Easy Lover
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| "Easy Lover" | ||
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| Single by Philip Bailey & Phil Collins | ||
| from the album Chinese Wall | ||
| Released | USA: 1984 UK: 1985 |
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| Format | 7", 12" | |
| Recorded | (Unknown) | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 5:02 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
| Writer(s) | Philip Bailey, Phil Collins and Nathan East | |
| Producer(s) | Phil Collins | |
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| Philip Bailey & Phil Collins singles chronology | ||
"Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" (1984) |
Phil Collins "Easy Lover" (1985) |
"One More Night" (1985) |
"Easy Lover" is a song written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins, and Nathan East. The song featured Philip Bailey and Phil Collins on vocals. The song also appeared on Bailey's album Chinese Wall. The video for the song, was filmed in London, starting off with Bailey riding to the studio in a helicopter, before Collins and Bailey sung the song in various places, including a studio and a local restaurant.
Collins has also used the song in his Live shows and appears in his 1990 live album Serious Hits... Live!, as well as his 1998 compilation album, Hits.
This song was used as a theme song to the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985. The song is featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories as part of its soundtrack in the fictional pop radio station, Flash FM. The song was also used in the TV advertisements for the game in the UK and in the United States.
| Preceded by "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" by Dead or Alive |
UK number one single March 17, 1985 |
Succeeded by "We Are The World" by USA For Africa |
[edit] Trivia
- "Easy Lover" was the theme song for the first ever WrestleMania in 1985.
- "Easy Lover" is featured on the second trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories which takes place in 1984.
- It was sampled by Chris Morris in Uzi Lover, a parody of gangsta rap created for The Day Today, Morris portraying its fictitious performer "Fur-Q".
