# In 1984, Phil Collins gave away one of his unfinished songs. The demo made $10,000,000

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1984-phil-collins-gave-away-one-of-his-unfinished-songs-the-demo-made-10000000/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:12:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T18:24:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1984-phil-collins-gave-away-one-of-his-unfinished-songs/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Collins offered a demo to a film studio while touring.
- The ballad became “Against All Odds”.
- He later likened giving it away to handing over $10 million.

## Summary

Phil Collins gave a demo of his unfinished ballad “Against All Odds” to a film studio in 1984 after being asked to write a song while he was on tour. The story shows how a song he was not able to record at the time became a major hit and, in Collins’s words, was like giving away $10 million.

The article places the song amid Collins’s busy solo career alongside Genesis and the personal strain behind his debut album. It describes “Against All Odds” as a defining heartbreak song of the 1980s, though it gives no specific sales or earnings figures to support the $10 million comparison.

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