# The two-minute 1966 song Phil Collins declared “one of the best ever written”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-two-minute-1966-song-phil-collins-declared-one-of-the-best-ever-written/
- Published: 2026-11-04T09:56:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T02:41:33+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/phil-collins-1966-best-songs-ever-written/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Collins praised ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ as one of the best songs ever written.
- The Beatles’ Revolver was his favourite album of theirs.
- The track lasts about two minutes, longer than Collins recalled.

## Summary

Phil Collins named The Beatles’ ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ one of the best songs ever written, praising how much it achieves in a short time. His admiration reflects the band’s influence on his musical development and on his later success with Genesis and as a solo artist.

Collins said in a 2002 interview that he preferred Revolver to Rubber Soul and even Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, calling it an exceptional collection of songs. He described the track as a favourite of his, though he remembered its length as a minute and a half; it runs for about two minutes. John Lennon wrote most of it, with Paul McCartney recalling that he helped with the middle eight.

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