page_title: Throwing It All Away
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Throwing It All Away / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: Genesis concert at the Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Performing "Throwing It All Away".
context_page_description: "Throwing It All Away" is the seventh track on the 1986 album Invisible Touch by Genesis. It was the second single from the album in 1986, reaching No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 22 in Britain, where it was released as the last single of the album in 1987. In the U.S., it also went to No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart in October 1986 and the Album Rock Tracks chart in August 1986. The working title was "Zephyr and Zeppo".
  The song is a soft rock ballad structured around a guitar riff by Mike Rutherford, who also wrote the lyrics. The U.S. single included an edited version of the instrumental "Do the Neurotic" as the B-side; the UK edition featured the track "I'd Rather Be You".
context_section_description: "Throwing It All Away" was performed live during the Invisible Touch, The Way We Walk, Calling All Stations and Turn It On Again tours; aside from the 1986 leg of the Invisible Touch tour, the song was transposed to a lower key to accommodate Collins' deepening voice.
  The song was also performed live on the 2018 North American and Latin American legs of Collins' solo Not Dead Yet Tour.
  A live version appears on the CDs of The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts and Live Over Europe 2007 and the When in Rome 2007 DVD.
  During the intro and just before the end of the live performances, Collins would engage in call and response with the audience using nonsensical language. Predominantly Collins would chant "Deeee Da Daaayyyyy" and the audience would in turn reply.
caption: Genesis performing "Throwing it All Away" in Pittsburgh, Mellon Arena, 9 September 2007
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