Pop-Up Video: In the Air Tonight (1985)

Take Me Home single by Phil Collins
Take Me Home
Single: Phil Collins
Album: No Jacket Required
Released:
July 15, 1985 (UK)
January 8, 1986 (US)
Genre: Soft rock, electronic
Rock, new wave, worldbeat
Songwriter: Phil Collins

"Take Me Home" by Phil Collins  is about a patient in a mental institution. Collin's inspiration came from  the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Popular among his fans, it's his song choice for the majority of encores at his concerts.  Sting, ex-Genesis band mate Peter Gabriel, and former Culture Club backing singer Helen Terry supplied backup vocals. The song is the final track on Collins' album, No Jacket Required. 

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

"Take Me Home" was released in the UK in 1985. The US version was issued in March 1986, after Phil Collins appeared in the TV series Miami Vice. The track was used in the opening episode of the second season, "The Prodigal Son," on September 27, 1985. Collins' "In the Air Tonight" appeared in the series premiere a year earlier. "Take Me Home" was included on the Miami Vice II soundtrack album.



Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
"How could I disappoint these guys? 
They were nice lads."
Phil Collins in Rolling Stone 

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony & Eazy-E
 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony & Eazy-E

"In 2003, the hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony based their song "Home" on this single. Collins appeared in the video. That version of the song reached number 19 in the UK. Collins appeared in the music video to sing the chorus. He told Rolling Stone: "Bone Thugs-N-Harmony called me up and said, 'We've done a version of your song 'Take Me Home' and we'd like you to be in the video.' I said, 'No, I'm not in America.' They said, 'They can come wherever you are.' I said, 'Don't make me say, 'No, f--k off.'' But then I heard the song, and I quite liked it, and they agreed to come to Geneva. How could I disappoint these guys? They were nice lads."


Phil Collins
In the Air Tonight
(Pop Up Video)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Goldcoast Singers: Plastic Jesus (1962)

Image
The origin stories of Plastic Jesus™  are murky - full of myth and legend. He was the brain-child of  Ed Rush and George Cromarty in 1957. But  Rush has given two accounts of the conception of  Plastic Jesus.™   According to one story, the song was inspired by a radio program out of Del Rio, Texas, in the mid-1950s. It was run by a dentist and religious fanatic who " sold the most outrageous stuff imaginable, all with magical healing properties. "  One particular broadcast contained the line " ...leaning on the arms of Jesus, wrapped in the bosom of the Lord... "
Read more

Rebel Rebel: David Bowie (1974)

Image
Rebel Rebel Bowie as Halloween Jack Artist: David Bowie Album: Diamond Dogs Released: February  1974 (UK) May 1974 (US) Songwriter: David Bowie "Rebel Rebel" is both David Bowie 's farewell to glam rock and a proto-punk track from his Diamond Dogs album. After its release, the song peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart and number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Critically acclaimed for its central guitar riff, several publications consider it one of Bowie's greatest songs.  After he died in 2016, Rolling Stone listed "Rebel Rebel" as one of Bowie's  30 essential songs . Spencer Kaufman of Ultimate Classic Rock ranked the song at number seven on his list of Top 10 Bowie Songs . In 2018, the writers of NME numbered "Rebel Rebel" as Bowie's  fifth greatest song . Jon Savage of The Guardian included Rebel, Rebel when he named the 20 best glam-rock songs of all time.
Read more

Elton John: Two of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock & Roll

Image
Elton John Born: Reginald Kenneth Dwight March 25, 1947 Pinner, Middlesex, England Occupation: Singer-songwriter-pianist Years active: 1962–presen t The  Rock and Roll  Hall of Fame  inducted Elton John in 1994. He's listed as number 3 on 'Billboard's 125 Greatest Artists of All Time." In Rolling Stones' "100 Greatest Artists of All Time," he's number 49 . Their 2023 list of The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time count him at number 100 .  He has two songs out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's " 500 Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll , " "Your Song," and "Bennie and the Jets. "
Read more