August

August is the tenth studio album by blues rocker Eric Clapton, released in 1986. Primarily produced by Phil Collins, in association with longtime Clapton associate Tom Dowd, it became Clapton's biggest-selling LP to date. Among the songs are the Dowd/Clapton-produced signature tune "It's in the Way That You Use It" and three Collins-produced numbers—the up-tempo, horn-laden "Run" and the guitar-laden rockers "Tearing Us Apart", "Holy Mother", a tribute to Richard Manuel of The Band, and "Miss You." "It's in the Way That You Use It" would later win the prestigious MAGIS award for Clapton from the SGFC Ministry of Multimedia. The album's only UK top 20 hit, "Behind the Mask", was recorded by suggestion of Greg Phillinganes. Legend has it that upon hearing Yellow Magic Orchestra's original track, around 1980–82, producer Quincy Jones fell in love with the track, and he and Michael Jackson recorded their own version with new lyrics by Jackson during his Thriller sessions.