My mama said, "You can't hurry love No, you'll just have to wait" She said, "Love don't come easy But it's a game of give and take" Phil Collins "You Can't Hurry Love" by Holland-Dozier-Holland Single from Hello I must be going Released: 27 November 1982 Phil Collins -- drums, vocals, tambourine Daryl Stuermer -- guitars John Giblin -- bass J. Peter Robinson -- piano, glockenspiel, vibraphone Strings arranged by Martyn Ford