We Can't Dance

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We Can't Dance
We Can't Dance cover
Studio album by Genesis
Released November 11, 1991
Recorded March - September 1991 at The Farm/Surrey
Genre Pop rock
Progressive Rock
Length 71:36
Label Atlantic, Virgin
Producer Genesis, Nick Davis
Professional reviews
Genesis chronology
Invisible Touch
(1986)		 We Can't Dance
(1991)		 The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts
(1992)

We Can't Dance is the fourteenth studio album by Genesis, recorded and released in 1991. It was their last studio album featuring vocalist/drummer Phil Collins, who would leave Genesis amicably in 1996 before returning for 2007's Turn It On Again: The Tour.

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[edit] History

We Can't Dance was Genesis' first studio album in five years, following the international success of Invisible Touch in 1986. We Can't Dance reached #1 in the UK and #4 in the US, selling several million copies (including 4 million in the US alone). The album also spawned several hit singles, including "No Son of Mine", "Hold on My Heart", "I Can't Dance" and "Jesus He Knows Me", the latter two supported by humorous videos. Two songs were cut from the album, due to the fact "there wasn't enough room on the record." These two songs are "On the Shoreline", and "Hearts on Fire". Both songs were released as B-Sides.

Following the release of the album, Genesis would spend the majority of 1992 on the road, promoting We Can't Dance on a popular worldwide tour with sold out arenas and stadiums (where they mostly played on the US leg of the tour), providing fans a chance to see the band before Collins departed before the recording of Calling All Stations.

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  • The working title of "No Son of Mine" was originally titled "Elephantus" due to a sound Mike Rutherford produced on his guitar that was sampled through Tony Banks' keyboards. The end result sounded like an elephant.
  • The working title of "Tell Me Why" was originally "Rickenbacker" after the guitar that is used by Mike Rutherford on the song itself, a 12-string Rickenbacker guitar. Rickenbackers are known for their distinct sound, very different from other models of guitars.
  • Contrary to popular belief, "Since I Lost You" is not about a broken relationship. The song was written by Phil Collins as a dedication to friend Eric Clapton. On 20 March 1991, Clapton's four-year-old son Conor died after falling from the 53rd-story window of his mother's friend's New York City apartment, landing on the roof of an adjacent four-story building.
  • Most of the songs were created/written out of improvising at Genesis' Farm Studio.

[edit] Editions

A SACD/DVD double disc set (including new 5.1 and Stereo mixes) has been released in October 2007.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford.

[edit] Side one

  1. "No Son of Mine" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 6:40
  2. "Jesus He Knows Me" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:16
  3. "Driving The Last Spike" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 10:08

[edit] Side two

  1. "I Can't Dance" (lyrics: Phil Collins, main riff: Rutherford) – 4:01
  2. "Never a Time" (lyrics: Mike Rutherford) – 3:50
  3. "Dreaming While You Sleep" (lyrics: Mike Rutherford) – 7:16

[edit] Side three

  1. "Tell Me Why" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:58
  2. "Living Forever" (lyrics: Tony Banks) – 5:41
  3. "Hold on My Heart" (lyrics: Phil Collins, music: Tony Banks) – 4:38

[edit] Side four

  1. "Way of the World" (lyrics: Mike Rutherford) – 5:37
  2. "Since I Lost You" (lyrics: Phil Collins) – 4:09
  3. "Fading Lights" (lyrics: Tony Banks) – 10:16

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1991 The Billboard 200 4

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1991 "I Can't Dance" Mainstream Rock Tracks 2
1991 "No Son Of Mine" Adult Contemporary 8
1991 "No Son Of Mine" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1991 "No Son Of Mine" The Billboard Hot 100 12
1992 "Driving The Last Spike" Mainstream Rock Tracks 25
1992 "Hold On My Heart" Adult Contemporary 1
1992 "Hold On My Heart" The Billboard Hot 100 12
1992 "I Can't Dance" Adult Contemporary 26
1992 "I Can't Dance" The Billboard Hot 100 7
1992 "Jesus He Knows Me" Adult Contemporary 27
1992 "Jesus He Knows Me" Mainstream Rock Tracks 24
1992 "Jesus He Knows Me" The Billboard Hot 100 23
1992 "Jesus He Knows Me" Top 40 Mainstream 12
1992 "Never A Time" Adult Contemporary 4
1992 "Never A Time" The Billboard Hot 100 21
1992 "Never A Time" Top 40 Mainstream 12

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