If Leaving Me Is Easy

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If Leaving Me Is Easy
  DE 61 08/03/1981 (5 weeks)
  UK 17th 05/30/1981 (8 weeks)

If Leaving Me Is Easy (German: "When it's easy to leave me") is a song by Phil Collins .

history

The song, written and produced by Phil Collins, was released in May 1981 and enjoyed success in the UK and Ireland. It appeared on the Face Value album .

In the chorus, Collins sings in falsetto .

This was the first Collins song that Eric Clapton played on, as well as later on I Wish It Would Rain Down .

On an episode of Classic Albums , Collins said he would never sing this song again after the No Jacket Required tour because the audience screamed instead of sitting still during the performance.

Cover versions

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Phil Collins singles


Singles

In the Air Tonight (1981) • I Missed Again (1981) • If Leaving Me Is Easy (1981) • Thru These Walls (1982) • You Can't Hurry Love (1982) • I Know There's Something Going On (feat. Frida ) (1982) • Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning (1983) • I Don't Care Anymore (1983) • Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away (1983) • Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (1984) • Easy Lover (feat. Philip Bailey ) (1984) • Sussudio (1985) • One More Night (1985) • Don't Lose My Number (1985) • Take Me Home (1985) • Separate Lives (feat. Marilyn Martin) (1985) • In the Air Tonight ('88 Remix) (1988) • A Groovy Kind of Love (1988) • Two Hearts (1988) • Another Day in Paradise (1989) • I Wish It Would Rain Down (1990) • Do You Remember? (1990) • Something Happened on the Way to Heaven (1990) • That's Just the Way It Is (1990) • Hang In Long Enough (1990) • Do You Remember? (Live) (1990) • Who Said I Would (Live) (1991) • Both Sides of the Story (1993) • Hero (feat. David Crosby ) (1994) • Everyday (1994) • We Wait and We Wonder (1994 ) • Somewhere (1996) • Dance into the Light (1996) • It's in Your Eyes (1997) • No Matter Who (1997) • Wear My Hat (1997) • The Same Moon (1997) • True Colors (1998) • You'll Be in My Heart (1999) • Strangers Like Me (1999) • Son of Man (2000) • Two Worlds (2000) • In the Air Tonite (feat. Lil 'Kim ) (2001) • Can't Stop Loving You (2002) • Come With Me (2003) • The Least You Can Do / Wake Up Call (2003) • Look Through My Eyes (2003) • Home (feat. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ) (2003) • No Way Out (2004) • You Touch My Heart (2005) • (Love Is Like A) Heatwave (2010)