Mike Rutherford - At The End of The Day (With Lyrics)

Beautiful tune from a very underrated songwriter from Smallcreeps Day album.

[@lukasrenken7455]

This song makes me speechless .It is awesome. Smallcreeps day cd is my all time favorite.

[@MrGifforduk]

I listened to this in 1980 when I was 30 I am now 72 still beautiful. 🥰

[@paulanness8780]

Jeez. Not heard this for over 40 years. The memories came flooding back.

[@richardgrange786]

One of my favourite albums never get tired of listening to it the whole time album is absorbing

[@tattyheid7279]

Beautiful song, brilliant album. In my opinion, the best solo work Mike has ever done.

[@daddisafriadi869]

I listening this song in 1982... When i was a 23 years old... And now i am 61 years old. Beautiful song.... 💕💝

[@dholliday7700]

22 and 60. Right there with you!

[@haroldland5834]

Same here

[@noelmccalla8829]

That means I recorded my voice when I was 21 years old.

[@albertomanopla3346]

LIKE WISE

[@jeffsmart110]

@@noelmccalla8829 God Bless You Man!

[@Outandaboutwithpoggy]

Smallcreeps day, one of the finest albums ever recorded, I’m 70 now but still listen to it every day using headphones

[@armandsutansyah1106]

I was 26 when this album launched, now I'm 67 and never bored to listen this incredible song.

[@nuntana2]

I hear you my friend. Ridiculous piece of music. Rutherford at his best. On a par with Parsons’ Some Other Time.

[@jorgeperla4533]

I'm 26 ❤

[@tonymain341]

Small Creeps Day, what a great album from Mike Rutherford , he's why Genesis made so many great masterpieces, a master of heartfelt melodies and a master of the Taurus Bass pedals, amen..👍😎

[@tonymain341]

I'm 70 and still love this beautiful love song tugs at the heart and soul of us all, gives me hope for this world of now 🙏👍😎

[@keesvansanten7959]

21 at the time and 65 now, divine music, my children are eager to use my playlists❤

[@lukasrenken7455]

Smallcreeps Day is my all time favorite. Especially At the end off the day...........

[@marcorela1737]

Grande Mike,pezzo e album strepitoso,che dire da uno che viene dalla miglior band di sempre❤

[@odetteswann7694]

Why oh why did he not release this masterpiece as the album's lead single? It would have shot to the top of the charts for sure.

[@LuisEJofre]

I heard this song in 1980 in Buenos Aires. And for 17 years I was searching for it. Then I had the idea of contacting Atlantic Records and 2 weeks later I got a call at my office from the promotor of Genesis. Mike Rutherford saw that I was looking for his music and decided to send it to me. I was in shock when I received it.

[@dennishuyvaert1416]

That is awesome !

[@jorgeperla4533]

Wow! I got lucky and found it I’m 26 and it’s an amazing song it can teleport me to childhood

[@tonymain341]

What a great story, and it shows you what a great gentleman Michael Rutherford is ,this great piece of music is ready for the London Philharmonic , it would be wonderful to witness with Mr. Rutherford conducting!😎👍

[@o.portista]

Iconic, Mike deserves so much more respect man

[@Ifyoudonttakeitucantfakeit]

Thanks, I’ve not cried like that for 40 years.

[@schmonzel]

Best album finishing song ever.......

[@TheLastOilMan]

Talked with Mike a few years ago it seems he doesn't rate this gorgeous album, one of the finest of all the genesis catalogue. Steve rates it , good enough for me ! An if i need to cry this is it !

[@h3wmwmusic6]

I love this song. It gives me goosebumps. 😊 I’ve only just recently discovered Smallcreep’s Day and bought the vinyl which is just amazing from beginning to end. I’m just gutted I didn’t discover it much sooner. But better late than never. 😊

[@zorankalina6100]

So nice...simple....warm Something we all nead🙂🍀👍 Hear it quite long ago...end of 70es... Still sounds to me the same....and the words....

[@jeffsmart110]

Thank God for Anthony Phillips!!!!!!

[@cheriecraighead1502]

Beautiful song

[@JohnDoe-fy4rb]

It's the first time I have heard this track and wow tears in my eyes and I don't why so beautiful.

