Two Hearts (Phil Collins song)

"Two Hearts"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	"The Robbery"
Released	14 November 1988 (UK)
Format	7", CD, Cassette
Recorded	1988
Genre	Pop
Length	3:23
Label	Atlantic, Virgin, WEA
Writer(s)	Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier
Producer(s)	Phil Collins, Lamont Dozier
Phil Collins singles chronology
"A Groovy Kind of Love" (1988) "Two Hearts" (1988) "Another Day in Paradise" (1989)

"Two Hearts" is a song by Phil Collins. The song reached No. 1 in the United States and Canada in February 1989.

It was composed by Lamont Dozier (of Motown's Holland-Dozier-Holland), with lyrics by Collins, both of whom also produced this song for the 1988 crime comedy film Buster. Both promo-singles of the film, "Two Hearts" and "A Groovy Kind Of Love", topped the U.S charts.^[1]

It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song alongside the Carly Simon song "Let the River Run" from Working Girl (with the latter having beaten the former for the Academy Award for Best Original Song) and the Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1989.

Two music videos were made, both directed by Jim Yukich: the first one similar to Collins' 1982 video "You Can't Hurry Love" featuring Collins as all four members in a band (named "The Four Pound Notes"), and the other featuring him in a wrestling match against the Ultimate Warrior, which was featured on the Jim Yukich-directed Seriously.. Phil Collins CBS TV special (aired 8 September 1990). The special can be found on the 2004 First Final Farewell Tour DVD.

The song topped the U.S. Hot 100 for two weeks,^[2] the U.S. adult contemporary chart for five weeks, and also reached No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart. It opened the radio station BBC Hereford and Worcester, appropriate in that the station was based in two different places.

The B-side features Anne Dudley and the London Film Orchestra performing "The Robbery", also on the Buster soundtrack.

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1988–1989) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[3] 13 Canadian Singles Chart 1 Dutch Singles Chart 5 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 13 German Singles Chart 3 Italy (FIMI)[5] 22 Spain (AFYVE)[6] 17 UK[7] 6 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1

Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position UK[8] 89 Chart (1989) Position Australia (ARIA)[9] 65 Canada (RPM) [10] 14 US[11] 20

Personnel

• Phil Collins - vocals, keyboards, drums
• Freddie Washington - bass
• Michael Landau - guitar
• Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Tim Cowlishaw - wooden drums

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989 (U.S.)
• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1988 (U.S.)

References

1. Stephen Holden (1989-01-18). "The Pop Life". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
2. Maury Dean (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 160. ISBN 0-87586-207-1.
3. "australian-charts.com > Phil Collins". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
4. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
5. "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: C". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
6. Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
7. "Official Charts > Phil Collins". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
8. http://www.uk-charts.top-source.info/top-100-1988.shtml. Missing or empty |title= (help)
9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
10. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6684&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062
11. "Top 100 Hits of 1989/Top 100 Songs of 1989". Music Outfitters, Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-16.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics