[4] The gated drum effect was later used in Collins' own "In the Air Tonight", and appeared frequently through the 1980s, on records such as David Bowie's "Let's Dance" and the Power Station's "Some Like It Hot".
[6] When the song was still titled "Marguerita", Gabriel intended for David Jackson to overdub a saxophone part,[7] although the instrument was ultimately unused on the final recording.
[9] Rhodes used an Ovation acoustic guitar connected through a Roland Jazz Chorus amplifier on "Intruder", which was the first time he used this setup on a recording.
[5] During the song's run-through, Collins kept intuitively striking the air where his cymbals were previously situated, so Gabriel suggested that they place additional drums in those locations.
[16] Gabriel contended that the gated-reverb sound had been used prior to "Intruder", specifically on Drums and Wires by XTC, where the effect was used more as a "colouring agent".
Gabriel stated that the song's New Blood arrangement was inspired by the work of film director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann.