"That's All" is a song by the English rock band Genesis. It is a group composition and appears as the second track on their 1983 album Genesis. It was the album's second single after "Mama". On June 17, 1993, MCA Records re-issued and re-released the song as a CD and "HiQ" cassette single.
| "That's All" | ||||
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 Variant sleeve revealing the side-A label (solid centre edition pictured) | ||||
| Single by Genesis | ||||
| from the album Genesis | ||||
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| Released | 31 October 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
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| Length | 4:23 | |||
| Label | Atlantic, Virgin, MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford | |||
| Producer(s) | Genesis, Hugh Padgham | |||
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The U.S. single reached No. 6 in early 1984, making it their first Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hit; it included "Second Home by the Sea" as the B-side. The UK single featured "Taking It All Too Hard" as the flipside, and reached No. 16. Also released was a 12-inch single that included a live version of "Firth of Fifth" from 1981.
As the band's first break into the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10, the song is included in Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era.[2]
Background and recording edit
The song was intended as an attempt to write a simple pop song with a melody in the style of the Beatles. Phil Collins acknowledged in a subsequent interview that the song also features one of his attempts at a "Ringo Starr drum part".[3]
The song begins with Tony Banks playing the main riff of the song on a Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano. The other keyboards used on this song are a Sequential Circuits Prophet-10 for organ pads and a Synclavier II for the organ solo in the middle section. The coda lapses into a guitar solo played by Mike Rutherford, as the drum beat intensifies, before the song fades away.
Reception edit
Cash Box said that "a light production touch uses a bouncy piano and keyboard foundation and makes for a moving tune, though there's no movement in the relationship described."[4]
Music video edit
The video depicts the band as homeless men taking shelter outside a disused factory. They perform the song, eat soup, play cards, and keep warm around an open fire. It was the first time Genesis used director Jim Yukich, who would direct the majority of their next videos as well as many of Collins's solo videos.
Live performances edit
The song was played live during the Mama,[5] Invisible Touch,[6] We Can't Dance,[7] and Calling All Stations (with Ray Wilson on vocals)[8] Tours. The song was played only during the first few shows of the Calling All Stations tour, before being discarded.[9]
A live version appears on the albums The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts, and their DVD Genesis Live at Wembley Stadium, as well as their home video The Mama Tour. An instrumental jazz version of the song appears on the live album A Hot Night in Paris by The Phil Collins Big Band.
The first verse of the song is also part of the "Old Medley" featured on The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs and The Way We Walk - Live in Concert.
A more stripped-down version of the song was brought back as part of an acoustic set for The Last Domino? tour.
Personnel edit
- Phil Collins – drums, percussion, vocals
- Tony Banks – keyboards, electric grand piano, Hammond organ
- Mike Rutherford – guitars, bass
Chart performance edit
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Other notable versions edit
- Canadian country music group Doc Walker covered the song on their 2008 album Beautiful Life.[24] It was released as the second single from the project and peaked at No. 68 on the Canadian Hot 100.[25]
References edit
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (14 April 2023). "The British Are Charting Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Pollock, Bruce (2005). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415970730.
- ^ HITMEN, 1986 Part Two, Hitmen, 1986. reprinted at Collins's website in 2009; archived copy at archive.org.
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 November 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Mama Tour Songs & Dates
- ^ Invisible Tour Songs & Dates
- ^ The Way We Walk Tour Songs & Dates
- ^ Calling All Stations Tour Songs & Dates
- ^ Calling All Stations Tour Bootleg info (with set lists)
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Genesis – That's All" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 14 January 1984. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 10 March 1984. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ "The Irish Charts search results for Genesis". Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "Genesis – That's All" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Genesis – That's All". Swiss Singles Chart.
- ^ "Genesis: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Genesis Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Genesis Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Genesis – That's All" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1984/Top 100 Songs of 1984".
- ^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1984". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1984".
- ^ Beautiful Life
- ^ Doc Walker Chart History
External links edit
- Music Video at VH1 Classic
- Music Video on YouTube