I first heard the song as a child, on the radio being driven around by my parents. Didn’t really take the verses on board, and the chorus is simply repeats of “Oh, think twice. It’s another day for you and me in paradise.” With that big romantic hook and the warm breezy feel, as a kid I interpreted it as a groom asking his bride to consider extending their tropical honeymoon. I filed it in the same mental folder with Fields Of Gold.
It’s a song about abject poverty, about haves and have nots. Verses are about beggers on the street calling out to the wealthy who pretend not to see them. It lands like a brick.
That’s Another Day In Paradise by Phil Collins.
I first heard the song as a child, on the radio being driven around by my parents. Didn’t really take the verses on board, and the chorus is simply repeats of “Oh, think twice. It’s another day for you and me in paradise.” With that big romantic hook and the warm breezy feel, as a kid I interpreted it as a groom asking his bride to consider extending their tropical honeymoon. I filed it in the same mental folder with Fields Of Gold.
It’s a song about abject poverty, about haves and have nots. Verses are about beggers on the street calling out to the wealthy who pretend not to see them. It lands like a brick.