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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = Thru' These Walls

| cover = Thru These Walls.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Phil Collins

| album = Hello, I Must Be Going!

| B-side = Do You Know, Do You Care?

| released = October 1982 (UK)

| recorded = MaySeptember 1982 at Old Croft On 1" 8 track

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = * New wave

* art rock

| length =

| label = Virgin Records (UK)
Atlantic Records (International)

| writer = Phil Collins

| producer =

| prev_title = If Leaving Me Is Easy

| prev_year = 1981

| next_title = You Can't Hurry Love

| next_year = 1982

| misc =

}}

"'Thru' These Walls'" is a song by the English drummer Phil Collins. It was released as a single in October 1982, being Collins' fourth single. The song is also the seventh track and first single release from Collins' second solo studio album, 'Hello, I Must Be Going!', released in November of the same year. The song is dark, which follows a vast majority of songs from the album, and is about a man listening through the wall to his neighbours partaking in sexual activities.

Recording



The song has distinct similarities with Collins's debut solo single "In The Air Tonight", featuring similar atmospheric opening chords on a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and also utilized the same gated reverb drum part several times. The song also features one of Collins's attempts at a "Ringo Starr drum part", who is one of his biggest influences as a drummer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080801174547/http://www.philcollins.co.uk/hitmen86b.htm Hitmen, 1986 Part Two], 'Hitmen', 1986. reprinted at Collins's website in 2009; archived copy at archive.org.

Release



The song was the first single by Collins that did not reach the Top 20 in the UK, peaking at No. 56 in the UK Singles Chart (it was not released as a single in the U.S.)

Music video



The music video for the song was directed by Stuart Orme, who also directed the video for "In The Air Tonight" and in 1983 it was released on the home video 'Phil Collins' available on Video Home System (VHS) and LaserDisc (LD) which received a Grammy nomination for Best Video, Short Form.

This video wasn't published on Phil Collins' YouTube channel until June 2018.

Track listing



7": Virgin / VS 524 (UK)

# "Thru' These Walls"

# "Do You Know, Do You Care?"

Chart history



Credits



#"Thru' These Walls"

#* Phil Collins keyboards, drums, vocals, marimba

#* Daryl Stuermer guitars

#* Mo Foster bass

#"Do You Know, Do You Care?"

#* Phil Collins vocals, keyboards, bass pedals, drums, timpani, trumpet

#* Daryl Stuermer guitars

* Gavin Cochrane photography

References



Category:1982 singles

Category:Phil Collins songs

Category:Songs written by Phil Collins

Category:Virgin Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Hugh Padgham

Category:Song recordings produced by Phil Collins

Category:1982 songs

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