# The “dream” band Phil Collins always wanted to work with: “It’s fantastic”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-dream-band-phil-collins-always-wanted-to-work-with-its-fantastic/
- Published: 2026-07-26T15:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T00:04:06+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-dream-band-phil-collins-always-wanted-to-work-with/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Collins fulfilled a childhood ambition by recording with The Funk Brothers.
- The collaboration took place on his 2010 Motown covers album.
- He called hearing Bob Babbitt play “fantastic”.

## Summary

Phil Collins described working with The Funk Brothers, Motown’s celebrated backing band, as a long-held dream when recording his 2010 covers album Going Back. The collaboration mattered to him because it connected him directly with the musicians behind songs he had admired since childhood and helped him make a faithful tribute to the Motown sound.

The article says Collins sought surviving members of The Funk Brothers for the album, despite assuming such a reunion would be unlikely. He recalled hearing bassist Bob Babbitt play a familiar riff on his record and called the experience “fantastic”; the album included a version of ‘Uptight (Everything’s Alright)’.

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