All those stories are bull. He said it in an interview with Steve Sabol (NFL films), he was surprised many football players used it t get hyped up before games.
i love this song of my dad he died we where driving down the road with this song and a truck hit us on driver side and killed him and every time i listen to this song i cry so hard i go to sleep for 1 day.
it is about someone drowning. when phil and one if his best friends went out fishing they had too much to drink, his friend fell in and drowned... it's sad really, especialy that he couldn't help him.
Very good song I love the beat the video I'm not such a big fan of doe but why is every one debating over if he really watch someone drown its just a song imean really.
Phil said this in a BBC interview: "I don't know what this song is about. When I was writing this I was going through a divorce. And the only thing I can say about it is that it's obviously in anger. It's the angry side, or the bitter side of a separation. So what makes it even more comical is when I hear these stories which started many years ago, particularly in America, of someone come up to me and say, 'Did you really see someone drowning?' I said, 'No, wrong'.."
umm actually he wrote this during his divorce and he has no clue what it was really about. he just wrote it to make him feel better the drums represent his anger over it. understand?
@starkiller20293 I heard he wrote this about a friend (for example: Bob) that let one of his (Phil) closest friends die in front of him (Bob). Now his friend (Bob) is having a close friend die and it happens in front of Phil. So he 'got back' at his friend (Bob).
lol Collins has said himself that he doesn't know why everyone thinks its about someone drowning, and that he just wrote it out of anger during a bad divorce with his wife.
phil collins had a best friend at around the age of 13 and they were playing by the ice and his friend fell in. there was a man that came by and said ill go for help and never cam back phil collins spent so long searching for this man and put him front row of this concert and sang this the man left in disgrace because he knew what he had done.
Phil collins saw someone drowning and he was to far away to do anything.He dod see some1 who could save him.... but he didnt.phil theninvited the man to a concert and sang this song to him.Its sad........
Wow, the video really captures the song's mood! All the darkness and shadow fit with the pain and anger he feels. I love the drum machine pattern and the drum solo at 3:19!
I think people shuld stop thinking that Phill collins sore a man drown etcc,, In that Box over there >>> It ses what the song is about, People shuld readd .
wat the fuck R yall smoking,its a good song fuck Y he wrote it,if it's going 2 B that depressing,Mr.Collins just created a masterpieace when he dropped this 1
a girl i worked with said this song was about a guy that mollested Phil Collins.....she said that she heard Phil Collins talk about it, what an idiot she is
Im love phill collins and im only 11 most kids say phill collins is shit but i dont hes awesome and my favorite musician of all time ive listened to his for 9 years straight
i was like 8 when my dad turn the radio on to a classic station and this song was playing i just completely loove this when i heard for the first time (Phil Collins in amazing) drummer and signer
read the comments above about that but he says it was a very confusing angry time with his exwife divorcing him, but to tell you the truth any one could match that with any other angry situtation and point that to phil collins.
WHAT! because the song quality is awesome maybe not the video but Phil didnt make the song for you to watch the video idiot music videos ruin the song
You know what else it sounds like, if you read the lyrics, it also sounds like he's talking to like a murderer or a pedofile or something. Think of that when you listen/read the lyrics and it kind of fits. It can fit into a bunch of scenarios.
u kno wat i dont get bout the myth, its lik phil watch a guy watch another guy drown rite. so aint it lik phil watched the guy in the water drown to? lik he coulda saved him to but instead he wrote a song bout, the other guy bein wrong for not savin the kid in the water. but hey jus a myth so probly not tru... great song no the less, u can feel the emotion. simple beat yet affective beat to
well...like rest of you idk. But i heard reason he claims its not bout the drowning kid was because when they shined the spotlight on the guy it was too much for him to take..and he left and committed suicide few days later, and they didn't wish to claim to have caused that. Idk if it's true or not but...if it has nothing to do with him, why the hell was the guy there in front row? Idk i dont follow phil collins...good song though.
somebody told me his little brother drowned when they were young a grown man saw it didnt help so when collins got famous he invited the same man to his show w front row tickets
yea thats the point of the song. its pretty sad. i want to find the first time this was live. they put the spotlight on the guy who watched his little brother died.
Phil said: "When someone says, 'Now, tell me Phil, what is it really about?', I say I don't know. I have no idea because I made it up as I went along ... I didn't know what I was singing about. I mean obviously, when you're going through a divorce, all kinds of things run through your mind. There's anger, there's bitterness, there's hurt, you know. And all that stuff is in In The Air Tonight. Menace, you know. Finally losing your temper at the end when the drums come in."
o_o ... genius. plain genius.
