| "In Too Deep" | ||||||||||
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| Single by Genesis | ||||||||||
| from the album Invisible Touch | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Do The Neurotic" | |||||||||
| Released | 23 August 1986 (UK) 18 January 1987 [1] (USA) |
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| Format | US: 7", UK: 7", 12" | |||||||||
| Recorded | The Farm, Surrey; 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||||||||
| Length | 4:58 | |||||||||
| Label | Atlantic, Virgin | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford | |||||||||
| Producer | Genesis, Hugh Padgham | |||||||||
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"In Too Deep" is the fourth track on the 1986 Genesis album Invisible Touch. It was released as the second single from the LP in the UK (was the fifth single in the US). A performance of the song was included on the 1992 live album The Shorts.
The lyric of the song was written by singer Phil Collins after he was approached to write a song for the soundtrack of the movie Mona Lisa.
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The song went to number three on the American pop chart in mid-1987, and number 19 on the British pop chart.[2] It would be the band's final hit single until "No Son Of Mine" in 1991. "In Too Deep" also spent three weeks atop the American adult contemporary chart, also in mid-1987 [3].
The music video for the song features the three band members playing on a minimalist set composed of steps and platforms. Tony Banks plays a grand piano, although the recording itself is mainly electric, while Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins mime acoustic guitar and vocals, respectively.
A version of the song was covered on the kid oriented show, Kids Incorporated, with the lyrics changed to more of a friend's standpoint rather than a lover ("love" is replaced with "like"). Also, the singer (Rahsaan Patterson) is singing to another young male cast member, Richard Shoff.
| Preceded by "Always" by Atlantic Starr |
Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single (Genesis version) June 13, 1987 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston |