I'd Rather Be You

I'd Rather Be You

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Name = I'd Rather Be You


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Caption = "Throwing It All Away"
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Artist = Genesis
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Released = 1987
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Recorded = 1986
Genre = Pop
Length = 3.57
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Composer = Tony Banks,
Phil Collins,
Mike Rutherford
Label = Virgin
Producer = Genesis and Hugh Padgham
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"I'd Rather Be You" is a pop song by the English band Genesis. It was first released as the B-side to "Throwing It All Away" in June 1987,A Genesis Discography ( [http://genesisdiscography.com/GthrowingawayFrame.htm link] )] and later appeared permanently on the rarities compilation "" in November 2000. [Yahoo! Music ( [http://music.yahoo.com/release/7332121 link] )]

Meaning

The song is an upbeat, commercial pop song with a bouncy Motown beat. The lyrics are about ambition and success, tempered with a trace of sarcasm ("Why worry when you're holding the Aces?/Don't throw it away 'cause you know I'd rather be you than me/Up there looking down, tell me what do you see?"), and somewhat similar to the 1982 EP track "Paperlate" ("There's no need to be nice on the way up/'Cause you're not coming down").

History

Like everything released by Genesis from 1983 to 1991, the track is accredited to all three band members: keyboardist Tony Banks, singer/drummer Phil Collins and guitarist Mike Rutherford. In reality its principle writer was Phil Collins.Fact|date=February 2008

Releases

Recorded during the "Invisible Touch" sessions in 1986, ["Archive #2 1976-1992" sleevenotes] "I'd Rather Be You" was eventually released on the last single taken from the album in Britain and Germany (in the United States the instrumental "Do the Neurotic" was featured instead); "Throwing It All Away" reached #22 on the UK Singles Chart.

"I'd Rather Be You" was one of three B-sides released on singles from "Invisible Touch", all of which were included on "Archive #2". In 2007 they were featured on the bonus disc of the boxed set "Genesis 1983-1998". [ARTISTdirect.com ( [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,4435556,00.html link] )]

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