On this day November 5 1982, Phil Collins released Hello I Must Be Going, his second solo album and a powerful follow up to his debut Face Value. The record combined emotional storytelling with Collins’s unmistakable voice and innovative production, solidifying his place as one of the defining artists of the 1980s.
The album featured the hit You Can’t Hurry Love, a lively remake of The Supremes classic, along with heartfelt originals such as I Don’t Care Anymore and Thru These Walls. Blending pop, rock, and soul influences, the album showed Collins’s ability to craft deeply personal songs that still worked perfectly on the radio.
80s insight: Hello I Must Be Going reflected the balance of vulnerability and confidence that shaped 1980s pop, proving that honest emotion could live comfortably beside chart success.
The album featured the hit You Can’t Hurry Love, a lively remake of The Supremes classic, along with heartfelt originals such as I Don’t Care Anymore and Thru These Walls. Blending pop, rock, and soul influences, the album showed Collins’s ability to craft deeply personal songs that still worked perfectly on the radio.
80s insight: Hello I Must Be Going reflected the balance of vulnerability and confidence that shaped 1980s pop, proving that honest emotion could live comfortably beside chart success.