[@CaseyMunday-sl6mw]

My favourite on the album ❤

[@Outandaboutwithpoggy]

I used to go to a Staffordshire Bird Reserve ( Belvide Res’r ) in the 80’s and sometimes a guy who lived locally to me in West Bromwich would offer me a lift home in his car, I didn’t drive and usually it was a 2 hour bus ride home , but coming along the M6 motorway in his car it took no longer than 30 minutes, and this guy used to play this album in his car, it was so evocative having spent a day birdwatching with the daylight fading, I still have the album on CD and digital, no vinyl, one of the best albums I have ever enjoyed, I’m now 70, the guy who used to give me a lift, well we went our separate ways after a while and never seen him since but I will always be grateful to him for sharing this beautiful music with me in his car on those winter evenings, many thanks to the creator who uploaded this video, let’s keep sharing and promoting such a lovely song and album, a joy to listen to, thank you, Mike West Bromwich

[@1meatbees]

I remember listening to this song when I was a 20 year old boy and dreaming of having a family.,now that I am a 54 year old ( some would say still a boy) and have the family I dreamt of, I am truly blessed

[@frankgaron2]

You are a very fortunate man. Some of us still struggle.

[@ryanmozert]

must've followed Christ

[@bfdmudk]

Me too! I was 16 when it came out, and felt exactly the same. Still do. 58 now with 3 spectacular adult kids and a nearly 3 year old granddaughter.

[@exodus4218]

C'est absolument magnifique, Noël Mc Calla à une voix fantastique avec une mélodie enchanteresse.

[@sally6811]

Considering having this played at my funeral!

[@julianstaniforth7414]

I listened to this song again over the summer not having listened to it for years and it brought tears to my eyes as it touched a deep place.....powerful

[@kbrewski1]

For those that don't know, Mike Rutherford is the original and only Genesis bass player, electric and acoustic guitars, songwriter and composer. Also he is the Mike of Mike+ Mechanics, his side band project. This song is the conclusion of a side long suite of music called SmallCreep's Day. The album is the same name and was Rutherford's first solo album outside of Genesis (and prior to Mechanics). Great vocals by Noel McCalla (Mike doesn't sing). Beautiful keyboards played by original Genesis member Anthony Phillips. So its a 2/5 Genesis album!! SmallCreep's Day really surprised me when it came out in 1979 (still have the original LP), even though I knew what a key contributer he was writing eise with Genesis. (Watcher of the Skies, Eleventh Earl of Mar, Deep in the Motherlode, Follow You Follow Me etc). I didn't realize he would compose such a great progressive rock album in 1979. It may be the best solo album by any Genesis member, certainly up there with Gabriel's best (Melt, Security), and Hackett's first 3 albums and Tony Bank's first solo (A Curious Feeling). The suite obviously is best listened to as a whole, and the whole album is great.

[@abitvintage]

One of the most beautiful songs I know. This is one of those songs that so vividly brings back a time and place that was so simple and sweet. Although I own the LP, I really appreciate finding this here.

[@steeleye2112]

Agree completely, this has to be one of the sweetest, most moving songs I know. Blew my mind when I realized what a good writer Mike is and then to remember he was just 1 member of a band that had 4 other unbelievably good songwriters.

[@fernandomendes9319]

One word...PERFECT !!!!!!!

[@agosto1404]

I have no words for this incredible song. Love you Mike.

[@peterjansen9914]

In the eighties I listened every week to the Dutch radio, the LP show by Wim van Putten. This song was the ending tune for many years of this program. So very often i feel asleep with this song, a very pleasant sleep......

[@jacquelinemichielsen2996]

Peter Jansen me. tooooooo

[@marcske9]

Same here, every week.

[@Perugia1100]

ik heb destijds de lp aangeschaft. lang naar gezocht op internet en nu pas op youtube gevonden. mooie jeugdherinneringen

[@Bushmaster1954]

I remember the program and those years dearly! I purchased the CD and cherish the memories and music. Wim van Putten was every week on my list, never missed a program... the time that music Made a difference. 😍👍

[@edlogtenberg9988]

Peter Jansen Elke 2 weken avonddienst tot 23.00 uur en dan op donderdag 10 minuten op de wc zitten om dit nummer te horen . Blijft indrukwekkend net als de rest van de LP

[@ullanielsengade]

It is so beautiful and i love it.

[@carlosmendes2034]

Fabulous! So sad and so beautiful!

