Genesis - Abacab (Original 1981 LP Version) HQ

"Abacab" is a song by the British rock band Genesis, released on August 14, 1981. It was produced by Genesis and distributed in the United States by Atlantic Records and Warner Music Group.

The song, written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford, was featured on Genesis' album of the same name and was a top 10 hit on the British pop chart, where it peaked at #9. The song was the first single from the album in the US, where it peaked at #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1982. It stayed in the Top 40 for six weeks.

The title is taken from the structure of an early version of the song. Guitarist Mike Rutherford explained in an interview that the band labelled various sections of the song with letters of the alphabet, and at one point the sections were ordered A-B-A-C-A-B. Rutherford commented that the completed song no longer followed this format, but the name was kept nevertheless.

The song's LP version has an extensive instrumental arrangement as an outro, while the single version of the song eliminates an instrumental arrangement entirely and replaces it with a part of the opening arrangement as a quick outro.

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