"In the Air Tonight"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Face Value
Released	November 1980
Format	7"
Recorded	'Old Croft', 'The Townhouse' and 'Village Recorder L.A.'
Genre	Rock
Length	5:36
Label	Virgin Records (UK) Atlantic Records (international)
Producer(s)	Phil Collins
Peak chart positions
#1 (Sweden; Denmark; Switzerland Austria; Portugal; Germany) #2 (UK) #19 (U.S.) #20 (France)

"In the Air Tonight" is a song by Phil Collins which first appeared on his 1981 album, Face Value. It was also Collins' first ever single of his solo career, and remains one of his better known hits. Image File history File links Phil_Collins_InTheAirTonight. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... For other uses, see Phil Collins (disambiguation). ... Face Value is the title of Phil Collins debut solo album, released in February of 1981. ... It has been suggested that Childrens gramophone records be merged into this article or section. ... The Village (a. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Virgin Records was a British recording label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American record label, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... For other uses, see Phil Collins (disambiguation). ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Phil Collins (disambiguation). ... Face Value is the title of Phil Collins debut solo album, released in February of 1981. ...

The song

The song is notable for its atmospheric production, macabre theme (atypical of the subject matter of his solo work, but broadly similar to that of Genesis), and as the subject of a persistent urban legend. It was an international hit, reaching the top 20 on the Billboard magazine pop singles chart and remains, alone among Collins' solo oeuvre, a popular selection on many classic rock radio stations. It is the song most often associated with Collins' solo career, and he has performed versions of it at many events, notably at Live Aid, where he played the song on the same calendar day in both Philadelphia and London^[1]. He also performed the song at The Secret Policeman's Other Ball. Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... For the magazine, see Classic Rock (magazine). ... Ethiopia, as its borders were in 1985. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love endure Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country Commonwealth County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Secret Policemans Ball is the collective name for a series of fund raising performances featuring big-name comedians and musicians and other celebrities, held at various London venues, and once at a Nottingham television studio, to raise money for (and awareness of) Amnesty International. ...

The lyrics of the song take the form of a dark monologue directed towards an unnamed, possibly prominent person; the singer describes having witnessed an unspecified act perpetrated:

I was there and I saw what you did

saw it with my own two eyes

and anticipating an equally unspecified consequence:

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord

I've been waiting for this moment for all my life ^[2]

Musically the song consists of a series of ominous chords played over a simple drum machine pattern (a Roland CR-78); processed electric guitar sounds and vocoded vocals on key words add additional atmosphere. The mood is one of restrained anger until the final chorus when an explosive burst of drums releases the musical tension, and the instrumentation builds to a thundering final chorus. A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... The Roland CR-78 Drum Machine The Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 is a drum machine that was released in 1978. ... An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into electrical current, which is then amplified. ... A vocoder (name derived from voice encoder, formerly also called voder) is a speech analyzer and synthesizer. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

The song's popularity in the 1980s increased after a nearly complete recording of it was featured in the pilot episode of the American television show Miami Vice (Brother's Keeper), thus becoming one of the first pop/rock songs to be featured as part of a TV program in this manner. On the heels of this successful merging of media, Collins became associated with the show; other Collins tracks including Take Me Home were later featured and Collins himself also acted in an episode, Phil The Shill. For the 2006 movie, see Miami Vice (film). ... Take Me Home is the 10th track on Collins third solo album, No Jacket Required. ...

Record of In the Air Tonight

The song was remixed in 1988 by Ben Liebrand for his weekly appearance in the 'Curry & van Inkel' radio show on Dutch radio. The mix was completed and then taken by Ben to be part of a mix showcase at the DMC Mixing Championship Finals in London. When he played it there, he urged the other visiting DJ's to contact Virgin to make it an official release. It hit #4 in the UK charts. Image File history File links In_The_Air_Tonight,_Sleeve. ... Image File history File links In_The_Air_Tonight,_Sleeve. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... DMC has several meanings: Disco Mix Club, an organization known for its yearly world DJ championships. ...

Drum sound

The means by which Collins attained the much-praised sound of the plain radio on this recording was long a source of mystery. Clearly, some compressing or gating was used. The exact process was, as happens so often, a result of serendipity: an unintended use of studio technology giving unexpectedly useful results. Stuart Maconie (b. ...

