The most popular misinterpretation of the song is that Collins wrote the song after he witnessed a man watch another man drown and did nothing to save the drowning man even though he was very close to the victim and could have saved him.
Having rubbished all the false stories surrounding the song in an interview with BBC, Collins said the song has nothing to do without someone drowning and that it is mainly based on the anger he felt when he was going through a bitter divorce with his first wife Andrea Bertorelli, whom he found out was cheating on him with their interior decorator.
Collins and Andrea were married from to Collins produced the song along with renowned music producer Hugh Padgham. This Phil Collins classic peaked at the number one spot in many countries including Germany and Sweden in It has been sampled by various prominent music artists over the years.
In Stan , Eminem raps briefly about this classic, mentioning the drowning incident in which Collins is said to have seen a man fail to save another man from drowning. Legendary musician Phil Collins has had his share of tumultuous relationships, marrying and divorcing thrice over the span of his career. His first marriage with Andre Bertorelli was probably filled with the most drama and complications.
The two met during their childhood when they were both 11 and Phil was a child actor. They both attended the same school, worked at a theater and dated as teenagers but split at age 18 when Andrea relocated to Canada. After Collins rose to fame as the drummer for Genesis , he reunited and tied the knot with Andrea in Eventually, the two grew apart as Andrea cheated on him with a decorator named Michael Burberry, and Phil is said to have cheated on her with other women as well.
By , Collins and his first wife Andrea had finalized their divorce. For instance, it appeared in the romantic comedy film Risky Business starring Tom Cruise.
The version of the song that appears in said film is performed in Spanish by Esperando a Christine. FYI : The legendary drum crash, which comes towards the end of the song, is widely regarded as one of the most famous drum breaks in the history of music. This made Phil one of the many prominent artists banning Donald Trump from using their songs at his rallies.
Collins is coming from. Thank you Mr. Phil, and take it easy. Damn three divorces unbelievable. You confessed your love to three people.
My ex-husband left me and my daughter for another woman. When he sings I have seen what to did is when I found her dead. When Phil sings I know why you keep your silence is because her father knew what he had done.
Please get in touch with me so I can explain more. God Bless. Wohld love to hear more about your daughters story. My nmae is melissa Richards and Suicide wil be my demise too. Just dont know when. But I know the heartache. Its misery. Contact me. The song was just too good to be real. Entertainment Word Meanings and Definitions. The real meaning of In The Air Tonight. Many people have over the years given their interpretation of the song. But what does In The Air Tonight really mean?
It consists of a series of ominous chords, played by a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 over a drum machine pattern the Roland CR Disco-2 pattern , processed electric guitar and vocoded vocals.
The song builds up until an explosive burst of drums releases the tension. Phil improvised the lyrics during a songwriting session in the studio. He said: "I was just fooling around.
I got these chords that I liked, so I turned the mic on and started singing. The lyrics you hear are what I wrote spontaneously. That frightens me a bit, but I'm quite proud of the fact that I sang Phil's use of the song's drum beat came via an unintended use of studio technology. His Solid State Logic mixing board had a "reverse talk-back" circuit.
Normal "talkback" is a button that the mixing engineer presses in order to talk to the musicians. Whereas, reverse talkback is a button-operated circuit for the engineer to listen to musicians in the studio. In order to compensate for sound level differences, this circuit has a compressor on it, which can minimize the differences between loud and soft sounds. While recording 'Intruder' for Peter Gabriel's third album, Phil started playing the drums while the reverse talkback was activated.
Engineer Hugh Padgham was impressed at the sound, and so they rewired the board so that the reverse talkback could be recorded more easily.
The original single version of the song features extra drums that play underneath the song until the signature drum crash. These were added after it was suggested to do so by Atlantic Records chief Ahmet Ertegun. Phil said: "Ahmet came down to the final mix in the cutting room in New York. The drums don't come in until the end but Ahmet didn't know that at this point, because on the demo the drums hadn't come in at all; it was only drum machine all the way.
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