"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | ||||
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Single by Phil Collins | ||||
from the album Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "The Search" | |||
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Recorded | 1983 | |||
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Length | 3:23 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Phil Collins | |||
Producer(s) | Arif Mardin | |||
Phil Collins singles chronology | ||||
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"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" |
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (also titled "Against All Odds") is a song by English drummer, singer and songwriter Phil Collins. It was recorded for the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. It is a power ballad in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to "take a look at me now", knowing that reconciliation is "against all odds", but worth the gamble. The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, the first of seven US No. 1s for Collins in his solo career.[4] "Against All Odds (Take a Look At Me Now)" also topped the charts in Canada, Ireland, and Norway, while peaking at No. 2 in the United Kingdom.
The song has been covered by several singers, some versions of which have been successful in both the US and UK markets. The song has twice reached No. 1 in the UK singles chart: the pairing of Mariah Carey and boyband Westlife, in September 2000,[5] and then again by Steve Brookstein, the first winner of The X Factor, in January 2005.[6] In 2022, an Italian version called "Impossibile" was released by German singer and TV-personality Giovanni Zarrella.
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