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((Short description|1991 single by Genesis))
((For|the Foo Fighters song|No Son of Mine (Foo Fighters song)))
((For|the song by the metalcore group Every Time I Die|The Big Dirty (album)))
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((Infobox song
| name       = No Son of Mine
| cover      = No_son_of_mine.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
| album      = [[We Can't Dance]]
| B-side     = Living Forever
| released   = ((start date|1991|10|21|df=y))<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-10-19.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=19|date=19 October 1991|access-date=19 June 2021))</ref>
| recorded   =
| studio     = [[The Farm (recording studio)|The Farm]] ([[Surrey]], England)
| genre      =
| length     = ((unbulleted list|4:41 (radio edit)|6:41 (album version)|5:44 (new edit – 1999)))
| label      = ((hlist|[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]|[[Virgin Records|Virgin]]))
| composer   = ((hlist|[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]]|Phil Collins|Mike Rutherford))
| lyricist   = [[Phil Collins]]
| producer   = ((hlist|Genesis|[[Nick Davis (record producer)|Nick Davis]]|Robert Colby))
| prev_title = [[Throwing It All Away]]
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [[I Can't Dance]]
| next_year  = 1991
))
"'''No Son of Mine'''" is a song by British rock group [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]], released in October 1991 by [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] and [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] as the [[lead single]] from their 14th album, ''[[We Can't Dance]]'' (1991). The song, written by [[Phil Collins]] and composed by him with [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] and Mike Rutherford, reached ((abbr|No.|Number)) 6 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and No. 12 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (the band's first not to enter the top 10 since 1984's "[[Taking It All Too Hard]]"). It was also a top-10 hit in several European countries and peaked atop Canada's ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' 100 Hit Tracks chart for five weeks.

==Lyrics and music==
The song's lyrics tell the story of a boy who runs away from his abusive home, and—after some reconsideration—attempts to return, only to be rejected by his father. In interviews, [[Phil Collins]] has said that the lyrics are deliberately vague as to whether the narrator or his mother is the victim of the abuse.

The song has a distinctive sound heard during the intro and before the second verse. Referred to by the band as "elephantus", the sound was created by Tony Banks recording Mike Rutherford's guitar with a [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]] and then playing three notes on the bottom register of the keyboard, greatly lowering the pitch. The working title of "No Son of Mine" was "Elephantus".<ref>((cite book|last1=Collins|first1=Phil|last2=Banks|first2=Tony|last3=Rutherford|first3=Mike|last4=Gabriel|first4=Peter|last5=Hackett|first5=Steve|title=Genesis: Chapter & Verse|publisher=Macmillan|year=2007|page=331|isbn=978-0-312-37956-8 ))</ref> The sound is also featured in the opening of the "[[I Can't Dance]]" single [[B-side]] "On the Shoreline". A similar sound is heard in former Genesis member [[Peter Gabriel]]'s song "I Grieve", which was released a few years later, on the [[City of Angels (soundtrack)|soundtrack to ''City of Angels'']].

The single included the eighth track from ''We Can't Dance'', "Living Forever", as the B-side. The radio edit fades out the song's extended outro a minute in advance and deletes part of the second chorus. The music video makes use of the complete album version.

==Music video==
The accompanying music video for "No Son of Mine" is melancholic, illustrating the scene in [[sepia tone]]. The video depicts what is discussed in the song, which is a conversation between a son and his father. During the last chorus, snowflakes begin appearing flying around the house; eventually, at the end, the scene pulls out to reveal that the scenes of confrontation have taken place in a [[snow globe]] that the son is holding. It was done by FYI (director Jim Yukich and producer Paul Flattery).

==Live performances==
A live version appears on the albums ''[[The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts]]'', and ''[[Live Over Europe 2007]]'', as well as on their DVDs ''[[The Way We Walk - Live in Concert]]'' and ''[[When in Rome 2007]]''.

