In Too Deep (Genesis song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = In Too Deep

| cover = Genesis - In Too Deep.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Genesis

| album = Invisible Touch

| B-side = Do the Neurotic

| released = {{start date|1986|8|18|df=y}}{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1986/Music-Week-1986-08-16.pdf|title=Music Week|page=39}}

| recorded = The Farm (Chiddingfold, Surrey)

| genre = Pop{{cite web|first= Ryan|last= Reed|title= Genesis Albums From Worst To Best|website= Stereogum |date= November 13, 2014|url= https://www.stereogum.com/1718315/genesis-albums-from-worst-to-best/photo/|accessdate= March 15, 2025|quote=...the full-on pop moments -- the ebullient title-track, the gooey "In Too Deep" -- could easy function as Collins solo tracks...}}

| studio =

| venue =

| length = * 4:58 (album version)

  • 4:39 (UK edited version)

| label = * Atlantic

| writer = * Phil Collins

| lyricist = Phil Collins

| producer = * Genesis

| prev_title = Invisible Touch

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Land of Confusion

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{External music video|{{youtube|qQIO3pBFfXI|"In Too Deep"}}

| type = single

}}

{{External music video|{{youtube|PZyIBbAccCg|"In Too Deep"}}

| type = single

| header = Audio

}}}}

"In Too Deep" is a song by the English rock band Genesis, included as the fourth track on their thirteenth studio album, Invisible Touch (1986). It was released as the second single from the LP in the UK and the fifth single in the US. The single was a success in America during the summer of 1987; it reached the {{thinspace|No.|3}} spot on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and the {{thinspace|No.|1}} spot on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song was only performed live during the 1986 North American legs during the Genesis 1986–87 Invisible Touch world tour. An October 1986 performance of the song was included on the 1992 live album The Shorts.

"In Too Deep" was written for the British neo-noir film Mona Lisa (1986) and won the "Most Performed Song from a Film" award at the BMI Film & TV Awards in 1988.{{cite web|url= http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Phil_Collins.aspx|title=Collins, Phil 1951–|work=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television (2005)|access-date=30 April 2014}} It is also featured in the American horror film American Psycho (2000).

Background

The lyric was written by Phil Collins after he was approached to write a song for the soundtrack of the movie Mona Lisa. The music is credited to the entire band in common with all the tracks on Invisible Touch.

Critical reception

Cashbox praised Collins' "impassioned vocal."{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1987/CB-1987-04-18.pdf|magazine=Cashbox|date=April 18, 1987|accessdate=2022-08-08|page=9}}

Music video

The music video for the song features the three band members playing on a minimalist set composed of steps and platforms. Tony Banks plays a grand piano, although the recording itself is mainly electric, while Mike Rutherford is on an acoustic guitar and Phil Collins is on vocals and drums.

Charts

= Weekly charts =

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! Chart (1986–1987)

! Peak
position

scope="row" | Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|date=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| 17

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|15|chartid=0829|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|2|chartid=0839|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
scope="row" | Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-10-11.pdf|title=European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=3|issue=40|page=7|date=11 October 1986|access-date=25 February 2020}}

| 30

{{single chart|Ireland2|12|song=In Too Deep|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|30|artist=Genesis|song=In Too Deep|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
{{single chart|UK|19|date=19861004|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|3|artist=Genesis|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Genesis|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|25|artist=Genesis|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}
{{single chart|West Germany|55|artist=Genesis|song=In Too Deep|songid=7070|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2018}}

= Year-end charts =

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! Chart (1987)

! Position

scope="row" | US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|title=1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=99|issue=52|date=26 December 1987}}

| 47

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