[@margaret1321]

Mike’s wife Angie always encouraged him to be more open and expressive. She obviously succeeded. Beautiful song!!

[@christianlandaetatorres15560]

I could watch over a hundred sunsets while this is playing. Sublime music for ever.

[@georgebarnett6684]

I feel sorry for the people who have never heard this beautiful album.

[@janiswilliams6631]

George Barnett me to

[@shanemarquand9582]

And I just found it

[@johnskelton1117]

me to..particularly this song

[@mrmusic248]

@@shanemarquand9582 Good for you.

[@lazycalm41]

Small Creeps remains in my top 5 albums of all time! from the beginning of the best decade ever...by miles! This track sums up perfectly a truly masterful album!

[@harrysabartobing8521]

One of the best from mike Rutherford.. the genius man from Genesis

[@bekindtoeverykind-tryvegan]

An excellent ending to the Smallcreep's Day song cycle. Even after many listens, it still gives me goosebumps 💗

[@giuseppepinizzotto9616]

melody that enters your soul and never let you down!

[@EnosEverything]

I remember buying Smallcreep's Day and playing it the first time it eventually came to this track - I just sat there amazed at the beauty of this song and I've never understood why this was never played by radio stations or mentioned by Genesis enthusiasts or the music press.... It's as gorgeous a sound as you can imagine... I still have my vinyl copy of S.D. - will never part with it... Have the book too !!

[@raymondvaughan6262]

Remember buying this album when it came out great album all tracks good been nice to hear Steve's guitar playing on it as well

[@MrLuisSales]

Amazing!!! Reminds me the good and happy times that will never come back..

[@fernandomendes5943]

Completely agree, my friend

[@greghelton4668]

Well, hopefully you’re still having happy times.

[@JanaPersson]

The ACTUAL Noel McCalla commented on this thread!? Oh my! This whole album is just so beautifully written and performed. The most underrated album of the whole 70's/80's progressive era. And Noel just makes all of the melodies come to life. Like some of the other posters, I've clung to this album since it came out, and I'm now well into my 60's as well.

[@tonymain341]

A beautiful album to listen to on a rainy day or watching a glorious sunset..😎👍

[@thunderkid1984]

This song is incredible. I agree with the many comments here lamenting the fact that it is incredibly underrated and not nearly enough people have been exposed to it's beauty.

[@markbollard5]

I also remember aying this wonderfully moving track a lot a lonely 20 year old trying make my way in the world and at 58 settled and in good health it sounds just as brilliant

[@SOLOLULA2]

Bravo Mike Rutherford!!!! Hermosa voz!!! Larga vida a Mike Rutherford de Genesis!!!

[@reimundgro7035]

Für mich wie ein Gebet...!!

[@nicoledonaghy7267]

What a beautiful song!How could you not love it😊Beautiful voice!!!

[@Fergal283]

Noel McCalla, great singer

[@TomVincent-JFK63]

Beautiful song! Always liked this one. Long live the "70's!!

[@fernandomendes5943]

It's a very special song. It's more than a song. It touches the soul !!! Amazing

[@johnskelton1117]

for the record, the album came out in 1980 but we won't argue about that, let's just sit back and listen to what I consider of the best Genesis solo songs ever written!

[@progking04]

Beautiful Passage :) This epic work keeps me going but mostly keeps the people of my past close to my heart. Thank you for posting.

[@mattbrowne7862]

Just a wonderful ballad to support an excellent solo effort from Mike. I wish I had his singer in my band! Also nice to hear touches of Duke in the mix!

[@cesarvarram9908]

This song makes me think on my long gone wife and my two sons..."the eyes of all our children growing heavy with sleep". How I love her.

[@yvonnetaylor1353]

I so identify with you in this Cesar.

[@losendos5577]

sir may i ask what happened that caused her to go away? this song is so evocative in so many ways for me -- both in a moment of contentment as well as sentimalism and reflect....to my ex and children....

[@peterkin1010]

I also have a long gone wife she divorced me in 2001, had another relationship which went wrong then hanged herself in 2008 I'd moved on but am now single again and reading what you wrote broke my hear.t Still think of Siu and shed a tear every day for her.

[@jimsullivanyoutube]

Thank you Cesar.

