Throwing It All Away
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| Single by Genesis | ||||||||||
| from the album Invisible Touch | ||||||||||
| B-side | "I'd Rather Be You" | |||||||||
| Released | 8 August 1986 (U.S.) 8 June 1987 (UK) |
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| Format | US: 7", UK: 7", 12" | |||||||||
| Recorded | The Farm, Surrey; 1985–1986 | |||||||||
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| Length | 3:51 | |||||||||
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Virgin – UK GENS 5 Atlantic – US 89372 |
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"Throwing It All Away" is the seventh track on the 1986 album Invisible Touch by Genesis. It was the second single from the album in 1986, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 22 in Britain, where it was released as the last single of the album in 1987. In the U.S., it also went to No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in October 1986 and the Album Rock Tracks chart in August 1986. The working title was "Zephyr and Zeppo".
The song is a soft rock ballad structured around a guitar riff by Mike Rutherford, who also wrote the lyrics. The U.S. single included the instrumental "Do the Neurotic" as the B-side: the UK edition featured the track "I'd Rather Be You".
The CD version of the Invisible Touch album incorrectly lists the running time as 4:41; the correct time was 3:51.
"Throwing It All Away" was performed live during the Invisible Touch,The Way We Walk,Calling All Stations and Turn It On Again tours; aside from the 1986 leg of the Invisible Touch tour, the song was transposed to a lower key to accommodate Collins' deepening voice.
A live version appears on the The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts and Live Over Europe 2007 CDs and the When in Rome 2007 DVD.
During the intro and just before the end of the live performances, Collins would engage in Call and response with the audience using nonsensical language.
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