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In 1988, Phil Collins accidentally sold 3,000,000 copies of a song he wanted nobody to hear. He has refused to sing it for 36 years
Phil Collins’s 1988 cover of ‘A Groovy Kind of Love’ became a major hit, although he had not expected or intended his recording to be released. The song was made for the film *Buster* as a temporary guide track, but producers used Collins’s version in the film, turning an incidental recording into one of his best-selling singles.
Written by Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine in 1966, the song had previously been recorded by the Mindbenders. Collins later made a proper studio version after seeing how the track fitted the film, despite initially wanting nothing to do with its soundtrack. The single sold more than three million copies and topped the charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
In short
- A guide recording became a chart-topping single.
- The song sold more than three million copies.
- Collins had not planned to release his version.
Explained simply
Phil Collins is a British singer and drummer who became widely known as the frontman of Genesis and for his solo career. In 1988, he also starred in Buster, a film based on the Great Train Robbery, and contributed music to its soundtrack.
“A Groovy Kind of Love” was written by Carole Bayer Sager and Toni Wine in 1966 and first became a hit for the American group the Mindbenders. Collins’s recording joined a song with a history of its own to a film that introduced it to a new audience.