Yeah Phil Collins did have his share of hits in the 90's: with his band Genesis he had hits in 1992 like "Never A Time", "Jesus She Knows Me"(Everybody forgets about that song too), I Can;t Dance(that was a good song), and as other posters have said his solo works"Dance Into The Light" True Colors, and, "You'll Be In My Heart, and "Everyday."

I was stunned "Dance Into The Light" came out in 1996  because honestly I thought it came out in the 80's. Its like that song was a hit when I was a sophmore in High School?

Phil did do ok in the 90's come to think of it but I do agree with one poster on this thread that he's is more well known 80's work than his 90's work. I remember in 1998 when I started listening to 80's music and every Phil Collins song I could remember from when I was a little kid in the 80's.

Yeah, "Jesus He Knows Me" and "Never a Time" were good songs. I forgot all about the David Crosby duet, "Hero", but I liked it when it came out, too. It reminds me of "Everyday", probably the tail end of his '80esque sound.

I think people sometimes have misconceptions that the '90s were all grunge, gangsta rap and electronica. Of course he wouldn't have fit into that, but he has some common ground with the more AC-dominated '90s pop. Especially since that stuff changes slower.

I love Jesus He Knows Me... I never forgot that one!  :)

Also big 90s hits with the Genesis were Hold On My Heart and No Son Of Mine! 2 great songs!

For me the difference was that he was aging along with other artist his age (like Sting) into the adult contemporary\ light genre. He did a couple of more youthful songs in the 90's like "I can't dance" but by then was considered Soft Rock.

Yeah, alot of older artists survived in the '90s by becoming more AC or ballad-dominated. I wonder if "Another Day in Paradise" was the changing point? Even at the time it came out around late 1989, I kinda recalled thinking it was a different sound for him. It was a sadder, more serious song, too.

I get the impression from what I've seen secondhand, that he was seen as more of a rocker (even if in more of a pop sense) in the early-mid '80s. He kinda fit the Miami Vice era.

Yeah, alot of older artists survived in the '90s by becoming more AC or ballad-dominated. I wonder if "Another Day in Paradise" was the changing point? Even at the time it came out around late 1989, I kinda recalled thinking it was a different sound for him. It was a sadder, more serious song, too.

I get the impression from what I've seen secondhand, that he was seen as more of a rocker (even if in more of a pop sense) in the early-mid '80s. He kinda fit the Miami Vice era.
Phil was probably in between being a rocker and a pop artist I mean he did have some darker, harder edged, or serious songs with Genisis and also with his solo stuff despite the pop label he was always given.

"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" was really a dark song.
"Jesus He Knows Me" was a pretty hard edged song.
"Land Of Confusion" was about the state of the state of the world at the time or the US I think.
"Don;t Lose My Number" was a probably in between being a rock or pop song.
"In The Air Tonight" is probably one of the darkest sounding songs in music history.

Marty, was "Another Day In Paradise" a hit in 1989 I thought it was a hit in 1987 because " Another Day In Paradise" was off his solo album called "No Jacket Required" and I think "Don;t Lose My Number" may have been off of "No Jacket Required" too. I;m pretty positive he put a solo album out in 1989 called "But Seriously..." that netted the hit singles "Two Hearts", "Something On The Way To Heaven"(a 1990 hit) and another hit single as well.

Marty, was "Another Day In Paradise" a hit in 1989 I thought it was a hit in 1987 because " Another Day In Paradise" was off his solo album called "No Jacket Required" and I think "Don't Lose My Number" may have been off of "No Jacket Required" too. I'm pretty positive he put a solo album out in 1989 called "But Seriously..." that netted the hit singles "Two Hearts", "Something On The Way To Heaven"(a 1990 hit) and another hit single as well.
Let me help you out there, tv. "No Jacket Required" was Phil's best-selling album. released in 1985, it netted the two #1 hits "Sussudio" and "One More Night", as well as two Top 10s: "Don't Lose My Number" and "Take Me Home". After that, he recorded the duet "Separate Lives" for a movie soundtrack(Don't recall the film title) which also hit #1. Then by 1987 he was back with Genesis for the "Invisible Touch" album.

Once on his own again, he starred in the film Buster(which did better in Europe than in the States), and when they had no one else to sing the love theme, Phil volunteered, and collaborated with Motown composer Lamont Dozier to write another soundtrack song. These respectively became the two #1 hits, "A Groovy Kind Of Love" and "Two Hearts". Finally, in the fall of 1989 Phil released his most socially conscious album, entitled "...But Seriously", and the first single, "Another Day In Paradise" became Billboard Chart's last #1 hit of the 1980's. However the album went on to sell more copies than any other rock album in 1990, netting three more #1 hits: "I Wish It Would Rain Down", "Do You Remember?", and "On The Way To Heaven". The following year he returned to Genesis to record their last studio album on which he'd sing, "We Can't Dance".

The music scene had been pretty much become a grunge-nuked wasteland by the fall of 1993, but "Both Sides" was still well-received, with at least three of its five singles getting major airplay. 1996's "Dance Into The Light" was a bigger hit on dance & AC charts than mainstream rock, now starting to be dominated by teen-pop and neo-punk, but was still moderately successful, and I think it was Phil's best effort since "NJR", I recommend fans of 80's-era Phil give it a listen.

His cover of "True Colors"(off his greatest hits CD) reached the Top 5 in late 1998(with help from producer/backup singer Babyface), keeping Phil's die-hard fans interested until Disney's Tarzan & its soundtrack came out in the summer of 1999, with the #1 song "You'll Be In My Heart", which won Phil an Oscar and a Grammy for Soundtrack of the Year. And 2002's "Testify" is the most 80's sounding album Phil's done since NJR, which his fans embraced with the singles "Can't Stop Loving You" and "Come With Me", among others.

OK, that's probably more information than you needed, but I had to cover all of the 90's, and I hope it answers any more questions you might have!

Your Pal,
Doc
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Of course I'd never argue that Phil is great, but I have to politely disagree about music being a "wasteland" by 1993. I think the '90s were really good for music along with the '80s.

One pet peeve of mine is that people quite often stereotype the decade as being about nothing but grunge and gangsta rap. In reality, those were just a couple of many styles you could've been listening to at the time. There was alot of other stuff around, too. Ballads and AC songs like "Colors of the Wind", or dance-pop like that period's Mariah Carey co-existed with it. The milder alternative pop, such as Gin Blossoms or Collective Soul were pleasant to listen to, as well. There were also artists like Rod Stewart and Aerosmith who were like the "rock elders" still making hits.

Lots of older stuff was still pervasive as late as 1998 or even up to 2001/'02.

Phil Colins Discography
80's = Drug addiction
90's = Disney


lol.  I love his 80's stuff though.