Sussudio

"Sussudio"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album No Jacket Required
B-side
Released14 January 1985 (1985-01-14)
Genre
Length
  • 4:23 (album version)
  • 6:36 (extended version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Phil Collins
Producer(s)
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Easy Lover"
(1984) 		"Sussudio"
(1985) 		"One More Night"
(1985)
Audio sample
Music video
"Phil Collins - Sussudio (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"Sussudio" is a song by English singer-songwriter Phil Collins, released as a single in January 1985. The song is the first track on Collins' third solo studio album, No Jacket Required, released in February of the same year. The song was released as a single in the US on 30 April, as follow-up to "One More Night" and entered frequent rotation on MTV in May. By 6 July both single and album reached No. 1 on their respective US Billboard charts.[4] The song peaked at No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart.[5] The song’s title is a pseudoword Collins randomly came up with during a practice session.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Petridis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (12 October 2020). "Phil Collins – "Sussudio"". Stereogum. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ Molanphy, Chris (31 May 2019). "The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 160. ISBN 0-87586-207-1.
  5. ^ David Roberts, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles and Albums. Guinness World Records Limited. p. 115. ISBN 978-1904994107.