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In Too Deep (Genesis song)

Field	Value
name	In Too Deep
cover	Genesis - In Too Deep.jpg
type	single
artist	Genesis
album	Invisible Touch
B-side	Do the Neurotic
released
recorded	The Farm (Chiddingfold, Surrey)
genre	Pop
length	* 4:58 (album version)
label	* Atlantic
writer	* Phil Collins
lyricist	Phil Collins
producer	* Genesis
prev_title	Invisible Touch
prev_year	1986
next_title	Land of Confusion
next_year	1986
misc	{{External music video
type	single
type	single
header	Audio

| B-side = Do the Neurotic

4:39 (UK edited version)
Virgin
Tony Banks
Mike Rutherford
Hugh Padgham "In Too Deep" is a song by the English rock band Genesis, included as the fourth track on their 13th studio album, Invisible Touch (1986). It was released as the second single from the LP in the United Kingdom and as the fifth single in the United States. The single was successful in the US, reaching on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The song was only performed live during the 1986 North American legs during the Genesis 1986–87 Invisible Touch world tour. An October 1986 performance of the song was included on the 1992 live album The Shorts.

"In Too Deep" was written for the British neo-noir film Mona Lisa (1986) and won the "Most Performed Song from a Film" award at the BMI Film & TV Awards in 1988. It is also featured in the American horror film American Psycho (2000).

Background

The lyric was written by Phil Collins after he was approached to write a song for the soundtrack of the movie Mona Lisa. The music is credited to the entire band in common with all the tracks on Invisible Touch.

Critical reception

Cashbox praised Collins' "impassioned vocal."

Music video

The music video for the song features the three band members playing on a minimalist set composed of steps and platforms. Tony Banks plays a grand piano, although the recording itself is mainly electric, while Mike Rutherford is on an acoustic guitar and Phil Collins is on vocals and drums.

Personnel

Tony Banks – keyboards
Phil Collins – vocals, drums, LinnDrum
Mike Rutherford – acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986–1987)	Peak
position	Australia (Kent Music Report)	Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)
17
30

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Position	US Billboard Hot 100
47

In popular culture

In 2000, the American horror film American Psycho, Patrick Bateman (played by Christian Bale) describes the song as "the most moving pop song of the 1980s, about monogamy and commitment. The song is extremely uplifting. The lyrics are as positive and affirmative as anything I've heard in rock."

References

(16 August 1986). "New Singles".
Reed, Ryan. (November 13, 2014). "Genesis Albums From Worst To Best".
"Collins, Phil 1951–". Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television (2005).
(April 18, 1987). "Single Releases".
Kent, David. (1993). "[[Kent Music Report". Australian Chart Book.
(11 October 1986). "European Hot 100 Singles".
(26 December 1987). "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles".
[[Tom Service]]. (13 December 2013). "American Psycho musical and Phil Collins's perfectly vacuous music". [[The Guardian]].

Wikipedia Source

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