In 1979, Phil Collins was on tour. Then a fax arrived. His wife Andrea Bertorelli wanted a divorce. She’d fallen for the interior decorator they’d hired. Phil was devastated. Sat alone in his studio. Called her: “Is there any way we can save this?” There wasn’t. Phil did the only thing he knew. He wrote “In The Air Tonight.” Poured every ounce of pain into music. When he performed it on BBC in 1981, he placed a paint tin and brush on his piano. A sarcastic nod to the decorator who destroyed his marriage. A producer asked him about it backstage. Phil smiled: “I just thought the set needed a little retouching.” The divorce cost him financially. But it gave the world an unforgettable song.
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