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Phil Collins
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Phil Collins

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Phil Collins
A page of complete lyrics in Phil Collins' hand for Easy Lover, 1984, the seventeen lines in blue ballpoint pen and black ink, showing amendments to the text as Collins worked out the song's wording, the verso featuring ten lines in Collins' hand in blue ballpoint pen of variations to the text: she's the one who'll make you happy/until another/you'll be the only one to hold her/hold her and control her/until she finds another better forget it/you'll never get it/she'll say that there's no other/'til she finds another/and don't try to change her leave her leave her/get out quick cos seeing is believing it/you're the one who wants to hold her/hold her and control her; in common mount with a handwritten note from Phil Collins, signed, stating ...In 1984 (I believe!) I worked with Philip Bailey..at the time he was singer with Earth, Wind And Fire. We decided that the album would not be finished until we'd written something together. One night before we stopped, we were playing around and this song came out of it. That weekend I wrote the words and this sheet shows the work-in-progress... 1p., overall measurements -- 15¾x22in. (39.9x55.8cm.); accompanied by a colour photograph of Phil Collins with the lyrics at a charity function, 1997 -- 12½x11½in. (31.7x29.2cm.) framed (2)
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Lot Essay

Phil Collins co-wrote Easy Lover with Philip Bailey whilst Bailey was working on his second solo album Chinese Wall. It was released on this album in 1985 and later on numerous Phil Collins compilation albums, the first of which was his 1989 Singles Collection. Easy Lover reached number one in the U.K. charts in March 1985.

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