In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins - MP3 instrumental karaoke

Name an '80s song with a more famous drum fill than "In the Air Tonight." This boxy soft rock tour de force is Phil Collins's debut solo single and arguably one of his best-known tracks, heralded for its dramatic drum break that crashes in around the 3.40 mark and transforms the minimal pop song (which the Genesis member wrote in a period of grief following the divorce of his first wife Andrea Bertorelli) from 1980. "Well, I remember! / I remember, don't worry / How could I ever forget? / It's the first time, the last time we ever met / But I know the reason why you keep your silence up / No, you don't fool me / Well, the hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows / It's no stranger to you and me," he sings on verse two. "In the Air Tonight" was released as the lead single from Phil Collins's debut solo album, Face Value, in January 1981 and reached Number 2 on the UK singles chart – second to John Lennon's "Woman" – while reaching Number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.