Entangled (song)

Song: Entangled

Running Time: 6:26

Band: Genesis

Album: A Trick Of The Tail (1976)

Tony Banks: Keyboards, 12-string Guitar

Phil Collins: Vocals

Mike Rutherford: Bass, 12-string Guitar

Steve Hackett: 12-string Guitar

"Entangled" is a song by Genesis, recorded in November 1975 at Trident Studios, London for inclusion on the album A Trick of the Tail. It is the second track on the album, featuring many 12-string acoustic guitars. Written by keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist Steve Hackett, the song tells the story of a dark, haunting, unpleasant period of illness. The song ends with a powerful sequence featuring the choir section on Tony Banks' Mellotron. According to Banks, "Entangled" was a combination of "a beautiful piece of song" that Hackett had written in 6/8 but didn't yet have a chorus or a definitive direction, with a previously-unused piece of music Banks had written that was also in 6/8. Banks & Hackett put the two pieces together, and had drummer (and new lead singer) Phil Collins sing what Banks' original piano part had been. Says Banks, "It produced what is probably my favorite track on that album, ending with a great cathedral-type feeling." [Genesis: Chapter & Verse (published 2007)] The song was performed live for only a few years, between 1976 and 1980. A live performance of this song features on a 1976 live performance, filmed in Glasgow, which is included in the 2007 Remaster DVD.