'In the air tonight' is the debut single by Phil Collins, the first single taken from his 1981 album 'Face value'. Phil Collins himself commented about the lyric of the song: 'I don't know what this song is about. When I was writing this I was going through a divorce. And the only thing I can say about it is that it's obviously in anger. It's the angry side, or the bitter side of a separation.'The song became a number 1 hit in New Zealand and Germany, peaking at number 2 in the Netherlands and the UK. The song's popularity increased later on in the Eighties after a nearly complete recording of it was featured in the pilot episode of the American television show Miami Vice ('Brother's Keeper'), thus becoming one of the first pop/rock songs to be featured as part of a TV programme in this manner.
I bought the single already in 1987, but recently found a limited edition version of it featuring a booklet with drawings by Phil's brother Clive Collins.
My collection: 7" single no. 568 (1 & 2)
Found: Disco Market, Den Haag, 1987 & Record fair, Utrecht, November 22, 2008
Cost: 1 guilder & 1 euro
Tracks: 'In the air tonight' / 'The roof is leaking'
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