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Perhaps it would have reflected more closely the Collins who was a noted collaborator of Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, and who continued working with Peter Gabriel after he had left Genesis. This instrumental from his debut solo LP, Face Value, proves how many directions were open to Collins at that point.

There was still eccentricity on his second album, Hello … I Must Be Going, notably this, a heavy rock character piece delivered in a broad cockney accent, which sounds very much like it would be at home in a musical.

The success of The Lion King led Disney to try the same model — get big star to write a couple of songs — for Tarzan. Unlike anything else on Face Value, this piano ballad accompanied by ragged slide guitar is about struggling through winter.

I Wish It Would Rain Down is lates power ballad perfection: the crashing guitars at the chorus, the restraint of the verses, the force of the central hook. But it was a Collins duet, co-write and co-production that fell slap bang in the middle of his run of 80s hits. You would expect triumphalism, but he still loved his tinny drum machine and his introverted ballads.

On his third album, No Jacket Required, hooks were pouring out of Collins as if he were a fishing tackle factory. He was quite the unlikely pop superstar. From joining Genesis as a drummer to becoming one of the world's most popular singers, Phil Collins is a true pop and rock legend. We've selected a handful of our absolute favourite solo Phil tunes from his hugely successful career - is yours in there?

Another number one for Phil in the States, this ballad came about when Phil was playing around with his drum machine, and he started saying the chorus of the song.

He later recalled that the writing of the song, which has no particular hook, was completed "very quickly". Simple, but effective.

In fact, it just lost out on an Oscar to Lionel! He later said that he "improvised" the lyric of song's title. He was playing around with a drum machine, and the lyric "su-sussudio" was what came out of his mouth.

According to Phil, the lyrics are about a schoolboy crush on a girl at school. Was her name Sue Suedio? Monday 26 July Tuesday 27 July Wednesday 28 July Thursday 29 July Friday 30 July Saturday 31 July Sunday 1 August Monday 2 August Tuesday 3 August Wednesday 4 August Thursday 5 August Friday 6 August Saturday 7 August Sunday 8 August Monday 9 August Tuesday 10 August Wednesday 11 August Thursday 12 August Friday 13 August Saturday 14 August Sunday 15 August Monday 16 August Tuesday 17 August Wednesday 18 August Thursday 19 August Friday 20 August Saturday 21 August Sunday 22 August Monday 23 August Tuesday 24 August Wednesday 25 August Thursday 26 August Friday 27 August Saturday 28 August Sunday 29 August Monday 30 August Tuesday 31 August Wednesday 1 September Thursday 2 September Friday 3 September Saturday 4 September Sunday 5 September Monday 6 September Tuesday 7 September Wednesday 8 September Thursday 9 September Friday 10 September Saturday 11 September Sunday 12 September Monday 13 September Tuesday 14 September Wednesday 15 September Thursday 16 September Friday 17 September Saturday 18 September Sunday 19 September Monday 20 September Tuesday 21 September Wednesday 22 September Thursday 23 September Friday 24 September Saturday 25 September Sunday 26 September Monday 27 September Tuesday 28 September Wednesday 29 September Thursday 30 September Friday 1 October Saturday 2 October Sunday 3 October Monday 4 October Tuesday 5 October Wednesday 6 October