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If you\u2019re trying to go up against The Beatles<\/a> at any point in your career, allow me to offer one word of advice. DON\u2019T. <\/p>\n There are plenty of ways for artists to become one of the biggest bands in the world, but when you start trying to get into a competition with one of the most decorated bands in history, you\u2019re setting yourself up for failure in a way. But that didn\u2019t stop Phil Collins from thinking that he had an ace in the hole when he started making some of his hits back in the day.<\/p>\n To his credit, though, the mania that surrounded Collins when he first started working on his solo career was at least on par with what the Fab Four did. He was nowhere near their level of songcrafting by any means, but when he started showing up everywhere and became as omnipresent as The Beatles on the radio, most would have sworn that every pop station in the world simply couldn\u2019t get enough of the guy.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s not like Collins was ever trying to be in competition with the four-headed monster whenever he played. He knew what that kind of craze was like firsthand when he first saw the group in A Hard Day\u2019s Night<\/a>, so having an above-average number of hits in his arsenal was nothing compared to the sheer excellence on nearly every single track that his favourite band put out.<\/p>\n When he reached the 1990s, though, Collins entered an era that didn\u2019t really suit him that much. He did end up with a few hits that decade and made one of the greatest Disney soundtracks of all time, but before he started delving into children\u2019s entertainment, Dance into the Light did help give him a boost in an era when he was considered terminally uncool thanks to the Gallagher brothers.<\/p>\n That record was already a departure for Collins because of him writing with a guitar player in mind, but \u2018It\u2019s In Your Eyes\u2019 already has that Beatles whimsy sprinkled on top of it from the moment it started. If his covers of Motown artists didn\u2019t make it clear, Collins was never afraid to wear his inspirations on his sleeve, but he felt that even in the era when the remaining three Fabs got back together, he was well above what they had done for The Beatles Anthology on his own.<\/p>\n