Editing Phil Collins (section)

===1984–1989: ''No Jacket Required'' and commercial ubiquity===
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Collins wrote and performed on "[[Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)|Against All Odds]]", the main theme for the [[Against All Odds (1984 film)|romantic film of the same name]], which demonstrated a more pop-orientated and commercially accessible sound than his previous work. Released in February 1984, it was the first single of his solo career to reach number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart; it peaked at number two in the UK. Collins won a [[27th Annual Grammy Awards#Award winners|Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance#Recipients|Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male]].{{sfn|Whitburn|2000|pp=143–144}} The song earned him an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song#1980s|Best Original Song]], and he arranged his 1985 tour to accommodate the possibility of performing it at the awards ceremony. However, a note to Atlantic Records from show producer [[Larry Gelbart]] explaining a lack of invitation stated: "Thank you for your note regarding Phil Cooper [sic]. I'm afraid the spots have already been filled", and Collins watched actress and dancer [[Ann Reinking]] perform it.{{sfn|Bronson|1998|p=586}} The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' said: "Reinking did an incredible job of totally destroying a beautiful song."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-31-ca-18761-story.html|title=Down The Academy|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles|date=31 March 1985|access-date=13 August 2015}}</ref> Collins would introduce it at subsequent concerts by saying: "I'm sorry Miss Ann Reinking couldn't be here tonight; I guess I just have to sing my own song."<ref name="Wolmuth">{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20091234,00.html|title=Short, Pudgy and Bald, All Phil Collins Produces Is Hits|work=People|first=Roger|last=Wolmuth|date=8 July 1985|access-date=13 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081636/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20091234,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1984, Collins contributed to the production on ''[[Chinese Wall (album)|Chinese Wall]]'' by [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] vocalist [[Philip Bailey]], which included a duet from the two, "[[Easy Lover (Philip Bailey and Phil Collins song)|Easy Lover]]". The song was number one in the UK for four weeks, and peaked at number 2 in the US.<ref name="Charts" /><ref>{{cite web|first=William |last=Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chinese-wall-mw0000189127|title=Chinese Wall – Philip Bailey &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> He produced and played drums on several tracks on ''[[Behind the Sun (Eric Clapton album)|Behind the Sun]]'' by [[Eric Clapton]]. In November, Collins was part of the charity supergroup [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid]] in aid of Ethiopian famine relief and played drums on its single, "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]".<ref>{{cite web|author=mtv |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1643506/looking-back-at-live-aid-25-years-later.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219224029/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1643506/looking-back-at-live-aid-25-years-later.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 December 2011 |title=Looking Back At Live Aid, 25 Years Later |publisher=MTV |date=12 July 2010 |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref>

Collins's third album, ''[[No Jacket Required]]'', was recorded in 1984 and marked a turning point in his output. He departed from lyrics about his personal life and wrote more upbeat and dance-orientated songs with strong hooks and melodies, with Collins stating beforehand, "I have a notion of what I want to do: break out of this 'love song' box that I've found myself in. I'll make a dance album. Or, at least, an album with a couple of uptempo tracks."{{Sfn|Collins|2016}} [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Peter Gabriel]], and [[Helen Terry]] contributed backing vocals. ''No Jacket Required'' was released in February 1985 and became a huge worldwide success, reaching number one in several countries.<ref name="Charts" /> "[[Sussudio]]" and "[[One More Night (Phil Collins song)|One More Night]]", topped the US singles chart, the latter reaching number 4 in the UK to become his fourth solo UK top ten, and "[[Don't Lose My Number]]" and "[[Take Me Home (Phil Collins song)|Take Me Home]]" made the US top ten. The album remains the most successful of his career, selling over 12 million copies in the US where it was certified [[Diamond album|diamond]], and 1.9 million in the UK where it was the [[1985 in British music#Best-selling albums|second-best-selling album of 1985]].<ref>{{cite web | title =RIAA: Gold and Platinum | publisher =[[Recording Industry Association of America]] | url = https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=PHIL+COLLINS&ti=NO+JACKET+REQUIRED |access-date=18 November 2023}}</ref>

