'At that point, Phil had already put down the drums, drum machines and keyboard parts before we even got there,' Stuermer told Chris Palmer in 2011. (In a contemporary review, The New York Times said the 808 'injects a whisper of lurking fear into a song that suggests a sweeter, tenderer reprise of 'Against All Odds.'') Quiet additions followed from guitarist Daryl Stuermer and bassist Leland Sklar, then Earth, Wind & Fire's Don Myrick completed things with a mournful sax solo. That tick-tocking beat gave 'One More Night' the dark heart of a jilted lover. The rest of the song was written very quickly.' The line ' one more night' just fit what I was playing. 'I was thinking of one of the Jacksons' songs actually when I strung a chorus on it. 'I had a tempo in mind,' Collins later told Playboy. In this instance, Collins actually started with a machine-based cadence, then built outward. They kind of just gave you percussion – and that, for a drummer, was great.' But the Roland machines kind of didn't really do that. Obviously, it was to some extent trying to replace the drummer. They were kind of percussion, kind of a little different sounds. The big thing that appealed to me about it was it wasn't really identifiable drum sounds. 'Some of the other drum machines of the day were not as easy to just whip around and get something out of. 'It was a great tool to write with because it could be programmed easily,' Collins said in 808: The Movie. By the time sessions for No Jacket Required were underway, however, these beats were left as is, becoming rhythmic skeletons for the finished songs.

Sometimes, as with ' In the Air Tonight,' Collins even played alongside a simple pattern. He'd used drum machines on earlier demos, going back to 1981's Face Value, then recorded over them. It was invaluable, because it didn't have any of the frills that drummers would put in.' With 'One More Night,' that was just a steady groove. That was the beauty of it: If you used certain sounds, it would give you a hypnotic feel. A drum machine, as long as you turn it on, it will just play that forever. 'You try to get a drummer to play something simple for 10 or 15 minutes, he won't do it. 'I just used it as a rhythm machine, really, and to come up with some interesting moods,' Collins said in 2015's 808: The Movie.

Wait, a ballad? By one of rock's most recognizable drummers? 1 on the Billboard chart on March 30, 1985. Still, the Roland TR-808 didn't make its biggest mainstream splash until Phil Collins' 'One More Night,' a ballad that began the first in a two-week run at No.

The 808 drum kit