"Domino" is a song written by the band

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for their 1986 album ''

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''. The song was the sixth track on the album. The music was written by the band, while the lyrics were written by

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Tony Banks. The song is divided into two parts, "In the Glow of the Night" and "The Last Domino". The song, though not released as a single, charted at number 29 on the Mainstream Rock Charts. The

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of the "

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" single was the first half of this song, "In the Glow of the Night", while the B-side of "

" was the second part of the song, "The Last Domino". During a clip titled "Tony talks about his inspiration" on the ''

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'' DVD, Banks states that his inspiration for the song lyrics was the

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which was still being contested prior to the recording of ''

''. He set the action in a hotel room in

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, minutes after bombs start to fall on the city.

Live performances

Before the song was performed,

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would talk to the audience about the Domino Principle and demonstrate it by stating that something that might happen to the people in one section, might affect the people in another section (with the lights lighting up that section of the audience) multiple times. From when "The Last Domino" (Part 2) begins to the line "...now see what you've gone and done!", something different happened on every tour. On the ''

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'', Phil would have a red/pink-ish light shining up at his face. On the ''

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'', Phil is high up in front of the jumbotron appearing to be levitating in the air. He is on a platform that can move up and down. On the ''

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'', Phil's face appears on the jumbotron and he sings that section of the song. It was performed on the ''Invisible Touch'', ''We Can't Dance'', ''Calling All Stations'' (with Ray Wilson on vocals) and ''Turn It On Again'' tours. A live version appears on their albums '' The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs'', and ''

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'' (simply titled "Domino") as well as corresponding DVDs ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

''.

Critical reception

In 2014, Stevie Chick of ''

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'' chose "Domino" as one of the ten best Genesis songs and the highlight of the ''Invisible Touch'' album, describing it as "a fusion of everything Genesis had ever been and now become: an 11-minute multi-part epic played with the minimal attack of 'Abacab', the haunting 'In the Glow of the Night' giving way to the anthemic synth-rock bombast of 'The Last Domino'".

Personnel

* Tony Banks – keyboards, synth bass on "The Last Domino" *

– vocals, drums,

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– electric guitars, bass guitar on "In the Glow of the Night"

Chart performance

References

External links

''Genesis - Official Website''
*http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=40392 {{DEFAULTSORT:Domino (song) Genesis (band) songs 1986 songs Songs based on actual events Songs written by Phil Collins Songs written by Mike Rutherford Songs written by Tony Banks (musician) Song recordings produced by Hugh Padgham