Test your knowledge of Phil Collins's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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His biggest tracks tip their hand through the kit, from the gated tom fill of 'In the Air Tonight' to the drum-machine groove of 'Sussudio'. Then the ballads drop the drums and dare you to name them from the melody.
Even the sounds have backstories. A signature drum tone born from a studio accident, a No Jacket Required Grammy, and a Live Aid day that crossed the Atlantic on Concorde to play twice, all fair game here.
Four tiers, easy to expert. The tracks the drums give away come first, then the ballads that hide the beat, the Genesis years behind the frontman, and the covers and Disney songs that catch fans off guard.
Some tracks announce themselves through the kit: the gated tom fill of 'In the Air Tonight', the drum-machine bounce of 'Sussudio', the Motown clap of 'Two Hearts'. Most players lock these in from the beat, so they are the easy opening points on any Phil Collins quiz.
Then the kit goes quiet. 'Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)', 'One More Night' and 'Groovy Kind of Love' are piano-and-voice ballads with none of the percussion fingerprint, so players who lean on the drums suddenly have to know the melody. That flip is where a Phil Collins quiz catches people out.
Deeper fans know the Genesis side. Collins drummed for the band from 1970, behind Peter Gabriel, before he ever sang lead, and he later fronted 'Invisible Touch' and 'Land of Confusion' while still holding down the groove. Spotting the Genesis tracks, and remembering the frontman started on the kit, is what pushes a good score to a great one.
The edges of the catalog trip up almost everyone: 'You Can't Hurry Love' is a Supremes cover, 'Easy Lover' is a duet with Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire, and 'You'll Be in My Heart' comes from Disney's Tarzan and won an Academy Award. Place these and you have cleared the whole board.
Play a Phil Collins quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Guess the song from a short clip, from the drum-driven hits to the piano ballads, and see whether you can tell his solo work from his Genesis years. The hits are easy; the ballads and the Genesis tracks are where fans pull ahead.
Often, yes. He was a drummer before he was a frontman, so tracks like 'In the Air Tonight', 'Sussudio' and 'Easy Lover' give themselves away through the beat. The catch is the ballads, where the kit drops out and you need the melody instead.
'In the Air Tonight', 'Against All Odds', 'Sussudio' and 'Another Day in Paradise' are named fastest. 'You'll Be in My Heart' from Disney's Tarzan comes up for the soundtrack fans.
The drum-driven hits are easy points, but the ballads hide the beat and the Genesis tracks blur the line between band and solo, so the quiz keeps flipping between the drummer and the balladeer.
He was born Philip David Charles Collins on January 31, 1951, in Chiswick, West London. He began as a drummer, joining Genesis in 1970 before stepping up to lead vocals in 1975.
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