Sussudio

Single infobox |
Name = Sussudio


Artist = Phil Collins
from Album = No Jacket Required
Released = February 9,1985
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1984
Genre = Dance Pop
Length = 4:23
Label = Atlantic Records, Virgin, WEA
Producer = Phil Collins, The System
Chart position =
*#1 (US Billboard Hot 100)
**#4 (US Hot Dance Music/Club Play)
**#8 (US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)
**#10 (US Mainstream Rock Tracks)
**#30 (US Adult Contemporary)
*#12 (UK Singles Chart)
Last single = "One More Night"
(1985)
This single = "Sussudio"
(1985)
Next single = "Don't Lose My Number"
(1985)"Sussudio" is a pop song by Phil Collins, released as a single in February 1985. The song is also the first track on Collins' third album, "No Jacket Required," released in February of the same year. The song entered frequent rotation on MTV in May, and by July 6, both the single and the album reached number one on their respective U.S. Billboard charts.cite book |title= Rock N' Roll Gold Rush |last= Dean |first= Maury |authorlink= Maury Dean |coauthors= |year= 2003 |publisher= Algora |location= |isbn= 0-87586-207-1 |pages= 160 |url= ]

History

Despite reaching No. 1 on the charts and its continuing popularity on adult contemporary stations, "Sussudio" was ranked number 24 on VH1's "40 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever."

The song's drum sounds come from a Linn LinnDrum and Roland TR-909. The synth bass is a Minimoog. The Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 leads the song. Like many of Collins' songs, "Sussudio" has a full horn section on it.

The Prophet 5 chords Collins used in "Sussudio" are very similar to Prince's Oberheim synth brass used on his hit "1999". When questioned about this, Collins remarked that he was a major Prince fan. He also later stated it was purposely meant to be a nod to Prince.

Track listing

7": Virgin / VS736 (UK)

# "Sussudio"
# "The Man With the Horn"

12": Virgin / VS736-12 (UK)

# "Sussudio [Extended Remix] "
# "Sussudio"
# "The Man With the Horn"

CD: WEA International / WPCR 2065 (Japan)

# "Sussudio"
# "Sussudio (Extended Mix)"

Video

The accompanying music video to the song features Collins, as well as long time collaborators Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson. It begins with an outdoor shot of a pub in which Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford is seen as an average man walking his dog, then cuts to Collins and his band playing for an uninterested crowd. The crowd slowly migrate toward the band as the song progresses, leaving them cheering at the end. Renowned bass player Lee Sklar also appears in the video playing a Steinberger headless bass, however neither Sklar nor Thompson played on the actual studio recording. The pub set is similar to that from the set for "One More Night" and the videos are meant to be seen as a seamless whole with "Sussudio" being the first part and "One More Night" being the other half. The video also features a cameo appearance by movie director Quentin Tarantino.

In popular culture

The independent comic book "" prominently featured a character named Sussudio.

In the "Malcolm in the Middle" episode "Watching the Baby", after one employee mentions that Craig plays showtunes on the store radio instead of Adult Contemporary, which they unanimously voted for, one employee screams out, "What does he have against Phil Collins!?!" Later, when Hal leads a revolt against Craig with the rest of the employees, they blare "Sussudio" over the radio.

Mentioned on an episode of "Family Guy", Brian uses it when rehearsing.

It is a favorite song of Edward Cullen in the movie and novel "Twilight".

Patrick Bateman in the movie and novel "American Psycho" calls it a 'great, great song... a personal favorite' and listens to it during a videotaped encounter with two prostitutes.

In the Canadian television show "Trailer Park Boys", a character named Phil Collins is heckled by another character by being called Sussudio and Easy Lover.

Mentioned on "Hope and Faith" as the song Faith lost her virginity to. It is the song that plays when Sydney nearly loses her virginity.

David Letterman used it as a running tag-line for nearly a year shortly after its release and frequent play on US airwaves: "And as always ladies and gentlemen su-su-sudio".

In the South Park episode Timmy 2000 Phil Collins is shown singing "boo boo boodio" to the tune of Sussudio.

The song is also mentioned in Two And A Half Men when Alan explains to Jake that you can't understand all songs and that he still is trying to figure out what a Sussudio is.

Audio sample

multi-listen item
filename = Sussudioogg.ogg
title = "Sussudio", from Collins' "No Jacket Required"
description = The dance pop of "No Jacket Required", including this number one hit, won Collins a Grammy for Album of the Year.|

References

External links

* [http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/apps/mediaplayer/index.jhtml?vid=58765&paid=1116&gateway=artists&channelID=3&section_1=az&adPth=/asm/adsetup/artists/az/&refURL=/artists/az/collins_phil/videos.jhtml&adPN=videos&orgID=1&section_3=videos.jhtml&section_2=collins_phil&section_0=artists Sussudio video] (courtesy Of VH1.com)