The music was composed by the band, and the lyrics were written by bassist and guitarist Mike Rutherford.

The band felt that their music was attracting mainly male audiences, so this song was written specifically to redress the imbalance.

[5] The song started from a chord sequence by Rutherford, who also said he wrote the lyrics in about ten minutes.

[4]Drummer and vocalist Phil Collins described it as "a great rhythm track" but said it "was not intended to be a hit single".

[14] The music video for the song was a mimed live performance of the band filmed at Shepperton Studios.

The main scene has Collins using a shaker-type instrument while singing, but he was also separately filmed playing the drums.

The first and last scenes in the animated sequence show the "father" character from the We Can't Dance album cover, raising his hand.