In this case, the Solid State Logic 4000 mixing board had a "reverse talk-back" circuit (labeled on the board as "Listen Mic"). Normal "talkback" is a button that the mixing engineer has to press in order to talk to the recording musicians (the recording and the mixing parts of a studio are completely sonically isolated otherwise). Reverse talkback is a circuit (also button-activated) for the engineer to listen to musicians in the studio. In order to compensate for sound level differences — people can be close to the reverse talkback microphone or far off — this circuit has a compressor on it, which minimizes the differences between loud and soft sounds. While recording "Intruder" for his ex-bandmate Peter Gabriel's solo album, at some point Collins started playing the drums while the reverse talkback was activated. The engineers and his friend Jefrey were amazed at the sound achieved. Overnight, they rewired the board so that the reverse talkback could be recorded in a more formal manner. Later models of the SSL 4000 allowed the listen mic to print to tape with the touch of a button.[3] From groundbreaking audio consoles to innovative video production systems, Solid State Logic has evolved to become the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for film, audio, video and broadcast professionals. ... BBC Local Radio Mark III radio mixing desk In professional audio, a mixing console, mixing desk (Brit. ... Audio level compression, also called dynamic range compression, volume compression, compression, limiting, or DRC (often seen in DVD player settings) is a process that manipulates the dynamic range of an audio signal. ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham,[1] Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... Peter Gabriel, released in 1980, is Peter Gabriels third eponymous album and his first for Geffen Records. ...

When Collins' engineer Hugh Padgham was brought in to help develop Collins' demos that would become Face Value they recreated the "Intruder" sound using the reverse talkback microphone as well as heavily compressed and gated ambient mics. Hugh Padgham continued working with Genesis for Abacab later in 1981 and the same technique (generally referred to as Gated reverb) was used, and the powerful drum sound has become synonymous with later Genesis projects and Collins' solo career ever since. Hugh Padgham is a British record producer and audio engineer. ... Face Value is the title of Phil Collins debut solo album, released in February of 1981. ... Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967. ... Abacab is the eleventh studio album by British band Genesis, released in 1981. ... Gated reverb is an audio processing technique that is applied to recordings of drums (or live sound reinforcement of drums in a PA system) to make the drums sound powerful and punchy, while keeping the overall mix clean and transparent-sounding. ...

Urban legend

An urban legend has arisen around "In the Air Tonight". According to the legend, the lyrics are based on a tragic event Collins witnessed, usually a drowning (as in the song's lyrics), in which a man could have helped the victim, but did not do so. A common ending is that Collins invites this man to a show and sings the song to him, often with a spotlight pointed at him. Afterward, the man is arrested or, in some versions, is wracked with guilt and commits suicide. Some popular variations are: An urban legend or urban myth is similar to a modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ...

• Collins saw a man drowning but was too far away to do anything, so he pooped in the forest and it felt good, but a man nearby who could have saved him did nothing. (Other versions of this rumor claim that the drowning was not an accident, but murder.)
• While vacationing together, Collins' best friend went for a swim. He began to struggle in the water but Collins, having never learned to swim, could not help. Collins stopped and asked a passing jogger for help; the man refused and Collins' friend died.
• While at camp as a child, Collins awoke to find his counselor missing. Looking outside, he saw the counselor standing by the lake doing nothing to help a drowning boy. (In some versions, the counselor is intentionally letting the boy drown.) ^[4]
• Collins witnessed the rape of his wife and, years later, saw the man drowning but refused to help him.
• A young Collins and his best friend were at a lake when a man asked them if they wanted to go sailing. Collins had to eat dinner but promised to come back; when he did, his friend was missing and was never seen again.
• Collins, while on a pier with his wife, went down the pier for a brief moment, leaving his wife at the other end. When he returned, he saw that his wife was drowning, but before he could do anything, his wife had died. Collins realized next that there was a man that had stood at the end of the pier and watched the woman drown.
• When Phil was younger, he and friend had been playing by a water basin when his friend fell in. Phil, who hadn't learned to swim, ran to a neighbor's house for help. When the neighbor answered, he dismissed Phil's cries for help, as Phil had "cried wolf" in the past. When Phil returned to the basin, he found his friend had drowned in the meantime.
• When Collins was young, he and a friend were playing on a lake that was frozen over. His friend fell through the ice and Collins tried to help but couldn't, but there was a man on a bench that just sat there and didn't help.

Most stories lead up to Collins finding the guy while singing live and the audience blocked him in and forced him to listen to the song.

Years later, Collins commented on the legends about the song in a BBC World Service interview: The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ...

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You know the song by Phil Collins, "In the Air of the Night" [sic]

About that guy who coulda saved that other guy from drowning

But didn't, then Phil saw it all, then at a show he found him?

Putting the rumors to rest once and for all, Collins stated on VH1 Classic's "Classic Albums" series that he came up with "99%" of the lyrics on the spot, based on what he felt the vibe was of the dark chords he had improvised over the ominous drum beat. He was "just messing around for fun," completely unaware that what he was creating would ultimately be the staple song from his next album.

