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In the Air Tonight

1981 song by Phil Collins
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Summary

In the Air Tonight is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,852 views/month, #32 of 23,006).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: song[3]
  • Genre: rock music[4]
  • Followed by: I Missed Again[5]
  • Producer: Dame Grease[6]
  • Performer: Phil Collins[7]
  • Record label: Virgin Records[8]
  • Part of: Face Value[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Publication date: January 9, 1981[11]
  • Lyricist: Phil Collins[12]
  • Title: In the Air Tonight[13]
  • Has characteristic: debut single[14]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • Genre(s): alternative metal, gothic rock, industrial metal, rock[16]

  • Community tags: alternative metal, gothic rock, industrial metal, rock[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b9a05cea-1b4d-3139-980e-a48e14537800[18]

Why It Matters

In the Air Tonight has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Phil Collins Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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