Thru These Walls

"Thru' These Walls"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Hello, I Must Be Going!
B-side "Do You Know, Do You Care?"
Released October 1982
Format 7"
Recorded May–September 1982 at Old Croft On 1" 8 track
Genre
Length 5:05
Label Virgin Records (UK)
Atlantic Records (International)
Songwriter(s) Phil Collins
Producer(s)
Phil Collins singles chronology
"If Leaving Me Is Easy"
(1981)		 "Thru' These Walls"
(1982)		 "You Can't Hurry Love"
(1982)

"If Leaving Me Is Easy"
(1981)		 "Thru These Walls"
(1982)		 "You Can't Hurry Love"
(1982)

"Thru' These Walls" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released as a single in October 1982, being Collins' fourth single. The song is also the seventh track and first single release from Collins' second solo studio album, Hello, I Must Be Going!, released in November of the same year.[1][2] The song is dark, which follows a vast majority of songs from the album, and is about a man listening through the wall to his neighbours partaking in sexual activities.[3]

Recording

The song has distinct similarities with Collins's debut solo single "In The Air Tonight", featuring similar atmospheric opening chords on a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and also utilized the same gated reverb drum part several times. The song also features one of Collins's attempts at a "Ringo Starr drum part", who is his biggest influence as a drummer.[4]

Release

The song was the first single by Collins that did not reach the Top 20 in the UK, peaking at No. 56 in the UK Singles Chart (it was not released as a single in the U.S.)[5][6]

Music video

The music video for the song was directed by Stuart Orme, who also directed the video for "In The Air Tonight".[7]

Track listing

7": Virgin / VS 524 (UK)

  1. "Thru' These Walls"
  2. "Do You Know, Do You Care?"[1]

Sales chart performance

Peak positions

Chart Position
Ireland (IRMA) 27
France (SNEP) 15
Poland (Polish Music Charts) 21
UK (The Official Charts Company) 56
Italy (FIMI) 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 48
Spain (AFYVE) 15

Credits

  1. "Thru' These Walls"
  2. "Do You Know, Do You Care?"
    • Phil Collins – vocals, drums, keyboards, tymps, bass pedals, trumpet
    • Daryl Stuermer – guitars

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Phil Collins - Thru' These Walls (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. ↑ Phil Collins. Not Dead Yet. London, England: Century Books. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-780-89513-0.
  3. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Rob (20 February 2009). "Readers recommend: Songs about secret vices". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Hitmen, 1986 Part Two, Hitmen, 1986. reprinted at Collins's website in 2009; archived copy at archive.org.
  5. ↑ "Phil Collins | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  6. ↑ "Phil Collins Songs • Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography • Rock VF, Rock music hits charts". Rockvf.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  7. ↑ "Musikvideos - Stuart Orme - Musikvideo Datenbank (Music Video Database)". Popzoot.tv. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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