Misunderstanding

Album: Duke (1980)
Charted: 42 14
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  • There must be some misunderstanding (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    There must be some kind of mistake (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    I waited in the rain for hours (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    And you were late

    Now it's not like me to say the right thing (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    But you could've called to let me know (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    I checked your number twice, don't understand it (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    So I went home

    Well, I'd been waiting for this weekend
    I thought that maybe we could see a show
    Never dreamed I'd have this feeling
    Oh, but seeing you is believing
    That's why I don't know why
    You didn't show up that night

    There must be some misunderstanding
    There must be some kind of mistake
    I was waiting in the rain for hours
    And you were late

    Since then I've been running around trying to find you
    I went to the places that we always go
    I rang your house but got no answer
    Jumped in my car, I went 'round there
    Still, don't believe it
    He was just leaving

    Oh, there must be some misunderstanding (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    There must be some kind of mistake (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    There must be some misunderstanding (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    Yes, there must be some kind of mistake (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
    (There must be, there must be, oh, oh)
    Misunderstanding
    (There must be, there must be, oh, oh)
    Misunderstanding
    (There must be, there must be, oh, oh)
    Misunderstanding
    (There must be, there must be, oh, oh) Writer/s: Phil Collins
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Comments: 13

  • Steve From Okc from Oklahoma CityFor Brad from St John and Jeffery from Myrtle Beach, Misunderstanding and Fool in the Rain have the same camelot number and are in the same key (C major), and are very close in tempo and energy.

    Both of these songs are on several of my "favorites" playlists. :)
  • Tony G from New YorkOne of my first “favorite songs”. Recorded it from the radio onto tape and played it to death.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1980 {September 12th} Genesis performed "Misunderstanding" on the NBC-TV late-night musical variety program, 'The Midnight Special'...
    At the time the song was at position #55 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks earlier it had peaked at #14 {for 2 weeks} and it stayed on the chart for eighteen weeks...
    As noted above, it reached #42 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart...
    And on the same 'MS' show they also performed "Turn It On Again", the week before it entered the Top 100 chart at position #84, four weeks later it would peak at #58 {for 1 week} and it spent eight weeks on the Top 100...
    Between 1980 and 1992 the Godalming, Surrey, England group had twenty two records on the Top 100 chart, seven made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Invisible Touch", for 1 week in 1986...
    They never had a record peak at #2, but did they did have two reached #3, "In Too Deep" {1986} and "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" {1987}...
  • Brad from Saint John, NbI agree with Jeffery from Myrtle Beach. That's actually why I came here - to see if anyone else noticed the similarities.
  • Tanya from La Verne, Ca"Hot Fun in the Summertime" had a big influence on the making of this song.
  • Andy from Lake City, Fli doubt this is about marriage. more like phil as a 17 year old obsessed ex-boyfriend. there's something positively fascinating about a girl passively avoiding an odd guy and he just doesn't get it. lennon and sting proved this subject always affects people.
  • Adam from Boyce, VaMy favorite Genesis song! One of the catchiest hooks and chorus's I've ever heard!
  • Tony from Chicago, Ilwonderful song, great chorus and melody
  • Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiI heard this song after a Dairy Queen commerial on the radio.when I was going out with my ex-boyfriend Dan Maddox. I love this song!
  • Jeffery from Myrtle Beach, ScGreat song. Does anyone else think that the beat from this song sounds like the Led Zeppelin song Fool In The Rain?
  • Jeff from Atlanta, GaUniversal feelings of gettin played and dumped.. "i rang your house and got no answer.. even hearing this at say age 10-11..i got the feeling and the gist..Collins is brilliant when he isn't being to coy or cute.. his simplest works are his best work..
  • Rusty from Lake Park, Mnreally good song! kinda has an old school sound
  • Dee from Indianapolis, InI was around 11 when this was a hit and just loved it. I still think this is their best tune.
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