1984 No. 1 Breakup Power Ballad Hit by Phil Collins Makes Generational Comeback 42 Years Later 

Phil Collins‘ “Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)” is getting a second life more than four decades after it first topped the charts, thanks to an unlikely source: Grand Theft Auto VI.

The song turned up in Rockstar’s newest extended look at the long-awaited game, which premiered on Netflix this week ahead of the title’s Nov. 19 release. Fans combing through the trailer’s soundtrack immediately picked it out, and it wasn’t long before the reactions rolled in online.

The song itself has plenty of history to draw from. Written for the 1984 film of the same name, “Against All Odds” gave Collins his first solo No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, holding the top spot for three weeks starting April 21, 1984. It went on to win Collins a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, and was nominated for both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

Reactions to seeing him resurface in a GTA trailer were mixed with plenty of affection. “Phil Collins continuing to make a paycheck off of GTA. You love to see it,” one fan wrote online. Others defended the pick on its merits rather than treating it as a punchline. “His music fits that 80’s noir vibe that GTA has always had,” one commenter wrote, arguing the song’s placement felt intentional rather than random.

Collins’ hit wasn’t the only blast from the past in the trailer’s soundtrack, Cliff Richard’s 1976 hit “Devil Woman” and Depeche Mode’s 1984 track “People Are People” also made appearances, suggesting Rockstar is once again leaning into a mix of decades-spanning deep cuts rather than sticking to current hits alone.

With the game still months away, “Against All Odds” joins a long list of songs that have found new audiences through a GTA placement.