Genesis - Whodunnit? Lyrics

The biggest Crap - Genesis ever recorded!
A pure Shame!

How sad that the head of Atlantic Records decided to put this track on the 'Abacab' album in place of 'You Might Recall', which was released on the Genesis 3x3 EP some months later. They should have had that song on the album and this one here promptly sold off to Bad Manners or even Alexei Sayle to do XD

Well, it's the trademark of a great band. Every good rock group has a weird track that throws everyone off.
Like The Beatles with 'You Know My Name ". Nuff said....

Can't believe this garbage took the place of the stellar "You Might Recall" on Abacab

Who Dunnit? He who smelled it first dealt it.

r/genesiscirclejerk

Genesis trolled their fans hard with this song.

Esto es horrible.

Who did this?

Phil, Mike & Tony still dunno!

Imagine an entire Genesis album in this style, it would be amazing (or not)

you should hear some PIL stuff

This was so beautiful I shat myself. Truly Genesis’s masterpiece

Man this is a dumb song, but man them drums!

This is absolutely garbage and the worst song I've ever heard in the best way possible

colleen marsh : this is NOT Genesis. Listen to the original

donald koller: listen to the original genesis with Gabriel. That will show you the difference

atrocious song. The original Genesis would have NEVER put out a song like this crap

So? What about "Harold the Barrel"? "Willow Farm"? "The Waiting Room"?

the worst Genesis song ever

Parody of Public Image Ltd.

That's what I thought. Crappy mid 80s PiL.

r/genesiscirclejerk

I think it's a good song personally.Good drum work
by Phil.From 'Abacab' recorded in Summer '81.

OWNLOAD HIS RACK .COM

I hate this

איתן מוסר לי שהוא נהנה באופן לא נורמלי

This is fucking trash lmao.
I can't live with what I have heard.

This is by far my least favorite Collins era Genesis song. It's horrible. But that's the point. It's supposed to be horrible.

This song actually tells the story of a 'silent but deadly' fart that was let out in a packed elevator between floors. Everyone in that confined space could smell it, but no one knew... who dunnit.

What i like about this "song" is that is horrible, i love it.

I came here because on twitter i saw an anime moe post and i needed something to contradict that shit and this theme is really effective even though Genesis are anime fans as well.

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c'mon guys, or this is british humor or when they composed it , they were savagely drunk....as it takes to get drunk to forget it...also!

I improved it with an earrape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQhe0HkvwXk&t=23s

Ehi Phil, you say (about the ancient Genesis fan) : " I want to ask if they have the same shoes, or they dress the same trousers in the last 20 years" I am one of these. One of the old Genesis fan and I want to tell you that great musicians can't sing music (?) like this. Ehi Phil,
what would you think about Beethoven, if he suddenly started playing disco music? What would you say to him?

We know we know wiener wiener

One of the greatest albums ever made. Period.

if you listen to this garbage and #9 by the Beatles back to back...you will commit suicide

sometimes Russian sectarians pray this way, and this prayer is black.

Remember that most of the Dodo suite was cut out for... whatever the fuck this is

One feels sorry for Genesis; for a decade, in the Seventies, they struggled to stay away from overly commercial music; "Duke" being their last masterpiece.  Then, had this album being made by an average rock band, it would have been an amazing work; it still sounds great, but it is not the great Genesis.

Still better than Battle Of Epping Forest

WHAT?!?!?

I would really prefer BOEF to this, even though it's long boring at parts and full on padding.

Ein grandioses Stück, auch wenn untervögelte Menschendarsteller dies nicht einsehen wollen.

what makes this song so exciting is that it ends with its narrator never finding anything out at all

52 people know who did it, but would not fess up.

Walking across the sitting room, I turned this video off.

I just cannot believe that a band so great could put a song this bad on a record. It's baffling. There were other options. They wrote enough material for a double record during the ABACAB sessions. Not all of it got recorded, but the material was there.

This song is junk, and what makes it worse is that Genesis decided to put it on ABACAB instead of "You Might Recall," which is one of Genesis' best tunes ever. They should have put "You Might Recall" on ABACAB and released "Paperlate" as its own single with "Me And Virgil" as the b-side. Then they should've taken the tape with "Who Dunnit" on it and used it as a target for pistol shooting practice during the recording sessions.