Referring to the album's success, [[David Fricke]] of ''Rolling Stone'' wrote: "After years on the [[art rock|art-rock]] fringe, Collins has established himself firmly in the [[middle of the road (music)|middle of the road]]. Perhaps he should consider testing himself and his new fans' expectations next time around."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Fricke, David|author-link=David Fricke|date=9 May 1985|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/no-jacket-required-19850509|title=''No Jacket Required'' Album Review|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=30 September 2013}}</ref> "Sussudio" attracted negative attention for sounding too similar to [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]'s "[[1999 (Prince song)|1999]]", a charge that Collins did not deny.{{sfn|Bronson|1998|p=611}} ''No Jacket Required'' earned Collins the first two of his six [[Brit Awards]], winning [[Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist|Best British Male]] and Best British Album.<ref name="brits">{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/phil-collins|title=Brit Awards: Phil Collins|publisher=Brit Awards|access-date=22 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109161354/http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/phil-collins|archive-date=9 November 2014}}</ref> Collins had three US number one songs in 1985, the most by any artist that year.{{sfn|Whitburn|2000|pp=143–144}} ''No Jacket Required'' won three [[28th Annual Grammy Awards#Award winners|Grammy Awards]] including [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#Recipients|Album of the Year]].<ref name="grammys">{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=phil+collins&title=&year=All&genre=All|title=Past Winners: Phil Collins|publisher=The GRAMMYs|access-date=22 September 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Wembley Stadium Twin Towers.jpg|thumb|left|On 13 July 1985 Collins played at [[Live Aid]] at the old [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] (''exterior pictured'') in London, before taking a transatlantic [[Concorde]] flight to perform at the Philadelphia leg of the event later that day]]
[[The No Jacket Required World Tour]] saw Collins perform 85 shows between February and July 1985. On 13 July, Collins took part in the [[Live Aid]] concerts, a continuation of the fundraising effort started by Band Aid. Collins was the only performer to appear at the London concert at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]] and the US concert at [[John F. Kennedy Stadium (Philadelphia)|JFK Stadium]] in Philadelphia on the same day.<ref name="Transcontinental">{{cite news |title=How Phil Collins Became Live Aid's Transcontinental MVP |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/phil-collins-live-aid/ |access-date=8 June 2020 |magazine=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> After performing what ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' called "an especially crowd-pleasing selection of songs" in London, including "Against All Odds", "In the Air Tonight", and playing alongside [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], Collins flew to Philadelphia on a [[Concorde]] to perform his solo material, play drums for Clapton, and drum with Plant and [[Jimmy Page]] for a [[Led Zeppelin]] reunion.<ref name="Transcontinental"/> The latter performance was poorly received and later disowned by the band.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3534576.stm|title=Zeppelin defend Live Aid opt out|date=4 August 2004|work=BBC News|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref> Page later said that Collins had not learned his parts for the set.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/page-collins-was-a-disastrous-drummer_1052288|title=Page: 'Collins Was A Disastrous Drummer'|magazine=[[Contactmusic.com]]|date=4 December 2007|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref> Collins responded that the band "weren't very good", that a "dribbling" Page had made him feel uncomfortable, and he only continued with the set rather than leave the stage in order to avoid negative attention.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2010/08/tough-questions-phil-collins/|title=Tough Questions for Phil Collins|last=Sellers|first=John|date=19 August 2010|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|access-date=23 July 2014}}</ref> In November 1985, the song "[[Separate Lives]]", a duet featuring Collins and [[Marilyn Martin]] for the musical drama film ''[[White Nights (1985 film)|White Nights]]'', was released and became a US number one hit.{{sfn|Whitburn|2000|pp=143–144}}

