Going Back (album)

## Singles from *Going Back*

1. "(Love Is Like a) Heatwave"
Released: September 6th, 2010
2. "Going Back"
Released: December 3rd, 2010

"**Going Back**" is the eighth studio album by English drummer and singer-songwriter Phil Collins. It was released on September 13th, 2010. The album features covers of 1960s Motown and soul songs.

Two editions were released; a standard edition with 18 tracks and a limited Ultimate Edition with 25 tracks and a DVD with various bonus content. Exclusive versions available on Amazon and iTunes were also available. Although Collins said *Going Back* was to be his final project, and announced his retirement in 2011, he resumed his career in 2015. However, it remains his most recent studio album to date.

## Background

In October 2007, Collins finished commitments with Genesis with the Turn It On Again Tour. It was during the tour when Collins dislocated some vertebrae in his upper neck as a result from drumming, which affected his hands and the ability to play. In September 2009, Collins said that despite a successful subsequent operation on his neck, he did not regain full functionality of his hands, particularly his left, which made it "impossible for me to play drums or piano". Despite this setback, in the following month Collins announced his next studio album which was to feature 1960s Motown and soul standards covers, with the aim of having the tracks sounding "exactly like the originals". He asserted that the idea was not to "bring anything 'new' to these already great records, but to try to recreate the sounds and feelings that I had when I first heard them. My intention was to make an 'old' record, not a 'new' record". Collins had wanted to do such an album for many years, and was greatly influenced by his time watching former London-based group The Action perform the same tunes at The Marquee club. Collins called the album "a special case" and "almost like not part of Phil Collins' career", but deliberately chose it as his final solo album, which made it "a perfect circle" and "a beautiful journey" to end with music that he started off listening to. The album also marked the end of Collins's record deal with Atlantic Records.

## Singles

"**(Love Is Like a) Heatwave**" was released as the first official single from the album on September 6th, 2010.

"**Going Back**" was released as the album's second and final single on December 3rd, 2010.

## Tracklist

### Ultimate Edition

iTunes has a digital download deluxe version in the "iTunes LP" HD format which contains 26 (of the 29) audio songs plus the music video for "(Love Is Like a) Heatwave". The "iTunes LP" HD format contains complete song lyrics and a digital photo gallery.

**DVD bonus tracks**

In addition to the expanded 25-track CD, the DVD contains four bonus tracks making it the complete *Going Back* session recordings. All 29 tracks can be transferred to a PC as either WAV or mp3 (320kbit/s) files.

* "Too Many Fish in the Sea" (Whitfield/Holland) – 2:31
* "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) (this track also an iTunes digital bonus track) – 2:58
* "Tears of a Clown" (Robinson/Wonder/Hank Cosby) – 3:00
* "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (Whitfield/Strong/Janie Bradford) – 3:07

All 29 tracks can be played with a different replica 7" vinyl record sleeve presented for each track.

Collins recorded two of the extra tracks found on the "Ultimate Edition" DVD. "Tears of a Clown" was recorded as a B-side in 2002. In addition, he recorded "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" as a duet with The Manhattan Transfer on their 1995 album *Tonin'*. Both tracks were newly recorded for *Going Back*.

**DVD video materials**

* *Going Back... The Home Movie* – 87-minute documentary narrated by Phil Collins
* *A Conversation With Phil Collins* – 22-minute documentary includes on-camera Phil Collins interview plus behind-the-scenes and additional interviews with other participants.
* "(Love Is Like A) Heatwave" – music video
* "Going Back" – music video

A retailer-exclusive version of *Going Back* was offered at Best Buy in the U.S. This included an additional DVD containing a 30-minute interview with Collins. The DVD was packaged with the CD in a 2-disc jewel case, and was the only version of the album with a bonus disc sold at U.S. retail stores.

### 2016 Reissue

The album was reissued as *The Essential Going Back* on June 10th, 2016 with fewer tracks than the original release, but with the addition of "Too Many Fish in the Sea", and a bonus disc with live recordings. Just the first disc was included in the *Take a Look at Me Now* 8 album box set of the 2016 remasters of Collins' solo albums.