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In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins

In the Air Tonight

Phil Collins

Key
D minor
Camelot
7A
BPM
94.5

Key confidence high · relative F major (7B) · BPM confidence high · double-time 189.0 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-12

The recording is tuned near 456 Hz, not A440.

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As of 2026-11-04, "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins has charted in 41 markets across 4 platforms, peaking at #4 (AT) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads D minor (7A) at 94.5 BPM.

Markets
41
First seen
2026-07-20
Latest chart date
2026-11-04
Peak
#4 at

Started in 3 markets, now in 41.

Why it's moving

  • #54 on Shazam in 35 countriesOct 24
  • #18 in Shazam's fastest risers in 2 countriessince Aug 20
  • On Shazam in 19 countries, up from 6Oct 14–24
  • Climbed #88 → #77 in Germany on ShazamOct 17–24
  • Climbed #195 → #159 in Spain on ShazamOct 18–23
  • Climbed #144 → #90 in Switzerland on ShazamOct 17–24
Signal breakdown
Velocity46.2
Play growth0.0
Breadth60.7
Acceleration46.5
Discovery71.7
New entry0.0
Sources moving3

Score 61.9

Why it's 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. [1] Collins wrote the song's lyrics spontaneously while grieving his 1980 divorce, giving the track its unusually raw and improvised emotional tension. [2] 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. [3]

releaseDrafted 2026-09-18Confidence 0.90

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 2 other handles of this record (remasters, official videos).

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. Greecegr · shazam#13
  3. United Statesus · shazam · 2 cities#18
  4. Canadaca · shazam#48
  5. Italyit · shazam#67
  6. Solomon Islandssb · applemusic#88
  7. Chilecl · shazam#88
  8. Finlandfi · shazam#158
  9. Germanyde · shazam#64

Worldwide feeds · not markets

A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.

  1. MarketFirst seenPeak
  2. World feedworld · shazam#45

City pickups

City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.

  1. us 2 cities · best #18 cincinnati
  2. mx 1 city · best #43 tijuana

Listen

Apple Music
Elsewhere

Editions

  1. 2026-10-24Chart-only edition#48
  2. 2026-10-23Chart-only edition#21
  3. 2026-10-22Chart-only edition#32
  4. 2026-10-21Chart-only edition#37
  5. 2026-10-20Chart-only edition#33
  6. 2026-10-18Chart-only edition#27
  7. 2026-10-17Chart-only edition#44

Identity

ISRC
USAT21502120

The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.

Slug
phil-collins__in-the-air-tonight

Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).

Sources
applemusic, deezer, shazam, spotify

Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.

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What moved this week, and why.

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Ranks and positions only. We hold no licensed stream counts and never imply one. Every date on this page is the date the source chart covers.

Data: Apple Music, Shazam, Spotify, Deezer · Chart: Rotation