Tony Banks, from the "Chapter & Verse" book:
"I've always loved this track and virtually everyone else, it seems to me, hates it. There's something about it that appeals to me, the fact that it managed to provoke such strong emotion in people. [...] When we played the album to Atlantic in the States, we had a couple of extra tracks to chose between, one of which was a more straightforward, pretty Genesis song called 'You Might Recall', and there was some debate about whether we should include that track or 'Whodunnit?'. I remember that [legendary founder and president of Atlantic Records] Ahmet Ertegün said, 'No, I'm afraid you've got to put that track on'. He called 'Whodunnit?' 'that track' and everyone knew exactly which track he meant."

by far and away the worst genesis track

I think the main inspiration of this song was a 'silent but deadly' in the studio.

How did this win over you might recall

Why is this shit but still kind of good LOL

When the last slice is missing

I like this weird track and don't give a shit otherwise.

As terrible as this song is I can't hate it, and it fits well with all the random songs on Abacab. I get this big ol' grin on my face every time that first note hits. It's too ridiculous.

I fucking love Genesis, but this song is fucking horrible.

Humongous troll by the band lol

I think it's rather fun & quirky! The final minute is best served with cannabis. //

Quit whining about Phil Collins and Justin Bieber, and go write the next prog anthem. The world needs more (your) music!

Their most overrated song.

You mean underrated.

A joke song but still so much better than the crap the music industry produces nowadays

This comment is pure cringe

why do people say the who's 2 albums around this time are mediocre ,...but that this genesis cheap #crap,, is good,..???,...wtf,,

this whole album just sucks badly,...except for the three hits on it,...and they suck too,...

Blinding track -nothing comes from complacency - Genesis taking risks, as they always did......................................

Worse Genesis song EVER!

You mean best.

Is anyone else here because they watched higurashi abridged by faulerro?

The song so bad that it's... Who am I kidding, this is their worst song. :u

Just awful for Genesis!

My reaction on first hearing this was WITAF??? REALLY??? NOW, some decades later, it's one of my favorite tracks from the whole album!

For me it took one meme xD

Phil's amazing drumming, that I've always loved and highly respected, shows up well in this! :)

"Ignore Collins, he's a damn clown!"

Well, who did do it???

I did it. but "Keep it dark"!!!!!

Mum's the word. :D

Higurashi abridged brought me here.

Lol SAMMEEE

31 stupids

This song qualifies as crimes against humanity.

It conveys the sense of neurosis there is in today's society, bro.  It is a parody, which as a genre, particularly in literature, is so badly misunderstood here in the United States.

degree7 It qualifies as a nursery cryme for sure

sometimes Russian sectarians pray this way, and this prayer is black.

I I I Ididn't do it. This is brilliant. Smoke a fatty and listen.

Can anyone hear Hackett laughing his head off ?

C'mon what?.... it's just shit that is fine for the practice studio... but they released it and then they played it live too.
Fun it may be, but I'd rather have one more classic track to enjoy on an album or in a concert, rather than this bollox.

Hackett wasn't in the band when they made Abacab. He had left after Wind and Wuthering, several years and several albums before.

Oh good grief !

StukaUK how could hackett be laughing in this track if he wasn't in the band? de he come back for old times sake

Reverse Gated reverb.

Oh what  a  bad  song!!  After  2:20,  it's horrible,  please  Phil, SHUT UP!!!

Anyone want a lesson in off timing playing???? Listen to this one!!!

A strange song yet enjoyable... kinda like dating the ugly girl with a sexy body. lol

I Love this Song!

What a beautiful song! One of the best song of Genesis.

Great song!

This is terrible lol

WOZ IT YOU OR WOZ IT ME? AWR WOZ IT EXSTASY???? WHODUNNIT???!!!

Only if you don't get what Genesis's intent was in doing this song. If you know that, then it's not so bad. :-D

Of course it's terrible. That's the point.

23 people don't know who did it

54 people did do it, but won't admit it. They will pay...

I got this album free on Amazon Prime courtesy of my fiance, and wow. I love it. Even this song. I am amazed to hear people say it sucks. To me, this is Genesis. Phil's style has always been obscure, and strange. Genesis with Phil was simply a mind trip, and I think this song fits pretty well.

Anyone who says they are into experimental rock and doesn't like this song, isn't really into experimental rock.

