The song features American R&B singer Keri Hilson, and was released on 13 March 2011.

"In the Air" followed up the rapper's hit single "Champion", featuring American R&B singer Chris Brown, which peaked at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.

Speaking in April 2011 to noted UK urban writer Pete Lewis – assistant editor of Blues & Soul – Chipmunk described how the single came about: "I've had a love for Keri Hilson since her first album.

And, though she was originally meant to be on a different track, when she came to the studio and heard 'In The Air' she straightaway said that was the one she wanted to be a part of!...

And to me the song represents like the perfect balance of me keeping it credible but at the same time commercial.