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key confidence high · relative F major · tempo confidence high · double-time 189.0 · low end 23% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12 · how accurate
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- Sampled by2Pac featuring Outlawz, Staring Through My Rear Viewsource
- Sampled by2Pac featuring Outlawz, Staring Through My Rear Viewsource
- CoveredAnthony Vincentsource
- CoveredBertie Blackmansource
- Sampled byDMX, I Can Feel Itsource
- Sampled byDMX, I Can Feel Itsource
- CoveredEric Claptonsource
- CoveredGiorgio Gee & NALYROsource
- Sampled byGirl Talk, What It’s All Aboutsource
- Sampled byGirl Talk, What It’s All Aboutsource
- CoveredGlennis Gracesource
- CoveredGregoriansource
- Sampled byJohnny Go Mental, I Can Feel Itsource
- Sampled byJohnny Go Mental, I Can Feel Itsource
- Sampled byLe$, In the Airsource
- Sampled byLe$, In the Airsource
- Sampled byNas, One Micsource
- Sampled byNas, One Micsource
- Sampled byNeil Cicierega, Annoyed Gruntsource
- Sampled byNeil Cicierega, Annoyed Gruntsource
- Remixed byNora en Pure & Lika Morgan, In the Air Tonight (Sons of Maria remix)source
- Remixed byNora en Pure & Lika Morgan, In the Air Tonight (Sons of Maria remix)source
- CoveredONEFOUR feat Jimmy Barnes & Jessica Mauboysource
- Sampled byowl starlight, cruel musicsource
- Sampled byowl starlight, cruel musicsource
- Written byPhil Collinssource
- Remixed byPhil Collins, In the Air Tonight (’88 remix)source
- Remixed byPhil Collins, In the Air Tonight (’88 remix)source
- CoveredRay Wilsonsource
- CoveredRoyal Philharmonic Orchestrasource
- Sampled bySean Kingston, I Can Feel Itsource
- Sampled bySean Kingston, I Can Feel Itsource
- CoveredState Azure feat. Syberlillysource
- CoveredState Azuresource
- CoveredStill Collinssource
- CoveredTigeroarsource
Why it is here
- The song's famous drum break, called 'the sleekest, most melodramatic drum break in history' by critics, became a defining moment in 1980s music production. source
- Collins wrote the song's lyrics spontaneously while grieving his 1980 divorce, giving the track its unusually raw and improvised emotional tension. source
- The track's gated reverb drum sound was praised by musicians like Ozzy Osbourne, who called the drum fill 'the best ever,' and it set a template for 1980s drum production according to critic Stuart Maconie. source
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