Phil Collins, "In The Air Tonight" (1981)
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This, as we used to say, was "the jam". Everybody was turning it up on their car stereo and driving just a little faster when it came on.
What was it about ? Collins said he wrote it while going through a divorce and it was more about his mood than any specific event. But that wasn’t good enough for some fans. The urban legend developed that Collins had witnessed someone let a person drown, and called them out during a concert. ("Totally untrue," Collins insists.)
Nonetheless, the song was badass enough to be used as incidental music on the show Miami Vice during a chase and changed lives in small ways:
A bunch of us became Miami Vice aficionados 🙋🏽♀️never missing an episode.
At least two people I know credit the song with their decision to take up the drums.
Larry seriously considered moving to Florida—but we talked him out of it.
This, as we used to say, was "the jam". Everybody was turning it up on their car stereo and driving just a little faster when it came on.
What was it about ? Collins said he wrote it while going through a divorce and it was more about his mood than any specific event. But that wasn’t good enough for some fans. The urban legend developed that Collins had witnessed someone let a person drown, and called them out during a concert. ("Totally untrue," Collins insists.)
Nonetheless, the song was badass enough to be used as incidental music on the show Miami Vice during a chase and changed lives in small ways:
A bunch of us became Miami Vice aficionados 🙋🏽♀️never missing an episode.
At least two people I know credit the song with their decision to take up the drums.
Larry seriously considered moving to Florida—but we talked him out of it.