[@cesarvarram9908]

@@losendos5577 She passed twelve years ago, she had breast cancer

[@williamscampton5729]

Very special song from an exceptional album which I have loved from the moment I bought it

[@corradosemprucci8611]

The best album i love for all time ... i could say best of history of music

[@a5athome]

In Genesis was Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins - but also Mike Rutherford. His solealbum (this one) is outstanding

[@johnskelton1117]

People forget Mike was the driving force behind Genesis writing when Peter left and you can see why in this song!

[@kbrewski1]

​@@johnskelton1117 I would say Tony Banks was always the main songwriter of Genesis, although Mike was also a big contributer. Banks wrote most of the big long epics.

[@rogerwilliams9656]

Very underrated song in the history of music

[@tonyspada2744]

Still a huge fan of this gorgeous song

[@MattonicAndLime]

I don't know why Rutherford has not played this track live in the Mechanics set up. It's the best song he has ever done. Timeless. Having said that - I don't think he has played any Smallcreeps songs live, has he? Superb album - and my fave solo album from that (magical) Genesis period.

[@eleAMORetti]

I think that the only solo song played was maxine... awful election....

[@mrmusic248]

@@eleAMORetti The worst song from the very bad album "Acting Very Strange", on which he did the lead vocals. Bad idea.

[@marcelopepinho]

@@alainlachance5217 I fully agree with you

[@OnafetsEnovap]

This song would have made one hell of a live finale, right at the end of a gig. :)

[@yvonnetaylor1353]

Hi Ernst. Glad I'm not the only one who rates this gorgeous song so highly! Have contacted Spotify about getting Smallcreeps Day included in their catalogue but sadly no response. I am a huge lifelong Genesis fan but have always felt Mike Rutherford's first solo album is one of his best works ever. I also love Time and Time again. PLEASE ALL YOU IN RADIO LAND CAN WE HEAR THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG ON MAJOR NETWORK RADIO STATIONS!!!! Maybe you should revive that LP/CD show Ernst?! Appreciate your comments.

[@cudleydudley9215]

this song & the aura around it is superb.

[@paulhunnemann7052]

This is a damn fine song and album. Send enuff thoughts to MR and he might finally relent and say he's proud of it. It's great he had Ant Phillips with him.

[@barbarakirk3064]

I went and looked up Ant's solo stuff because of this.

[@johnsayer7222]

Excellent post of a piece that should have had far more exposure. One of my all time favourite ballads

[@friedolin1263]

I find it the sweetest love song ever made, to dance cheek to cheek.

[@keithf_]

Great song. Best song from Mike Rutherford's brilliant debut solo album Smallcreep's Day. The pace and melody of the song, coupled with the way it closes out one side of the album reminds me very much of the brilliant 'Afterglow' from Genesis' great Wind & Wuthering album.

[@dennishuyvaert1416]

You nailed it ! Great comparison . I just discovered this album , what a pleasant surprise .

[@gustavotoyos7910]

cuanto talento en el grupo Genesis: Rutherford,Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel.Steve Hacket...Demasiado!!!!!!!!!! A dios gracias!!!!!!!!

[@zandola1]

and Ant Phillips playing keyboards....brilliant!!

[@aterenzani]

Really, tears in my eyes... wonderful song

[@johnskelton1117]

my favorite Mike Rutherford song including all his mechanic's stuff.

[@hartmutcc63]

I always wonder who can listen to this without tears....

[@moogymiss]

great album. fantastic vocals by noel mc calla.

[@grahamjohnson4002]

As I settle into middle age this track appears when friends and family pass away. All too frequently it tugs my heart and drains my eyes of tears. Simply beautiful

[@ny21live]

Smallcreeps is an excellent album!

[@dej1971]

love it

[@OnafetsEnovap]

Happy birthday, Mike! :)

[@smittytube123]

Not sure if it was ever mentioned here, but some parts/themes of this song seem to be used in the movie Australia; especially in the scene where the two lead roll characters kiss against a baobab three; an exact copy of the intro of this beautiful song.

[@ferdinandostorti9046]

stupendissimaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@KennCramerHanberg]

Just beautiful!

[@Fergal283]

used to follow noel mccalla around london when he sang with a band called 'moon' in the mid 70's. amazing vocalist

[@stephenbateman-wright1863]

Ditto! First saw them on TOGWT, then supporting The Sutherland Brothers. Rock Garden was another place and a pub in Fulham Broadway, can't remember what it was called. Great band, they really should have been bigger. I have a test pressing of Too Close For Comfort and a Lone Ranger promo, both signed by Noel.

