Sussudio
Sussudio is a song by Phil Collins from 1985, which was produced by Collins and Hugh Padgham. It appeared on the album No Jacket Required.
Production
In an interview, Collins said he would have the text improvised when he was playing around with the drum machine. The word Sussudio was originally intended only as a placeholder, but since he had no appropriate word can be found, it had remained in the title. According to Collins the hit is about a schoolboy who has fallen in love with one of the students of his school and does not dare to address these.
The music video was shot in a pub by Richard Branson. In addition to Collins play in the video Daryl Stuermer and Chester Thompson. At the beginning you can see the background outside of the Local. Collins and his band play a piece that bored the audience. Then they play Sussudio and at the end the audience cheers. In the video you can see as a bass player Leland Sklar, who was not present at the studio recordings.
Reception
The reviews of the song were mostly positive. Kegan wrote Hamilton of the Riverfront Times that this song is the best on the album No Jacket Required. Geoff Orens of Allmusic gave the song for old-fashioned. Robert Hillburn of the Los Angeles Times found the song compared to Collins ' other works " boisterous " and found a close relationship to the music of Prince. Collins himself fought a similarities between his song and the Prince classic 1999, not from.
Believed Michel R. Smith of The Daily Vault that Sussudio is probably the best track on the album, and described him as "Monster Track". "This is something we had not then heard on the radio. Although the title Sussudio has no meaning, but the song was pure magic. " David Fricke of Rolling Stone was not a fan of the song. He found that this type of song - with its distinctive horn sections - slowly wears.
It is one of Collins ' well-known works and appeared in many media, in books, stand - up comedy acts and television broadcasts. The main character from the novel American Psycho Patrick Bateman discussed with two prostitutes before intercourse while listening to the hit song on the CD player, about the song.