
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
Lead vocals: Man
Taal: Engels
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) is een nummer dat geschreven en opgenomen is door de Britse zanger Phil Collins. Het is het themanummer van de film Against All Odds uit 1984. Het nummer is een ballad waarin de hoofdrolspeler zijn ex-vriendin smeekt naar hem te kijken ("take a look at me now"), terwijl hij weet dat een verzoening onrealistisch ("against all odds), maar niettemin het proberen waard is. Het nummer werd in februari 1984 in de Verenigde Staten en Canada op single uitgebracht en op 23 maart 1984 in Europa Oceanië en Zuid-Afrika. Het nummer is gecoverd door verschillende artiesten.
"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (also titled "Against All Odds") is a song by English drummer, singer and songwriter Phil Collins. It was recorded for the soundtrack to the 1984 film of the same name. It is a power ballad in which its protagonist implores an ex-lover to "take a look at me now", knowing that reconciliation is "against all odds", but worth the gamble. The single reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, the first of seven US No. 1s for Collins in his solo career. It also topped the charts in Canada, Ireland, and Norway, while peaking at No. 2 in the UK singles chart.
The song has been covered by several singers, some versions of which have been successful in both the US and UK markets. It has twice reached No. 1 in the UK: the pairing of Mariah Carey and pop group Westlife in September 2000, and then again by Steve Brookstein, the first winner of The X Factor, in January 2005.