Used to love this song! What a unique paring.

This is one of the rare pop songs, where the song and video wasn't cheesy or too sappy ("ebony and ivory") and one of the best musical pairings of the eighties that to my memory that actually enhanced each other's profiles for the better.

this song is the soundtrack to my life

love it

used to sing Phillip's part when nobody was around

"Easy Lover" is the shit!

This takes me back to Christmas 1984.This song was really popular around that time.

thats my jam!!

Luv this!

loved this since I was a baby

That's the shiz right there! It's still in my top favorite songs of all time.

both of them are 58 years old now

yikes time flies

fuck

Great pairing of the two Phils. They sound really good together and I absolutely love Phillip Bailey's falsetto.

Love that song..you can't compare this to todays "hits". Immortal song..classic!

vainandy said:

When Phil Bailey did some Christian music in the 80's, his record, The Wonders Of His Love, in the gospel field was really, really good.

ernestsewell said:

Phil's first solo album in 1983 was excellent too. I actually like
that a little better than 1984's Chinese Wall.

phunkdaddy said:

Yeah, Chinese Wall didn't quite hit the spot for me. I'm not sure if I've heard his first solo. I'll see if I can "find" it tonight. Thanks for the tip.

I know what you're talking about doing....same here.

Classic song, no doubt about that. A lot of good memories attached to that song. I remember a few years ago when I was working at a retail chain that had a lot of back-to-school related products and during the peak of that back-to-school season the store was open later than usual during one week and after we closed the store late in the evening we used to LOVE blasting this song through the in-store sound system which is surprisingly punchy.
This is also a great song to show off your system or to put on a test CD when you're shopping for a hi-fi. I've always loved that Phil Collins drum sound, especially in this song.

one of the greatest 1980s songs ever.

great sound and voices.....

zaza said:

Co-sign.

Poor Phillip Bailey thought his solo career was going to skyrocket after this hit.

phunkdaddy said:

I remember his first solo album.Produced by George Duke.Contains the hit single "I Know" and a great uptempo track called "Your Boyfriend's Back".This album was released around the same time as EW&F's 'Electric Universe' album.

I like the 'Chinese Wall' album.Alot of forgotten gems on that one,such as the excellent first single "Photogenic Memory",a song that I really expected to catch on with the public.I also like the last track "Children Of The Ghetto".