Live Single
| "Invisible Touch (Live)" | ||||
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| Single by Genesis | ||||
| from the album The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts | ||||
| B-side | Abacab (Live) The Brazilian (Live) |
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| Released | 9 November 1992 | |||
| Format | 7", CD | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Writer(s) | Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford. |
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| Producer | Nick Davis, Robert Colby, Genesis | |||
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Genesis Live - Invisible Touch was a single by Genesis, released on limited edition 7" and CD near the end of their 1991-1992 world tour in support of We Can't Dance. Both formats were numbered and came with a booklet; the CD was housed in a box and the vinyl edition in a gatefold sleeve.
The A-side was recorded during the We Can't Dance Tour, and is the same version found on the accompanying live album The Shorts. The B-sides "Abacab" and "The Brazilian" were culled from the Wembley Stadium venue from the 1987 Invisible Touch Tour.
The 7" featured an edited version of "Abacab", while the CD included complete versions of both songs.
Like the albums The Shorts and The Longs, and the home video The Way We Walk - In Concert, the title of the record was prefixed by "Genesis Live", with "(Live)" appearing as a suffix on the back sleeve and on the disc itself.
During live performances of "Invisible Touch", Collins substituted the line "And though she will mess up your life" with "And though she will fuck up your life". Consequently, the swear word was bleeped out on the single.
Unlike the original recording of the song, this live version was a Top 10 hit in the UK, reaching number seven. In one of the interview sections on the Way We Walk - Live in Concert DVD, Collins jokes about re-releasing the song until it finally becomes a hit.
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