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“In The Air Tonight” is a song Phil Collins. The name of this music artist is a household in the world of music. His name, coupled with is wonderful songs, cut across all ages and generations. Even generation Z (Gen-Z) recognise and enjoy his songs which was released before their birth. Phil Collins, in my opinion, is one of the most proficient and talented musician the world have ever seen.
“In The Air Tonight” was the first single from Phil Collins’ debut solo album “Face Value” released in the year 1981. This impressive song is a solo work of English prolific singer, songwriter, drummer, and producer.
As a solo artist, he has sold more than 100 million records, won 7 Grammys, 6 Brit awards, and an Oscar. He was born on 30th January 1951 in Chiswick, London, United Kingdom. He’s a living legend!
However, Phil Collins wrote the song during the grief he felt after divorcing his first wife Andrea Bertorelli in the year 1980. The divorce contributed to his 1979 hiatus from Genesis (A then popular band group based in UK), until the band regrouped in October of that year to record the album Duke.
And all of the original songs on the Face Value album, including follow-up hit ‘I Missed Again’, were intended to be “messages” to his first wife, in an attempt to lure her back to him. Also, from the lyrics, there’s a lot of anger, a lot of despair and a lot of frustration behind this very song.