Terrorfonzo 3 months ago
epic drum roll 3.18
daniwee97 6 months ago
i love this song im only 11 years old and u drumed to this song
kingcode9 1 year ago
Soooo Good it makes my balls tingle!
jackharrisuk 1 year ago 2
THE BEST OF THE BEST !!
maniek931 1 year ago
3:19 looooove.
xBabyAmandaa 1 year ago
best...drum solo...EVER!
PAINfullyOWNED 1 year ago
@PAINfullyOWNED haha raywilliamjohnson
terren1000 1 year ago
All those stories are bull. He said it in an interview with Steve Sabol (NFL films), he was surprised many football players used it t get hyped up before games.
raul7ltx 3 years ago
woow.....very .......FUKING AWESOME!!
Jjxarena 3 years ago
I think its about lots of things all of use have commented and he can feel stuff in the air maybe like a ghost like all his friends and families,
And RWR,
May Your Dad Rest In Peace
X8SkullBoy8X 3 years ago
The best version...
Search for "Phil Collins Max"
:)
mushin111 3 years ago
the song takes a magnificent transformation in the last phase
chispoo111 3 years ago
i think it is about his wife died that night and he song this song
rwr94 3 years ago
i love this song of my dad he died we where driving down the road with this song and a truck hit us on driver side and killed him and every time i listen to this song i cry so hard i go to sleep for 1 day.
rwr94 3 years ago
that's what i remember hearing on some talk how, but i forget.
ChrisDodge77 3 years ago
it is about someone drowning. when phil and one if his best friends went out fishing they had too much to drink, his friend fell in and drowned... it's sad really, especialy that he couldn't help him.
ChrisDodge77 3 years ago
Never Mind
ALLSTARCHEER96 3 years ago
when does it say I REMEBAAAA?
ALLSTARCHEER96 3 years ago
super fuckin' great thank you
retart6969 3 years ago
lol stewie was singing this xD
wickedd song :D
PrettyAnimeGal 3 years ago
Very good song I love the beat the video I'm not such a big fan of doe but why is every one debating over if he really watch someone drown its just a song imean really.
lakertwofour 3 years ago
good song, aint it bout sum1 drowning?
nonzulu 3 years ago
Phil said this in a BBC interview: "I don't know what this song is about. When I was writing this I was going through a divorce. And the only thing I can say about it is that it's obviously in anger. It's the angry side, or the bitter side of a separation. So what makes it even more comical is when I hear these stories which started many years ago, particularly in America, of someone come up to me and say, 'Did you really see someone drowning?' I said, 'No, wrong'.."
Read about it on wikipedia.
hedlundman 3 years ago
why does everything have to have an answer...its open to interpretation or may just be as he said an angry response to a bad divorce.....JEEZ!!!
jimmyl324 3 years ago
Good Song !!!!
BloodStained27 3 years ago
This 1 is the best of the "Miami Vice('80)" Soundtracks! Wonderfull!
We love you Phil!
klsa21 3 years ago
er if he wrote this about him watching someone drowning. why the hell didnt he try to get them out?
danoxo15 3 years ago
J'adore ce chanteur...
reservedforyou 3 years ago 2
This track was in a beer commercial called Michelob if I am not mistaken.
BJSteigner 3 years ago
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God, i fucking hate this old c***
samdusk 3 years ago
it is about him watching someone drowning some one theres a documentary on it
brianbeamer13 3 years ago
If you think that Phil Collins wrote this song about some faggot drowning then you are a retard.
Eternitism 3 years ago
Look it up and you'll feel retarded
Cowlicker14 3 years ago
umm actually he wrote this during his divorce and he has no clue what it was really about. he just wrote it to make him feel better the drums represent his anger over it. understand?
starkiller20293 3 years ago 6
@starkiller20293 I heard he wrote this about a friend (for example: Bob) that let one of his (Phil) closest friends die in front of him (Bob). Now his friend (Bob) is having a close friend die and it happens in front of Phil. So he 'got back' at his friend (Bob).
iiiRevize 3 months ago
lol Collins has said himself that he doesn't know why everyone thinks its about someone drowning, and that he just wrote it out of anger during a bad divorce with his wife.
