In the Air Tonight

"In the Air Tonight"
"In the Air Tonight"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album Face Value
B-side	"The Roof Is Leaking"
Released	9 January 1981
Recorded	1980
Studio	Townhouse (London)
Genre	Experimental pop; soft rock;
Length	5:34 (album version); 4:59 (single edit);
Label	Virgin; Atlantic;
Songwriter(s)	Phil Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Collins; Hugh Padgham;
Phil Collins singles chronology
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

↑ "BPI > Certified Awards > Search results for Phil Collins (page 3)". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
↑ 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
↑ 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)
↑ "In the Air Tonight". snopes.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

Phil Collins songs
Discography
Face Value	"In the Air Tonight" "I Missed Again" "If Leaving Me Is Easy"
Hello, I Must Be Going!	"Thru These Walls" "You Can't Hurry Love" "I Don't Care Anymore" "Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away" "Why Can't It Wait 'Til Morning" "I Cannot Believe It's True"
No Jacket Required	"Sussudio" "One More Night" "Don't Lose My Number" "Take Me Home"
Buster	"A Groovy Kind of Love" "Two Hearts"
...But Seriously	"Another Day in Paradise" "I Wish It Would Rain Down" "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" "That's Just the Way It Is" "Do You Remember?" "Hang in Long Enough"
Serious Hits... Live!	"Do You Remember?" (live) "Who Said I Would" (live)
Both Sides	"Both Sides of the Story" "Everyday" "We Wait and We Wonder"
Dance into the Light	"Dance into the Light" "It's in Your Eyes" "No Matter Who" "Wear My Hat" "The Same Moon"
...Hits	"True Colors"
Tarzan	"You'll Be in My Heart" "Two Worlds" "Strangers Like Me" "Son of Man"
Testify	"Can't Stop Loving You" "Come with Me" "Wake Up Call"/"The Least You Can Do"
Brother Bear	"Look Through My Eyes" "No Way Out"
Going Back	"(Love Is Like a) Heatwave" "Going Back"
Featured singles	"Do They Know It's Christmas?" "Easy Lover" "Hero" "In the Air Tonite" "Home"
Other singles	"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "Separate Lives" "Somewhere"
Other songs	"The Man with the Horn" "You Ought to Know..."
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