Top 100 MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
NL Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
AUT Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann... |
FRA Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
IRE Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
SWE Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
SWI Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
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| 1982 | "Thru These Walls Thru These Walls "Thru These Walls" is a Phil Collins song from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song is about a man listening through the wall to his neighbours partaking in unseemly nighttime activities.... " |
56 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | 15 | 27 | — | — | |
| "You Can't Hurry Love" | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||
| "Do You Know, Do You Care?" | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983 | "I Don't Care Anymore I Don't Care Anymore "I Don't Care Anymore" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!.The song is very dark, which follows a vast majority of songs from the album... " |
— | 39 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song was the fourth single released from the album and failed to reach the top 40 in the UK... " |
45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | ||
| "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Cannot Believe It's True I Cannot Believe It's True "I Cannot Believe It's True" is a song by Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song was the sixth single released from the album and was only released in the United States.... " |
— | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "It Don't Matter to Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Like China Like China "Like China" is a song written and performed by English singer Phil Collins from his second solo album Hello, I Must Be Going!. The song, produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham was released as the seventh and final single released from the album.... " |
— | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||
Certification
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Germany | 3× Gold |
Reception
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