LOS ANGELES • Phil Collins' In The Air Tonight has made a huge comeback in the music charts nearly 40 years after its release, thanks to a viral video of two young American brothers reacting to his 1981 hit.
Twins Tim and Fred Williams, 22, posted a video of themselves listening to the British singer's debut solo single for the first time on YouTube last month.
They are seen nodding along to Collins' track, when suddenly they fall back in their chairs - jaws dropped - as the drum beats drop in the middle of the song. "This is unique," says one of the twins in the video. "I've never seen anyone drop a beat at the end of a song."
The video on the twins' YouTube channel, TwinsthenewTrend, has racked up more than five million views. Last Friday, In the Air Tonight was No. 2 on the United States' iTunes charts, behind Darius Rucker's Beers And Sunshine, according to itopchart.com.
The hit launched Collins' solo career in 1981, after he left British rock group Genesis as its front man and drummer.
Collins, 69, has sold more than 100 million albums during his solo career and 150 million with Genesis.
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