I would just like to say right up front... I loves me some Phil Collins. Also Collins lead Genesis. My first pick from this album, No Jacket Required, is an odd one. It's not my favorite song, from Phil, or from the album. But my reason for picking it requires you to have owned this 45.
It was rare when I flipped a 45 over and found a song I actually liked. Some had remixes of the A side, and they were hit or miss. My favorite remix was of Robbie Nevil's Wot's it to Ya (I know, I owned the album, I wasted $1.45... until the B-side, that is). And sometimes you find a B-side that is worthy of more than one listen... they may even make it onto your latest mix tape. We Said Hello Goodbye is one of those songs.
There's something about a well written piano pop song. Just ask Billy Joel. This song, while slow, is just fantastic. The chord progressions are tight. The lyrics are meaningful. When the drums hit, it just knocks you off your socks. For that and that alone, unless the A-side is complete crap, this 45 deserves to be in the jukebox.
And Don't Lose My Number, while probably not jukebox material on it's own (Sussudio should make it, but let's not get too ahead of ourselves) is definitely not crap. It's got that signature Phil Collins on drums sound. But not much else. It made it to #4 on the charts here in America, and the album made it to #1 for several weeks.
Below is the official video. It's got 2 minutes of "acting" and all through the song there are background noises that are annoying when you just want to hear the song, thus the video I chose above. But I am including this here because it's a part of the history of the 45.
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