BloodySerpent 3 years ago
well listen to the song stan and then come back and play this
insanepsychokiller66 3 years ago
A truly gifted artist
GozoStardust 3 years ago
this song touches my soul with finger tips like the mid night breeze does
ttxox 3 years ago
yet it has such bad drums.. i heard ones on radio av ersion with good drums
Aur0rah 3 years ago
O MY GOD I LOVE THA GUY. HE IS THE HERO.
rosteen2000 3 years ago
this song touch me in the soul awesome
Ady00pk 3 years ago
in the lyrics it states it nite time and he would have to be old enough to know who this man was
WOLFPRINT134 3 years ago
Great Song,I've Always Loved it!!!
kommandant2 3 years ago 2
phil collins had a best friend at around the age of 13 and they were playing by the ice and his friend fell in. there was a man that came by and said ill go for help and never cam back phil collins spent so long searching for this man and put him front row of this concert and sang this the man left in disgrace because he knew what he had done.
littledirt929 3 years ago
wow pretty decent basket of bullshit you loaded up there. check the more info section on the side and do your research dork.
geodavis 3 years ago 2
Sounds like a "Lifetime" feature.
Really, where did you hear that bull?
Mbk606 3 years ago
Phil collins saw someone drowning and he was to far away to do anything.He dod see some1 who could save him.... but he didnt.phil theninvited the man to a concert and sang this song to him.Its sad........
WOLFPRINT134 3 years ago
yeah great story except it says what the song is about in the more info section. cute though
geodavis 3 years ago
my old school parents got me hooked on this song
lonz89 3 years ago
Wow, the video really captures the song's mood! All the darkness and shadow fit with the pain and anger he feels. I love the drum machine pattern and the drum solo at 3:19!
guitarcastle2 3 years ago
I think people shuld stop thinking that Phill collins sore a man drown etcc,, In that Box over there >>> It ses what the song is about, People shuld readd .
7896RockY 3 years ago
Opps i mean I like this on that movie the new guy. haha
supremeLeader001 3 years ago
I this on the movie "The New Guy" wannabe cool dude on there haha.
supremeLeader001 3 years ago
I don't give a shit about makeup, but I do like Phil Collins, so yes, I will forget about it ...
JohanKH 3 years ago
ganz geil
Marineshadow86 3 years ago 2
dedicated to all muds!
RAHOWA1416 3 years ago
the song was written while he was going through a bad divorce
TreeMonster193 3 years ago 2
wat the fuck R yall smoking,its a good song fuck Y he wrote it,if it's going 2 B that depressing,Mr.Collins just created a masterpieace when he dropped this 1
Knowledge088 3 years ago
it is a great song but i hate when people say he wrote it because of this and that my mom met him 1 time
insanepsychokiller66 3 years ago
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EziixPked 3 years ago
a girl i worked with said this song was about a guy that mollested Phil Collins.....she said that she heard Phil Collins talk about it, what an idiot she is
infinite000infinite 3 years ago
no it is about some guy that had drowned and he saw it all and did not save him from dieing so he came back to haunt phil
insanepsychokiller66 3 years ago
yea this is a bad ass song!!!!
brissima 3 years ago
I love this song:)
naturalpride 3 years ago
man the fuking 80's ruled
kazer4 3 years ago 3
this is my favorite song and im 12
marine2918 3 years ago
lol, me too!
fartcake2 3 years ago
ZOMG i love this song.. i grew up on it... but when i saw the film clip 4 it it used 2 scare me. lol. cya
prankstar4 3 years ago
3:19 is like the climax to a really good orgasim.
nicklinkzelda 3 years ago
(Intrigued from a psychological standpoint)
Really, how so?
Mbk606 3 years ago
lol well said.
gangstaCANDY 3 years ago
LEGENDARY!!!
wowFREeEeEEK 3 years ago 8
This is truly one of the greatest songs in music history.
jimbo1771 3 years ago
the drums are wat make this song "great"
stvhr2 3 years ago 3
good song!
ShockwaveGUY 3 years ago
this song is amazing
:D
raseori 3 years ago
Im love phill collins and im only 11 most kids say phill collins is shit but i dont hes awesome and my favorite musician of all time ive listened to his for 9 years straight
supermario1232 3 years ago
Good to see some kids still stick to the classics.
Mbk606 3 years ago
i was like 8 when my dad turn the radio on to a classic station and this song was playing i just completely loove this when i heard for the first time (Phil Collins in amazing) drummer and signer
mapumac 3 years ago
best fucking song ever :]
xokayla1226 3 years ago
the guy pulled in a drum set and caught right on the notes
ontherunyankee 3 years ago
my dad saw this concert live he said it was crazy with the drums
ontherunyankee 3 years ago
classic
racheepache798 3 years ago
why wont he come back to singing?. i havent heard of him in a while.. he should at least make one more album
THERIPPER216 3 years ago
this video was good
lets chat G0
EvilTiffany305 3 years ago
I absolutely LOVE this song!
chericola33 3 years ago
Some amazing drumming
Yet so simple
MrDerp24 3 years ago
great song!
evenshadow 3 years ago
i looovveee this song so bad one of my favs love ya phill great song
OceanAfrica2828 3 years ago
i like the druming it's really awsome lol!!
musicfanvids 3 years ago
A very haunting, atmospheric song. One of Phil's best indeed.
generatorx 3 years ago
One Of Phil Collins Best.