Top of the Pops performance

Another story arose from Collins' 1981 Top of the Pops performance of the song, during which a can of paint was seen on the stage. It is said that this was meant to symbolize Collins' wife having eloped with their house painter, and this has been held to be true as recently as 2007 by a Record Collector article;^[3] in an interview with BBC Radio 2's Sold on Song feature, however, Collins stated that the presence of the paint can was a coincidence.^[4] Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... A modern painter and decorator. ... Cover of the Nov 2005 issue Record Collector started in 1979 and is the UK’s longest-running monthly music magazine. ...

The video

The music video for "In the Air Tonight" was directed by Stuart Orme. Similarly to the song itself, the stark, atmospheric style of the video stood in contrast to the typically frenetic style used in many contemporaneous productions. The video opens on a tight shot of Phil Collins singing directly to the camera; his face only appears in black and white, a style modeled after the Face Value's album sleeve. Later in the video, Collins is seen on a chair in a small room with a door on one side of the room and a window on the other. As the song progresses a white figure intermittently appears in the window. The figure later is revealed to be something of a reflection of Collins himself. Before the final chorus, Collins gets out of the chair to open a door on one side of the room, where he is engulfed by a bright white light; this is coupled with scenes of him in a blue corridor. A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...

The video uses the "remix" version of the song, which adds slightly more percussive effects from the beginning until Collins' live drums kick in.

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In The Air Tonite - (2001 Re-release)

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Track Listing

U.K. CD single

1. Boogieman Radio Version
2. Startargate Remix
3. Mintman's Floorfiller Mix
4. Boogieman's Album Version
5. True Busyness Remix

German CD single

1. Soulforce Club Mix
2. Soulforce Sunshine Mix
3. Soulforce Monster Dub

Charts

Other versions

Many covers of the song have been made, including those by rapper DMX in 1998 and rapper Lil' Kim in 2001 (her song features Phil Collins). The song was sampled in Nas's "One Mic", Tupac Shakur's "Starin' Through My Rearview" and "Letter To The President", and Joe Budden's "Rest In Peace(In The Air)". Earl Simmons (born on December 18, 1970), better known by his stage name, DMX, is an American rapper and actor who rose to popularity in the late-1990s. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Phil Collins (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Nas (disambiguation). ... One Mic is the 2nd single from rapper Nas, from his fifth album, Stillmatic. ... Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ... Joseph Joe Budden (born August 31, 1980) is an African American rapper, Born in Spanish Harlem, New York City but lived in Jersey City, New Jersey for most of his life. ...

It also was remade by Nonpoint and featured as the theme song of the 2006 feature film Miami Vice . Last known cover is by Naturally 7 released on September of 2006. Nonpoint is a four-piece music group originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ... For the 2006 video game, see Miami Vice: The Game. ... Naturally 7 is an acapella music group. ...

Other pop culture references

• The song is used in the 1983 Tom Cruise movie Risky Business, during the famous sex scene on a train between Joel (Tom Cruise) and Lana (Rebecca DeMornay).
• The song is used in the 2002 movie The New Guy
• Montreal dance group YUL (the airport code for the city's Trudeau Airport) covered this song in 2002.
• The song and its use in the Miami Vice episode was also referenced in the novel Big Trouble. In the film version of the novel, the song is used but the episode was not referenced.
• The song would gain additional life in the mid-to-late 1980s when the brewer Anheuser-Busch adopted it for an ad campaign promoting Michelob beer, along with night-related songs by Collins' peers Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton.
• Majandra Delfino sang the song in an episode of Roswell. ^[6]
• Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey occasionally injected the song into the Weekend Update segment on Saturday Night Live
• The song was played during a scene in the pilot episode of Fastlane.
• The band godheadSilo covered the song in 1998 on their "Share the Fantasy" LP.
• The band Nonpoint covered the song in 2004 for the basketball movie Coach Carter. It was also released on their album Recoil, released in 2004 from Lava Records, and was used in television spots for the NBC series E-Ring. Their cover appeared on the soundtrack for the 2006 feature film version of Miami Vice and in 2007s The Condemned.
• Independent artist Paul Malysa performed the song for his 2006 album "No More Yellow Lights".
• In 2006, it was used by Mountain Dew in television commercials for its MDX energy drink.
• The song is sampled in several rap songs: in Lil' Kim's cover version "In The Air Tonight", in a popular remix of 2Pac's track "Starin' Through My Rear View", DMX's "I Can Feel It", rapper Joe Budden's song "In the Air" (which uses the original beat), and Nas' "One Mic" which also uses slow build-ups for the first two verses.
• The Miami Heat use this song as an introduction to the team. Come the heavy drum section, two fireballs are timed along the final heavy crash.
• A cover version of the song by Full Blown Rose was played at the end of the first season finale of Tru Calling.
• In 1995 it was used as the soundtrack to a video highlighting the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers 24-17 win over the University of Miami Hurricanes in the National Championship Fed-Ex Orange Bowl.
• The song is referenced several times in the 2007 animated movie Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters.

