Another Day in Paradise

October 1989

Another Day in Paradise is a song by the pop singer Phil Collins in 1989, which became a number one hit in Germany, the USA and Switzerland. 2001, the cover of Brandy Norwood again reached the charts in several countries.

The original by Phil Collins

Another Day in Paradise was written by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham to make the problem of homelessness, particularly in the U.S., attentive. In the United States Another Day in Paradise was published on 23 December 1989. It reached number one in 1990 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. 1991 Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham won for the song won a Grammy as Single of the Year.

The song was in a higher to a sixth-tone mood on the pitch a ' = 440 Hertz added. The 1985 released album Mike & The Mechanics Mike Rutherford contains the title Par Avion. This can be considered as a source of inspiration to the creation of the title.

Cover version by Brandy

Another Day In Paradise is the 2001 published the first single release from the album Full Moon of the U.S. R & B singer Brandy. The cover version is a duet with her brother Ray J. Brandy recorded the song for the Urban Renewal project, a tribute album for Phil Collins, which cover versions of his hits performed by hip hop and R & B artists such as Kelis, Deborah Cox, Coko, Ol ' Dirty Bastard, Montell Jordan, TQ and Lil ' Kim, was the single In the Air Tonight, another chart success of the album. The idea for this album came the German businessman Bernd Dopp. Due to the success of the single in Europe, the song was released months later on the European versions of Brandy's album Full Moon. Was produced the R & B version by Guy Roche, during the dance remix by the Norwegian Hitduo Stargate was produced.

Brandy's version reached top- ten finishes such as in Austria, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Norway, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in various countries. In addition, the cover version in Austria, Australia, Germany, France and Switzerland received the gold record. In addition, the song was represented in the annual charts of Lebanon, Germany, Austria and many other countries. In Germany the title was temporarily the number one Media Control Singles charts, but was ultimately surpassed by the end of the initial week of Crazy Towns Butterfly in the sales figures, so that the song debuted at number 2.