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In the Air Tonight’s influence, intrigue, and THAT drum break that endures 40 years on – ABC News

In the Air Tonight shaped the sound of the 1980s, but beneath its explosive percussion lies a sinister urban legend.

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It takes three minutes and forty seconds before the signature moment arrives.
A powerful cacophony of drums explodes out of the speakers, taking Phil Collins’ ominous, seething opus In the Air Tonight to another level that has helped it endure for four decades.
The song’s legacy is entwined in that epic drum fill, considered to be one of the all time great pieces of pop percussion.
But there’s a lot more to Collins’ smash hit than drums there’s the air of mystery, a production mistake that shaped…

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