If Leaving Me Is Easy

Single infobox |
Name = If Leaving Me Is Easy


Artist = Phil Collins
from Album = Face Value
Released = May 1981
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1980
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:56
Label = Virgin Records (UK) Atlantic Records (international)
Producer = Phil Collins
Chart position =
*#17 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "I Missed Again"
(1981)
This single = "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
(1981)
Next single = "Thru These Walls"
(1982)

"If Leaving Me Is Easy" is a song by Phil Collins from his 1981 album "Face Value". It's also the final song from the album to become a single, reaching #17 in the UK, but was never released as a single in the United States. It is notable mainly for Collins' high falsetto lyrics in its chorus.

Trivia

*This was the first in two of singles that featured Eric Clapton. The other single was "I Wish It Would Rain Down" from Collins's final album in the 1980s, "...But Seriously". He also recorded some dobro for "The Roof is Leaking" which was not used on the final recording.
*Collins revealed on the "Making of "Face Value" episode of "Classic Albums" that he decided to not perform this song live on stage anymore after his 1985 No Jacket Required tour, because he disliked the audience yelling and screaming instead of being quiet while he performed this song.

Credits

*Phil Collins: Rhodes, drums, vocals, Prophet
*Alphonso Johnson: Bass
*Eric Clapton: Guitar
*Daryl Stuermer: Guitar
*Don Myrick: Alto Sax
* Rahmlee Michael Davis and Michael Harris: Flugelhorns
*(Strings arranged by Arif Mardin)