In the Air Tonight

"In the Air Tonight"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Face Value
B-side"The Roof Is Leaking"
Released9 January 1981[1]
Recorded1980
StudioTownhouse (London)
Genre
Length
  • 5:34 (album version)
  • 4:59 (single edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Phil Collins
Producer(s)
Phil Collins singles chronology
"In the Air Tonight"
(1981) 		"I Missed Again"
(1981)
"Separate Lives"
(1985)
"In the Air Tonight"
(1988)
"A Groovy Kind of Love"
(1988)
"You Touch My Heart"
(2005)
"In the Air Tonight"
(2007)
"(Love Is Like a) Heatwave"
(2010)
Music video
"In the Air Tonight" on YouTube

"In the Air Tonight" is a soft rock song by English drummer and singer Phil Collins. It was released on Collins' first solo album Face Value in 1981. The song has been featured in many advertisements such as Cadbury and movies such as The Hangover (2009).

The song has a long running false rumour that it was about a drowning that Collins had witnessed. American rapper Eminem made reference to this in the song "Stan".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Phil Collins (page 3)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Mills, Gary (26 May 2010). "No Flak Jacket Required: In Defence Of Phil Collins". The Quietus. Retrieved 23 October 2015. the single's place in 1981 at the vanguard of experimental pop
  3. ↑ Gruss, Mike (11 July 2007). "I've been Waiting for a theme song all my life". The Virginian-Pilot. Daily Break section, p. E1. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013. ... Phil Collins' 1981 soft-rock classic 'In the Air Tonight.'(subscription required)
  4. ↑ "In the Air Tonight". snopes.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.