[[File:Phil Collins 1980s (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Collins in the 1980s]]
By the end of 1985, the music press noted that Collins's astronomical success as a solo artist had made him more popular than Genesis.<ref name=odds /> Before the release of ''No Jacket Required'', Collins insisted that he would not leave the band and that he felt "happier with what we're doing now, because I feel it's closer to me."<ref name=odds>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/phil-collins-beats-the-odds-19850523|title=Phil Collins Beats the Odds|last=Hoerburger|first=Rob|date=23 May 1985|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118222636/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/phil-collins-beats-the-odds-19850523|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 1985, he reunited with Banks and Rutherford to record Genesis's thirteenth album, ''[[Invisible Touch]]''. Released in 1986, it became the group's biggest selling album with 6 million copies sold in the US, and 1.2 million sold in the UK. [[Invisible Touch (song)|Its title track]] was released as a single and reached No. 1 in the US, the only Genesis song to do so. The group received a Grammy Award (their only one) and a nomination for the [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year]] in 1987 for "[[Land of Confusion]]", which features puppet caricatures from the satirical television programme ''[[Spitting Image]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=MTV Video Music Awards|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1987/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830021744/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1987/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2008|publisher=MTV|access-date=30 September 2013|year=1987}}</ref> Several music critics drew comparisons between the album and Collins's solo work, but ''Rolling Stone'''s [[J. D. Considine]] praised the album's commercial appeal, stating, "every tune is carefully pruned so that each flourish delivers not an instrumental epiphany but a solid hook".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/genesis/albums/album/218476/rid/5945410/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070312042723/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/genesis/albums/album/218476/rid/5945410/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 March 2007 |title=Rolling Stone : Genesis: Invisible Touch : Music Reviews |publisher=Archive.is |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> March 1986 saw the release of "[[No One Is to Blame]]", a hit single by [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] which included Collins on drums, backing vocals, and co-production alongside Padgham.{{sfn|Dean|2003|pp=180, 453}} Collins provided backing vocals, produced and played drums on most of Eric Clapton's 1986 album ''[[August (Eric Clapton album)|August]]''.<ref>{{cite web|first=AWilliam|last=Ruhlmann|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/august-r4047/review|title=August – Eric Clapton &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=29 October 2015}}</ref> He toured parts of Europe with Clapton in support of the album, of which two concert videos were released; [[Live at Montreux 1986 (Eric Clapton film)|Live at Montreux 1986]] and [[Live 1986|Eric Clapton and Friends Live 1986]].  In each of those videos, Collins is featured as the drummer and performs "In the Air Tonight" with Clapton, bassist [[Nathan East]] and keyboardist [[Greg Phillinganes]] backing him.

After touring with Genesis in 1987, Collins was aware that his music had gained too much exposure and took a year off from writing and recording. He took on his first acting role since the late 1960s, starring as [[Buster Edwards]] opposite [[Julie Walters]] (who played his wife, June) in the romantic comedy drama-crime film ''[[Buster (film)|Buster]]'' which centred around the [[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbery]] from 1963 in [[Ledburn]], Buckinghamshire. Reviews for the film were mixed and controversy ensued over its subject matter; [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] and [[Diana, Princess of Wales|Princess Diana]] declined an invitation to the première after it was accused of glorifying crime.<ref name="Prince Charles cancels royal film date">(9 September 1988). "Prince Charles cancels royal film date". ''[[Manila Standard]]'' (Manila).</ref> Collins contributed four songs to the film's soundtrack; his ballad rendition of "[[A Groovy Kind of Love#Phil Collins version|A Groovy Kind of Love]]", originally by [[the Mindbenders]], became his only single to reach No. 1 in the UK and the US. The film spawned the US #1 single "[[Two Hearts (Phil Collins song)|Two Hearts]]", which he co-wrote with [[Lamont Dozier]] and won the pair a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song#1980s|Golden Globe for Best Original Song]] and an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song#1980s|Oscar]] nomination in the same category. Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] said Collins "played [the role of Buster] with surprising effectiveness".<ref>{{cite news|author=Ebert, Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|date=25 November 1988|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/buster-1988|title=''Buster'' Movie Review|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|access-date=30 September 2013}}</ref> In 1988, Collins was the subject of an episode of the British TV series ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]''.{{sfn|Röttgers|2015|pages=82–83}} In 1989, Collins was among the musicians who donated their own clothes to [[Rock Circus|Madame Tussaud's Rock Circus]], an exhibition held at the [[London Pavilion]] celebrating the history of rock and pop music featuring its major figures recreated in wax.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Waxing Enthusiastic Over Tussaud's Rock 'n' Roll Circus : Nostalgia: Opened less than a year ago in London, the rock museum features robotic figures of rock stars sculpted in wax. Each exhibit is accompanied by music and comment.|url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-04-ca-1181-story.html|newspaper = Los Angeles Times|date = 4 August 1990|access-date = 13 July 2023}}</ref>