GigityGigity2903 3 years ago
great song, with one of the greatest percussion intro's everr: 3:18 - 3:21 probably one of the coolest yet most simple
reptar1994 3 years ago 2
great song
capamerica68 3 years ago
read the comments above about that but he says it was a very confusing angry time with his exwife divorcing him, but to tell you the truth any one could match that with any other angry situtation and point that to phil collins.
Blashada 3 years ago
That's eally wierd cause when i posted that other comment I didn't even read the description which had the exact same thing that i said in it
jayandsilentbob96 3 years ago
Ok, listen to the song stan and it will tell a brief explanation of this song in the end when stan is in the car.
jayandsilentbob96 3 years ago
The song is about what happens when you try to keep secrets! Like Politicians...just another lie!
odinspromise 3 years ago
No, he's just mad
thehbk10 3 years ago
WKED SONG
behind65 3 years ago
All you guys that get into silly fights r so stupid. Its a music video, who cares, enjoy it and if you dont.. WHY THE HELL R U LISTENING TO IT?
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cammy0896 3 years ago
LOL alrite mate im entitled to my opinion, i just think that this particular video is poor quality thats all!! trickyfeet dont get to uptight
waynio121 3 years ago
what does phil trying to tell in this song ? i didnt understand at all
drmanyuka 3 years ago
He was really mad
thehbk10 3 years ago
wat the hell does any of this have to do with drowning!!!!
MiTcHmAnRuLz 3 years ago
Das Song ist super schön! ;)
ICH LIEBE IHN! Bei diesem Song
kommen mir immer die Tränen, weil es sehr
schöne Momente waren zu dieser zeit. ;(
DAS IST EINER DER BESTEN SONG'S AUF
DIESER WELT!!! :D
chattmaus1313 3 years ago 2
I love this song since I was 10 years old! I miss the silence and the emotions in soe songs, today!
germanrocky16 3 years ago 2
nonpoint's cover is better in my opinion, but this is a classic, but it's too.... softish
TheDawg412 3 years ago
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the first 2 times it its awsome but then it gets boring
Aussie1221 3 years ago
I have been Wondering what the name of this song i for so Long im so glad i found it
Im 15 But i like this type of music better than what the produce today
nejimaster 3 years ago
one of the best songs ever created no doubt. especially the so called "story" behind it...whether its true or not its an intense story
slayernrb 3 years ago 2
POOR QUALITY OR WHAT!!!!
waynio121 3 years ago
WHAT! because the song quality is awesome maybe not the video but Phil didnt make the song for you to watch the video idiot music videos ruin the song
trickyfeet 3 years ago
badass song
donkrydr 3 years ago
okayy so this song is pretty amazing
no matter how many times i listen to it, it never gets old!
cae817 3 years ago 5
bullshit yes it does
Aussie1221 3 years ago
uhmm then wtff you listening too?
look +4...whatcha got to say now?
cae817 3 years ago
good
zezima6270 3 years ago
hey im black..
and to me this is a iight song...
THE BEAT IS SO SMOOTH AND HARD!!!
BUT HIT VOICE REALLY MAKES THE SONG
brangeez08 3 years ago
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Am I the only person who hates this song?
cookieookie 3 years ago
Yes
chives123456 3 years ago 3
cookieookie, yeah basically. Well, you and all the other people out their with horrible taste in music.
dohczeppelin 3 years ago
oh ok good for you, you don't have to insult me for a comment I made. Go do what you want.
cookieookie 3 years ago
such an american classic!
if you havent heard dis song den wow
carmelocamario 3 years ago
American Classic??
Not exactly.
It was a hit in England first, long before the US took notice.
It didn't take off in America until it was part of the pilot for Miami Vice. And they used it in subsequent episodes.
For some reason, some people still think Collins stole this from Miami Vice.
Idiots!!!
Kal99 3 years ago
This song gives me the same chills as the 1996 Chicago Bulls. Freezing sensation.
iakny 3 years ago
I have been waiting like 5 years or more to know the name of this song and the author.. finally !!
gives me such a good vibration!!
sanajwa 3 years ago
It took you five years to find out the name of one of the most popular songs of all time...?
PGNX 3 years ago
Yeah! As u may guess.. i just knew the melody not the lyric, singer or title.. anyone around me knew or could guess.. until today
miracle ah??
i bet u dont know all the popular things in this world men!
