• • ' Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)' (also titled ' Against All Odds') is a song by English drummer, singer and songwriter. It was recorded for the soundtrack to. It is a in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to 'take a look at me now', knowing that reconciliation is 'against all odds' while considering it worth trying. The single reached number two in the United Kingdom, while it peaked at number one on the in the United States, the first of seven US number ones for Collins in his solo career. The song has been covered by several singers, some versions of which have been successful in both the US and UK markets.

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The song has twice reached in the UK singles chart: the pairing of and boyband, in September 2000, and then again by, the first winner of, in January 2005. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Phil Collins version [ ] Background and writing [ ] Collins was approached to write the title song to the film while it was still in its 'rough cut form'. At the time the soundtrack was being completed, Collins was on tour with. Director flew into Chicago to see one of the band's concerts. Collins watched the movie on a in his hotel room and agreed to appear on the soundtrack. Originally titled 'How Can You Just Sit There?'

, the song was initially from the sessions for Collins' debut solo album (1981). Collins wrote the song, while Arif Mardin produced it. The piano performance is by New York musician.

Piano, keyboard bass and a string section arranged and conducted by Mardin were recorded at RCA Studios, New York, while Collins recorded vocals and drums in Los Angeles. According to Collins in a 1985 interview with Dan Neer: 'We recorded the song in two days. One day in New York, the other in Los Angeles.

The mixes were done by phone and the song went to Number 1. I couldn't believe it'. On episode 339 of This American Life, 'Break Up', Collins relays that the song was inspired and written shortly after the breakup between him and his first wife. In the interview he says that the divorce transformed him from being a musician into also being a lyricist. The song was first included on a Collins album on the 1998 compilation, and it also appeared on his compilation (2004).

A live performance of the song also appears on the album. In 2015, Collins released the original demo recording from the Face Value sessions as part of his Take A Look At Me Now project.

Use and association with the film [ ] 'Against All Odds' was created explicitly for the movie, although it was based on an earlier unreleased song Collins had written in 1981. Hackford, who previously used a song for the 1982 American drama film, planned the same for the 1984 film Against All Odds, which is a remake of.