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* ShoutOut: The music video for "I Can't Dance" spoofs the infamous ending of Music/MichaelJackson's then-recent [[Music/{{Dangerous}} "Black or White"]] video.

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* ShoutOut: The music video for "I Can't Dance" spoofs the infamous ending of Music/MichaelJackson's then-recent [[Music/{{Dangerous}} [[Music/DangerousAlbum "Black or White"]] video.
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** "I Can't Dance" ridicules stylistic, male model-heavy {{Dada Ad}}s selling blue jeans (Phil felt the backing track sounded like an artsy/trendy Levi's ad, and the illustration for the song in the liner notes shows a man wearing blue jeans, taken from his backside).

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** "I Can't Dance" ridicules stylistic, male model-heavy {{Dada Ad}}s selling blue jeans (Phil felt the backing track sounded like an artsy/trendy Levi's ad, and the illustration for the song in the liner notes shows a man wearing blue jeans, taken from his backside).
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* EyeTwitch: Phil prominently gives his televangelist character this trait in the video for "Jesus He Knows Me", signalling to audience that under his highly polished surface he is a rather unhinged collection of barely suppressed vices.
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* ProtestSong: According to Music/PhilCollins, "Tell Me Why" was written in direct response to the first Gulf War, particularly focusing on the mass displacement of the Kurdish people in the wake of the conflict.

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* ProtestSong: According to Music/PhilCollins, "Tell Me Why" was written in direct response to the first Gulf War, UsefulNotes/TheGulfWar, particularly focusing on the mass displacement of the Kurdish people in the wake of the conflict.
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* ProtestSong: According to Music/PhilCollins, "Tell Me Way" was written in direct response to the first Gulf War, particularly focusing on the mass displacement of the Kurdish people in the wake of the conflict.

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* ProtestSong: According to Music/PhilCollins, "Tell Me Way" Why" was written in direct response to the first Gulf War, particularly focusing on the mass displacement of the Kurdish people in the wake of the conflict.
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* ProtestSong: "Tell Me Why" is one against government inaction against poverty and hunger.

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* ProtestSong: According to Music/PhilCollins, "Tell Me Why" is one against government inaction against poverty and hunger.Way" was written in direct response to the first Gulf War, particularly focusing on the mass displacement of the Kurdish people in the wake of the conflict.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: Played with; "I Can't Dance" features several {{title drop}}s for the song itself, but it doesn't outright say "''we'' can't dance" outright.

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* AlbumTitleDrop: Played with; "I Can't Dance" features several {{title drop}}s for the song itself, but it doesn't outright say "''we'' can't dance" outright.dance".
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: The edited version of the "Jesus He Knows Me" video removes the scenes showing Mike Rutherford's character being caught having sexual relations with people of both sexes and alters the scene where Phil sings in a pool with several bikini-clad women. This version is the only one available on the band's WebSite/YouTube channel.

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: The edited version of the "Jesus He Knows Me" video removes the scenes showing Mike Rutherford's character being caught having sexual relations with people of both sexes and alters the scene where Phil sings in a pool with several bikini-clad women. This version is the only one available on the band's WebSite/YouTube Website/YouTube channel.


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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Collins' character in "Jesus He Knows Me" is a parody of Ernest Angley. The music video's opening monologue is based on an actual story Angley recounted at an earlier stage of his career.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Reversed in "No Son of Mine." The song tells the story of a boy who runs away from home, and after some consideration attempts to return, only to be berated by his jerkass abusive father. Phil Collins has said in interviews that the lyrics are deliberately vague as to whether the narrator or his mother is the victim of the abuse.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Reversed in "No CallingTheYoungManOut: "[[IHaveNoSon No Son of Mine." The song Mine]]" tells the story of a boy who runs away from home, and after some consideration attempts to return, only to be berated by his jerkass abusive father. Phil Collins has said in interviews that the lyrics are deliberately vague as to whether the narrator or his mother is the victim of the abuse.
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* GreedyTelevangelist: "Jesus He Knows Me" is a song criticizing televangelists for their extravagant lifestyles and hypocrisy. The music video shows the band dressed like famous televangelists living in luxury, while the lyrics show insistence in being right by AppealToAuthority.
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* FellAsleepDriving: "Dreaming While You Sleep" revolves around a man who fatally runs over a woman thanks to him drifting "in and out of sleep" while at the wheel. Since he's still extremely tired when he hits her, he impulsively keeps driving, resulting in him being dogged with guilt for the rest of his life.

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