Peace
sanajwa 3 years ago
An awesome song. The drumming is simply Epic. Great vocals, great music. A definate Classic
eridude1988 3 years ago 2
lyrics are a little wierd but very good song
isnype2 3 years ago
thats what makes the song so great! =]
disneygurlie345 3 years ago 2
budget video
TeamXtreeme619 3 years ago 2
You know what else it sounds like, if you read the lyrics, it also sounds like he's talking to like a murderer or a pedofile or something. Think of that when you listen/read the lyrics and it kind of fits. It can fit into a bunch of scenarios.
Meesacool 3 years ago
That's partly why its so good, you can fill in its own meaning with whatever meaning suits you best.
BloodySerpent 3 years ago
LATE NIGHT RIDE OUT
BROOKLYNBOOY 3 years ago
best drummning eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rockroller101 3 years ago
u kno wat i dont get bout the myth, its lik phil watch a guy watch another guy drown rite. so aint it lik phil watched the guy in the water drown to? lik he coulda saved him to but instead he wrote a song bout, the other guy bein wrong for not savin the kid in the water. but hey jus a myth so probly not tru... great song no the less, u can feel the emotion. simple beat yet affective beat to
musickmarvel1 3 years ago
this song was on miami vice on brothers
keepers
joeparzych2 3 years ago
wooooooooooo! great song
2189387 3 years ago
lol i heard this song on vice city stories great song!
what0103 3 years ago
so haunting if you know about the myth....i love it, and the clip is so dark and mysterious
maudale 3 years ago
kinda scary...but very good
Damianlover987 3 years ago
well...like rest of you idk. But i heard reason he claims its not bout the drowning kid was because when they shined the spotlight on the guy it was too much for him to take..and he left and committed suicide few days later, and they didn't wish to claim to have caused that. Idk if it's true or not but...if it has nothing to do with him, why the hell was the guy there in front row? Idk i dont follow phil collins...good song though.
36fastback 3 years ago
the best song in the universe
ammiccho 3 years ago
Thats my opinion too.
iakny 3 years ago
when i was at skl there were talkin bout the disco and played this song
Megs89100 3 years ago
great song
i love his muusic
<3
Brooke12190 3 years ago
I remember back in the 80's , as a kid, riding in the backseat of my parent's car, this song playing with a red sunset over Montreal...magic.
dorkscrew 3 years ago 2
It sounds beautiful. I should've been there.
QuestCardGuardian 3 years ago
this is an awsome song but if i was up there and they put the spot light on him i would kick his ass
sius12333 3 years ago
i love this song
bosporus87 3 years ago
somebody told me his little brother drowned when they were young a grown man saw it didnt help so when collins got famous he invited the same man to his show w front row tickets
dicidec 3 years ago
Jesus, the tabloid news really spreads....
LatentExpression 3 years ago 2
yea thats the point of the song. its pretty sad. i want to find the first time this was live. they put the spotlight on the guy who watched his little brother died.
d3ricxblacki3x11 3 years ago
no, song was wrote cause he caught his wife cheating on him.
SicSniper4unreal 3 years ago
me encanta* phil collins
dramaticoprincesa 3 years ago
me encatan phil collins
dramaticoprincesa 3 years ago
best drum!!!
skizzo909 3 years ago 3
LOL, I love this song more then my wife.
Fijian369 3 years ago 6
wicked drum beat
ctheman07 3 years ago 3
This song is fucking good. The beat just gets you all fired up.
NYSecond 3 years ago 5
love this song best eva loveing dahh drums
hanniieebabbee 3 years ago 2
i don't know why but this song gets me all fired up i love it
mstang67man 3 years ago 3
3:16 is the best
Raimpzz 3 years ago 2
awesome
dragonweilder101 3 years ago
I Can Play The Drums Like That The Base Drum Part ha it sounds sooo cool
clay32174 3 years ago
Thats BASS drum buddy!
auto4union 3 years ago 4
Phil said: "When someone says, 'Now, tell me Phil, what is it really about?', I say I don't know. I have no idea because I made it up as I went along ... I didn't know what I was singing about. I mean obviously, when you're going through a divorce, all kinds of things run through your mind. There's anger, there's bitterness, there's hurt, you know. And all that stuff is in In The Air Tonight. Menace, you know. Finally losing your temper at the end when the drums come in."
bailey000006 3 years ago
always will remind me of gamesworkshop münchen
smartfish70 3 years ago
Song reminds me of stuff like people who they love are gone
GanstaOliver88 3 years ago
Proper love this song, tryed playing it on drums and broke my fingers lol
TnqChristmas 3 years ago