Do You Remember? (Phil Collins song)

"Do You Remember?"
Cassette single of the studio recording
Single by Phil Collins
from the album ...But Seriously
B-side
Released
  • April 1990 (studio) (US)
  • 26 November 1990 (live) (UK)[1]
Recorded1989
Genre
Length4:36
Label
Songwriter(s)Phil Collins
Producer(s)
Phil Collins singles chronology
"That's Just the Way It Is"
(1990)
"Do You Remember?"
(1990)
"Hang in Long Enough"
(1990)
Music videos
"Do You Remember?" (studio version) on YouTube
"Do You Remember?" (live version) on YouTube

"Do You Remember?" is a song by the English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released in April 1990 as the fourth single from his fourth solo studio album ...But Seriously. It was produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham and features singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop on the track as a backing vocalist.[2] The song had minor success in European countries but went to number one on both the Canadian and US Adult Contemporary charts. It also peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming his 14th and last top-ten hit.

A live performance of the song appears on the Serious Hits... Live! album. The live version was released as a single in Australia and Europe, where it reached number 57 on the UK Singles Chart and the top 30 in Belgium, France, Ireland and the Netherlands. Music videos were produced for both versions; a live version, using the Serious Hits... Live! album recording was published on Phil Collins' YouTube channel in June 2010[3] while the original video using the studio version wasn't published on his YouTube channel until July 2018.[4]

The song's lyrics are from the perspective of a man whose relationship is failing, due to his lover's neglect. An instrumental cover performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was released later. It was extremely popular in Bulgaria during the early 1990s, due to a then-famous teenage TV program using it while showing its closing credits. The song was also featured in the United States Army aviation action movie Fire Birds starring Nicolas Cage and Sean Young.

  1. ^ Smith, Robin (24 November 1990). "This Week – The Next Seven Days in View: Releases". Record Mirror. p. 33. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ Wesley Hyatt (1999) The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  3. ^ "Phil Collins - Do You Remember (Official Music Video) - Live at Berlin, 15 July 1990". YouTube. June 2010.
  4. ^ "Phil Collins - Do You Remember? (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 6 July 2018.