[@albertmutton1687]

Those who remember a London FM pirate station in the late 80s and early 90s called Rock FM (or RFM for short) will remember this being the closedown track at the end of their Sunday broadcasts. Mark Rogers had the last show and always closed down with this track

[@rockradio928]

Hi Albert, before RFM played it it was the close down played by Kenny Myres on Radio Free London at the end of our long Sunday broadcast in the early 80's. It was past 1am Monday morning when Ken played it and I often fell asleep with this beautiful song in my head. (Mike Burnett).

[@johnfleming5571]

This is my favourite track on smallcreeps day

[@eaglemike5293]

Same for me

[@cloudbringer104]

Me too.

[@FANDEFIRULAIS]

NO...'TIME AND TIME AGAIN' IS THE BEST.

[@davidfsnyder]

No, 'Out into the Light' is the best!

[@losendos5577]

footjob princess no its this awesome ending to an awesome song!

[@thierrymeinnier2079]

Smallcreep’s day choc musical printemps 80 j’avais 20 ans disque magnifique je l’écoute toujours encore et encore pour l’éternité 🌚

[@hermancroce1079]

Wonderful peace of wonderful years.

[@joseluisstreich7558]

Forever Music ❤❤

[@DennisHealy002]

Beautiful tune from Smallcreeps Day album

[@derekcain9885]

Wonderful track from a fine album. Wish Mike would play this live with the Mechanics.

[@yvonnetaylor1353]

It's a travesty this beautiful song is never heard on the radio.

[@bikerernie01]

+Yvonne Taylor In The Netherlands it was the closing tune of my favourite radioshow, "The LP/CD show", that ran throughout the late seventies and early eighties. Every week of this fabulous program was closed with this haunting song. But you are right: it should be back on the radio!!!

[@elisabethakerstrom5832]

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[@elisabethakerstrom5832]

8grader

[@BeukerHarriede]

Think you mean TRAGEDY.... Tarvesty is something completely different :-) :-) :-) And yes, it was the closing song of a great radioshow in the Netherlands where lots of new and progressive music ( prog, symf, synt, etc) could be heard.

[@wiekie1969]

tears in my eyes................

[@cabassutchristian7965]

god bless this music!

[@briansartain571]

A beautiful ending to a brilliant album

[@jorgealejandrogonzalezgall3717]

Extraordinario sonido y tema. El sonido excepcional de Rutherford.

[@enrialb08]

Beautiful song, words and music... :)

[@SOLOLULA2]

Es una Hermosa canción!!! Super Grande !!! Wowwowwow ♥️♥️♥️🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶♥️♥️♥️

[@lptransport7392]

Hermosa canción

[@biorage6670]

Banks was the brain of Genesis but Mike was the heart. He was the romantic one!

[@antoniocolonna8199]

Tutte le prime uscite post-Genesis degli esponenti originali sono state dei capolavori: "The voyage of the Acolyte" di Hackett, "Peter Gabriel 1", "A curious feeling" di Banks e, dulcis in fundo, "Face Value" di Collins. Ma il migliore e, se non altro, il piu' accurato tra tutti questi primi albums solisti e' senz'altro "Smallcreep's day" di Rutherford. Tutto cio' a conferma che gli ex Genesis erano tutti una vera "generazione di fenomeni", in cui l'inventiva e il genio musicale si sono sempre coniugate con un metodo lavorativo rigoroso e certosino.

[@guycasas1586]

Je ne connaissais pas ce morceau de Rutherford en solo sans les Mechanics ... superbe !

[@eddybrundl86]

I had to buy the LP twice in 1980 when I was 18 because I had heard the first record so often in a short space of time that the crackling of the needle when playing it was too loud.

[@robertoderrico2324]

Fantastic vocal!

[@marceloramos4386]

Divino...maravilha sonora...GRATIDAO

[@pcesarprontidao]

MASTERFUL.....GREAT MIKE,,,,MY IDOL....GOD BLESS YOU...

[@brooklynlotus]

Beautiful----not a fast prog rock symphonic style type of music---that I prefer. For a simpler song this is just beautiful without syrupiness