Genesis released ‘Abacab’ as a single, from the album of the same name, on this day in 1981. Phil, explaining the song’s name: “Well “ABACAB” originally was a way of remembering the sequence of the song. “A” was the verse, “B” was the chorus, “A” was the verse [again], “C” was the bridge. So it went verse, chorus, verse, bridge, verse, chorus. We didn’t do the song like that in the end. But our way of remembering it was, “It goes A-B-A-C-A-B, all right?” The way we did it in the end was unpronou

12K views · 1K reactions | #OnThisDay in 1981, Genesis released ‘Abacab’ as a single in the UK, prior to releasing their 11th studio album of the same title. The title track became a top 10 hit and the later led to the album landing the Number 1 spot in the UK charts. Watch Now ️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CT04i1ot78 | Genesis | Facebook