You Can't Hurry Love
Phil Collins
1983
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1982
Release: 1982Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Original recording released in 1982; year precision retains the original album/single cycle without assigning a later reissue or annual-list date.
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Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going! and Dance Into the Light
Label history gives original years 1982 and 1996 and both original tracklists, separately from subsequent performances and demos.
About Phil Collins
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Phil Collins is a British singer, drummer and songwriter who worked as a child actor before joining Genesis as a drummer. His solo career developed alongside the band, with In the Air Tonight and albums including Face Value and No Jacket Required. Film work became another strand of his writing and performing, from Against All Odds to Disney's Tarzan. He sang the Tarzan songs himself, including You'll Be in My Heart, and later worked with composer Mark Mancina on Brother Bear.
Artist background sources
Walt Disney Archives D23: Phil Collins
Supports British childhood acting, Genesis drums, separate solo repertoire and Disney film-song work with Mancina; erroneous Face Value year in source omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
You Can't Hurry Love by Phil Collins appears at number 37 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1983. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1983 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
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An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1983 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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