Separate Lives
1985 single by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Separate Lives" is a 1985 song recorded by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin and featured on the soundtrack to the motion picture White Nights. It reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts as well as in Canada and Ireland.[3] It reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart,[4] and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.[1]
"Separate Lives" | ||||
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Single by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin | ||||
from the album White Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "I Don't Wanna Know" (USA) "Only You Know And I Know" (UK) | |||
Released | September 1985 (US) 11 November 1985 (UK) [1] | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Soft rock[2] | |||
Length | 4:06 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Stephen Bishop | |||
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Phil Collins singles chronology | ||||
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Marilyn Martin singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Phil Collins - Separate Lives (Official Music Video)" on YouTube | ||||
Songwriter Stephen Bishop recorded his own version for his album Sleeping with Girls for Polydor Records, released in 1985. Bishop received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song in 1986. It lost to Lionel Richie's song "Say You, Say Me" from the same film.
Collins recorded other versions of "Separate Lives" while on tour. He sang with touring singer Amy Keys in 1994, the song appearing on the album Live from the Board.[5] Beginning in 1997 he has performed the song many times with Italian singer Laura Pausini.[6] In 2004, Collins recorded a version with Bridgette Bryant who had toured with him in 1990 in support of ...But Seriously.[7]