Songs · Skopia

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6 songs

In The Air Tonight

1981

Padgham's talkback-microphone accident on Peter Gabriel's third album, a Roland CR-78 pattern, and pop's most anticipated drum entrance.

★ 7.7

1980 · From Gold: Greatest Hits

Ulvaeus wrote it in an hour over whisky; the video came ten days after his divorce from Fältskog was final.

★ 7.5

GracelandPaul Simon

1986 · From Graceland

Bakithi Kumalo's fretless bass and a Nigerian pedal steel carry it, with the Everly Brothers singing behind Simon.

★ 7.3

1982

Stills took the Curtis Brothers' 'Seven League Boots', rewrote the words and chorus, and turned a divorce into open ocean.

★ 5.3

2001

DeLonge's parents divorced when he was eighteen; Finn produced, and the wrecking-ball video was reshot after September 11.

★ 5.0

1997 · From Wide Open Spaces

Two sisters writing about their parents' divorce, and a demo vocal that won Natalie Maines the lead job.

★ 4.0