Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

“In the Air Tonight” is a song by British musician Phil Collins, released in 1981 as the lead single from his debut solo album, “Face Value.” The single was released on January 9, 1981 with “The Roof Is Leaking” on the B-side. The song has since become one of Collins’ most famous and iconic hits: it topped the singles charts in Germany, Sweden and other countries. In the UK, it peaked at #2.

The song’s signature sound is the use of the Roland CR-78 drum machine, which provides a distinctive, ominous drum fill that comes in halfway through the song. The lyrics of the song are somewhat ambiguous, and there has been much speculation over the years about their meaning. The most widely accepted interpretation is that the song is about Collins’ divorce from his first wife, Andrea Bertorelli, in 1980.

Collins has said that the song was written after a particularly emotional night in which he was going through a lot of personal turmoil. He has also described the song as being “a bit of a puzzle,” and has said that he likes to leave it up to the listener to interpret the lyrics as they see fit.

The music video was directed by Stuart Orme. It animates the photograph of Collins’s face from the cover of the Face Value album, slowly fading in through the introduction until it fills the screen, singing the first chorus. The video then cuts to Collins sitting in an empty room at night.

“In the Air Tonight” has been covered and sampled by numerous artists over the years, and it has also been used in several movies and TV shows, including the scene from the first episode of the television series Miami Vice. In 2004, the American rock band Nonpoint recorded a cover for their album, Recoil. This cover would later be featured in the soundtrack of the 2006 film adaptation of Miami Vice.