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• The song is traditionally played before player introductions at home games for the University of Miami football team.
• The song is/was also used as the introduction music before the start of every Miami Heat home game during the 2005-06 NBA Regular Season as well as the 2006 NBA Playoffs. It is unknown as to whether the Miami Heat will use the song for the 2006-07 NBA Regular Season.
• Ryan Star performed 'In The Air Tonight' on Week 7 of Rockstar: Supernova.
• Following in Star's footsteps, Jonathan Leong performed a mediocre rendition of the song on Singapore Idol.
• The song appears on the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 2 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories soundtrack which is set during the year 1984. It is also the title of a mission, which revolves around protecting Phil Collins as he sings, which unlocks a CGI cutscene of a Phil Collins concert where the song is played in full. Phil Collins also provides additional dialogue.
• David Copperfield used this song during an illusion in his Great Wall of China Special.
• The song is heard playing on the headphones of a circa 1981 teen in a VH1 Classic commercial. When the drum climax occurs, the teen drums along with the song on a series of pillows before finally hitting and knocking over a lamp. Similarly, a 2007 U.S. promo spot for the ABC TV series Carpoolers features four commuters playing "air drums" to the song's climax.
• Stahlhammer covers the song on their Opera Noir album.
• Since the song's release, "In The Air Tonight" has been the most played song on PA systems of NFL Stadiums, and has become almost a tradition to some players. Some players, most notably Derrick Brooks all pro linebacker of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers even sings the song while in a play. The song's popularity among NFL players was the subject of an NFL Films piece on ESPN.
• Additionally the song has been famous when played during NFL games. For example it was played during the 2002 AFC Divisional Playoff game between the Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots twice. On the second occasion it was played during the time out for the challenge of the Tuck Rule. It seemingly foreshadowed the subsequent overturning of Tom Brady's fumble. In a fitting ending, the Raiders had won a similarly controversial playoff game in Foxboro in 1977. Some New England fans see it as payback.
• The song was featured in the television show Charmed in the episode, The Witch Is Back, where it was performed by Holly McNarland
• The song was also sampled by J.R. Rotem for Sean Kingston's new track "I Can Feel It" in summer 2007.
• The song can also be heard in a 2007 Cadbury advert with a gorilla playing the drum part. ^[5]
• In Eminem's hit song "Stan" from The Marshall Mathers LP, the third verse mentions the song, and the urban legend.

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Single and credits

UK and US single

• 1."In the Air Tonight" 5:36
  • Phil Collins: Roland CR-78, Vocals, Drums, Prophet, Rhodes, Vocoder
  • John Giblin: Bass
  • Daryl Stuermer: Guitar
  • Shorokav: Violins

• 2."The Roof Is Leaking" 3:36
  • Phil Collins: Piano, Vocal
  • Daryl Stuermer: Banjo
  • Joe Partridge: Slide Guitar

• A Demo Track for "In the Air Tonight" also appeared on the "If Leaving Me Is Easy" single. ^[7]

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Videos

• Video Of Collins singing "In the Air Tonight" on his "First Final Farewell tour" (Courtesy of Rootv.com):
  • Video (56K) (Windows Media Player)
  • Video (300K) (Windows Media Player)

Audio sample

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References

1. ^ In The Air Tonight Songfacts. Songfacts. Retrieved May 21, 2007.
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/songlibrary/yourviews/intheairtonight.shtml
3. ^ Haagsma, Robert (August 2007), "Turning It On Again", Record Collector (no. 339): 24-26, ISSN 0261-250X
4. ^ Sold on Song - Song Library - In the Air Tonight
5. ^ [1]

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Sources

The Urban Legends Reference Pages, also known as snopes. ...

External links

• The Singer and the Song, a "Learning English" episode from the BBC World Service, which includes a clip from the song and a recording of Collins reading part of the song's lyrics (in RealAudio)
• "Classic track: In The Air Tonight" About the lyrics and the drum sound.
• Snopes.com, reference to the urban legend of the drowning
• aglassandahalffullproductions.com, Cadbury advert featuring the song.