Throwing It All Away

For the 2008 Rob Smith album, see Throwing It All Away (album).

"Throwing It All Away"
European picture sleeve
Single by Genesis
from the album Invisible Touch
B-side
  • "I'd Rather Be You" (UK)
  • "Do the Neurotic" (edited) (US)
ReleasedAugust 1986 (US)
8 June 1987 (UK)[1]
RecordedThe Farm, Surrey; 1985–1986
GenreSoft rock[2]
Length3:51
LabelVirgin – UK GENS 5
Atlantic – US 89372
Songwriter(s)
Lyrics: Mike Rutherford
Music: Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
Producer(s)
Genesis singles chronology
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
(1987) 		"Throwing It All Away"
(1986) 		"No Son of Mine"
(1991)
Alternate cover
North American picture sleeve

"Throwing It All Away" is the seventh track on the 1986 album Invisible Touch by Genesis. It was the second single taken from the album in the United States, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1986, as well as No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and the Album Rock Tracks chart.[3] It was the last single released from the album in the UK in June 1987, reaching No. 22.[4] The song was also a top 40 hit on the Irish Singles Chart, peaking at No. 24.[5] 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.[6] The U.S. single included an edited version of the instrumental "Do the Neurotic" as the B-side; the UK edition featured the track "I'd Rather Be You".

  1. ^ "New Singles". Music Week. 6 June 1987. p. 43.
  2. ^ "Genesis braves the rain at the Bowl". Orange County Register. 13 October 2007.
  3. ^ Billboard.com archive (link)
  4. ^ Genesis UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  5. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  6. ^ Prasad, Anil (2007). "Genesis: Turning it on again". Innerviews. Retrieved 27 May 2012.