“Misunderstanding” is a song detailing the misbelief hopes of someone who has been stood up by their date.
Originally written by Phil Collins during the production of his debut solo album Face Value, the song ended up being donated (along with “Please Don’t Ask”) for Duke. According to Collins, the...
There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I was waiting in the rain for hours
You were late
Now it's not like me to say the right thing
But you could've called to let me know
I checked your number twice, don't understand it
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
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
You were late
Since then, I've been running around trying to find you
I went to the places that you always go
I rang your house but got no answer
Jumped in my car, I went round there
I still don't believe it
He was just leaving
There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
Misunderstanding was written by Phil Collins.
Misunderstanding was produced by Genesis & David Hentschel.
Genesis released Misunderstanding on Fri Mar 28 1980.
According to Songfacts: Banks recalled to Cleveland radio 98.5 WNCX:
“Misunderstanding“ was the first song we recorded that Phil wrote. Phil didn’t used to write all that much of Genesis' material in the early days, up to and including Duke, really. He just didn’t rate himself as a writer that much...