==Track listings==
* '''7-inch and cassette single'''<ref>((cite AV media notes|title=No Son of Mine|others=[[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]|year=1991|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=[[Virgin Records]]|id=GENS 6, 114 719))</ref><ref>((cite AV media notes|title=No Son of Mine|others=Genesis|year=1991|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=Virgin Records|id=GENSC 6, 412 183))</ref>
# "No Son of Mine"
# "Living Forever"

* '''12-inch and CD single'''<ref>((cite AV media notes|title=No Son of Mine|others=Genesis|year=1991|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Virgin Records|id=GENS 612))</ref><ref>((cite AV media notes|title=No Son of Mine|others=Genesis|year=1991|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Virgin Records|id=GENDG 6, 664 719))</ref>
# "No Son of Mine"
# "Living Forever"
# "[[Invisible Touch (song)|Invisible Touch]]" (live)

==Personnel==
* [[Phil Collins]] – drums, lead and backing vocals
* [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] – keyboards
* [[Mike Rutherford]] – lead, rhythm and bass guitars

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1991–1992)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
((single chart|Australia|29|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Austria|7|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Flanders|12|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=1696|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|4|chartid=2045|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
!scope="row"|Denmark ([[IFPI Danmark|IFPI]])<ref name="m&m">((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-07.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=8|issue=49|page=31|date=7 December 1991|access-date=21 March 2018))</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-11-23.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=47|page=29|date=23 November 1991|access-date=23 November 2019))</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>((cite book|first=Jake|last=Nyman|year=2005|title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja|edition=1st|publisher=Tammi|location=Helsinki|isbn=951-31-2503-3|language=fi))</ref>
|20
|-
((single chart|France|13|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Germany|3|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|songid=2342|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
!scope="row"|Greece ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-02-15.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=9|issue=7|page=26|date=15 February 1992|access-date=30 October 2020))</ref>
|9
|-
((single chart|Ireland2|5|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
!scope="row"|Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-11-16.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=46|page=29|date=16 November 1991|access-date=23 November 2019))</ref>
|2
|-
((single chart|Dutch40|8|year=1991|week=47|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Dutch100|7|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
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((single chart|New Zealand|36|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Norway|4|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
!scope="row"|Portugal ([[Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa|AFP]])<ref name="m&m"/>
|2
|-
((single chart|Sweden|13|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|Switzerland|8|artist=Genesis|song=No Son of Mine|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
|-
((single chart|UK|6|date=19911109|rowheader=true|access-date=4 April 2019))
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((single chart|Billboardhot100|12|artist=Genesis|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2019))
|-
((single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|8|artist=Genesis|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2019))
|-
((single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|3|artist=Genesis|rowheader=true|access-date=23 November 2019))
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cash Box Top 100 Pop Singles|''Cash Box'' Top 100]]<ref>((cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996]]|publisher=Sheridan Books, Inc.|year=2014|isbn=978-0-89820-209-0))</ref>
|6
|-
!scope="row"|Zimbabwe (ZIMA)<ref>* Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. ''Zimbabwe: singles chart book''. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000</ref>
|11
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1991)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>((cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2024&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2024.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2024|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|publisher=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=23 November 2017))</ref>
|50
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio)<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-21.pdf|title=EHR Year-End Top 100|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=8|issue=51–52|page=20|date=21 December 1991|access-date=24 February 2024))</ref>
|75
|-
!scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1991|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1991|publisher=[[Dutch Top 40]]|access-date=19 April 2020))</ref>
|93
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1992)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>((cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume%2056-No.%2025-December%2019,%201992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992|magazine=RPM|volume=56|issue=25|page=8|date=19 December 1992|access-date=4 April 2019))</ref>
|64
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (''RPM'')<ref>((cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1824&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1824.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1824|title=The RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary tracks of 1992|magazine=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=4 April 2019))</ref>
|50
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1992|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1992|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=4 April 2019))</ref>
|28
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>((cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992|access-date=30 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|archive-date=8 July 2009|url-status=dead))</ref>
|68
|-
!scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-12-26.pdf|title=1992 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=104|issue=52|page=YE-38|date=26 December 1992|access-date=12 August 2021))</ref>
|39
|}
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