if not, who was?
2006-10-10 08:37:17 · 11 answers · asked by LoLa 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
That's a definite "Yes." Phil Collins wrote that one. The story behind that song (no idea whether the story is true) is that the person he was referring to when he sang "When you told me you were drowning I would not lend a hand" was the man that he actually saw rape his sister when he was a pre-teen. Apparently he observed the man drowning over a decade later and was about to help him, but when he saw him and realized who he was he let him drown.
2006-10-10 08:41:54 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"In the Air Tonight" is a song by Phil Collins which first appeared on his 1981 album, Face Value. It was also Collins' first ever single of his solo career.
2006-10-10 08:38:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Phil Collins
2006-10-10 08:44:11 · answer #3 · answered by parrothead2371 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-10-10 08:44:48 · answer #4 · answered by maigen_obx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...The story I heard was that when he first performed it live he actually invited the man it was written about(/accused) into the front row and he went because he didn't know anything about it.
2006-10-10 08:45:47 · answer #5 · answered by feanor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was, as he did a lot of writing for genesis
2006-10-10 08:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he is
2006-10-10 08:44:38 · answer #7 · answered by TheOnlyOne_05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes he was, its about him watching a kid drown one night when he was a kid.
2006-10-10 08:40:50 · answer #8 · answered by TyWebb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
2006-10-10 08:38:46 · answer #9 · answered by just browsin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
probably not
2006-10-10 08:39:06 · answer #10 · answered by iwearshoes 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