Most experiments don't leave the laboratory.

They wrote this song when one time nobody would fess up to a silent-but-deadly.

@Dethmeister Oh, very interesting yet funny interpretation.

+Dethmeister LOL

+skyprop Why do I believe that!!!?

It smelled like weino, weino, weino!

Also, is that true? Or was it just a joke?

I don't think most people get this song at all.

We don't know.

Everyone needs to stop taking this song so seriously. Yes, it's terrible. But it's meant to be terrible! It's a joke song. The band have even said it's a joke. You guys should know Genesis likes to do these weird little funny tunes, Harold The Barrel, Get 'em out By Friday, I Know What I Like even ffs! This song gives me a laugh every time. It's so annoying yet hilarious to me.

+Henry Stanley unfortunately, I've been blocked by that other guy because I said I don't like this (still awful) song. He's said I'm some sort of pro-Gabriel, anti-Collins guy who goes all over youtube insulting Phil Collins. LOL. I just think this song is garbage. Strange how defensive some people are about a throwaway album track that even the band don't hold up as a classic.

+Chris Jones It's just a piece of humour, a song the Banks, Rutherford, & Collins made as nothing more than a joke. It's not meant to be taken so damn seriously.

+VengefulSage Thank you.

Its so bad that its good. lol I really like this song though. Very weird :)

Well, I know what Ilike is actually a song about conformism and it can be taken seriously. Fuck you!

I am sick of the Steve Hackett loving purists condemn this tune. I fucking love this track. Genesis were not known to take themselves seriously. This song went on Abacab thanks to the late Ahmet Ertegun (president and founder of Atlantic Records) who preferred this to "You Might Recall". When they did this song live from 1981-84, the band would wear snorkels, enormous glasses and shit. Then the same bellyachers whine about David Gilmour taking over Pink Floyd from Roger Waters who ruined the band with his POWER TRIP!

@TJRROCKSPONGE At least someone agrees with me.

What does David Gilmour and Pink Floyd have to do with Genesis? May as well talk about Trevor Rabin and Yes.

This is much more enjoyable than today's mainstream audio pollution.

This is 80s pop bullshit Genesis, the only difference is that Genesis had good music before the 80s

Just because you're suffering from mental constipation, you don't have to fart out of your fingers.

I prefer any pop trash to this piece of shit and I despise pop music in general

This song is like a turd needed to be flushed down the toilet.

@dbrowdie I'm sick of purists like you.

@VengefulSage Me?

There's a pretty interesting story behind this song, apparently. Tony was just messing around with his synths & asked Phil & Mike to make it into a song, but they weren't too keen on the idea. Eventually they agreed, and they made it kind of a bizarre, fun experiment.

When Genesis played the finished "Abacab" album to Atlantic Records in the United States, it was still unclear whether "Who Dunnit?" would make it onto the album, as the band had another song, the straightforward "You Might Recall," that was also a strong contender. But upon hearing "Who Dunnit?", Atlantic Records head Ahmet Ertegun, liking the bizarre nature of the tune, told the group, "You've got to put that track on the album."

It's not one of my favourites by the band, but I like that they were willing to try something completely different, even just as a fun little time-waster. I think Tony Banks himself put it best; "It was supposed to be a joke, but I think it also has a certain charm that I like a lot."

@mcj88 I agree.

McJohnson ahmet the moron

Excellent, I don't knew before. Ta!

Lol you're fucking stupid if you really think that.

You are all taking this song way too serious. I am freakin' glad they knew how to make funny music once in a while because the lot of their songs are on one hand beautiful and well-crafted but on the other hand very advanced and heavy. Phil had just lost his love at the time, from which sprouted many sad songs which ended up on his solo-albums Face Value and Hello, I Must Be Going, so I'd like to think songs like these are his small but humble effort to have a laugh and forget the sorrow.

i am a little bit late, but this is a really great comment

worst genesis track my arse.......jesus he knows me or calling all stations.....now those songs are bloody awful compared to this.

I enjoyed it...

I've always liked it :)

Why are you promoting free downloads of this track? It's not yours to give away.

Okay, this is just horrible, i love Genesis, atleast before Steve Hacket left, but this is probably their worst song ever.

Stop taking this song so seriously then. It's fun. I like all of Genesis' music.