"That's All" is a song by the English rock band

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. It is a group composition and appears as the second track on their self-titled album (1983). It was the album's second single after "

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". On June 17, 1993,

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re-issued and re-released the song as a CD and "HiQ" cassette single. 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

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. 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''.

Background and recording

The song was intended as an attempt to write a simple pop song with a melody in the style of

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. Phil Collins acknowledged in a subsequent interview that the song also features one of his attempts at a "

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drum part".HITMEN, 1986 Part Two
''Hitmen'', 1986. reprinted at Collins's website in 2009; archived copy at archive.org. The song begins with Tony Banks playing the main riff of the song on a

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electric grand piano. The other keyboards used on this song are a

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Prophet-10 for organ pads and a

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II for the organ solo in the middle section. The coda lapses into a

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played by Mike Rutherford, as the drum beat intensifies, before the song fades away.

Reception

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'' 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."

Music video

The

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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

The song was played live during the ''

'', '' Invisible Touch'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' (with Ray Wilson on vocals) Tours. The song was played only during the first few shows of the ''Calling All Stations'' tour, before being discarded. Wilson has performed the song on solo tours. 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

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'' 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 ''

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''. A more stripped-down version of the song was brought back as part of an acoustic set for '' The Last Domino?'' tour.

Personnel

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– drums, percussion, vocals * Tony Banks –

, Prophet-10, Synclavier II *

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– guitars, bass

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other notable versions

*Canadian country music group Doc Walker covered the song on their 2008 album '' Beautiful Life''. It was released as the second single from the project and peaked at No. 68 on the

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References

External links

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