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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"
UK variant of the standard artwork
Single by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
from the album White Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	"I Don't Wanna Know"
Released	September 1985 (US) 11 November 1985 (UK) [1]
Recorded	1985
Genre	Soft rock[2]
Length	4:06
Label	Atlantic Virgin WEA
Songwriter(s)	Stephen Bishop
Producer(s)	Arif Mardin Hugh Padgham Phil Collins
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Don't Lose My Number" (1985) "Separate Lives" (1985) "In the Air Tonight (Remix)" (1988)
Marilyn Martin singles chronology
"Separate Lives" (1985) "Night Moves" (1986)

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]

Music video

The music video features Martin and Collins singing and playing the piano, intercut with scenes from the movie. It was edited to make it appear that Phil and Marilyn were in the same building as the movie's stars, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines, but in a separate studio. It was directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery of FYI. The film's director, Taylor Hackford, was also at the shoot.

Chart history

Personnel

• Phil Collins – vocals, drums
• Marilyn Martin – vocals
• Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards
• Daryl Stuermer – guitar

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1985 (U.S.)

References

• The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996

На других языках

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[de] Separate Lives

Separate Lives ist ein Soft-Rock-Lied von Phil Collins und Marilyn Martin aus dem Jahr 1985 und stammt vom Soundtrack zu dem Film White Nights – Die Nacht der Entscheidung. Das Lied erreichte Platz eins der Billboard-Hot-100-Charts 1985 und Platz vier der UK Top 40.

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- [en] Separate Lives

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[es] Separate Lives

«Separate Lives» es una canción grabada en 1985 por Phil Collins y Marilyn Martin y usada en la banda sonora de la película White Nights. Fue escrita por Stephen Bishop en el año 1984, tras su ruptura con la Actriz Karen Allen.

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