The soft rock ballad remained for two weeks at the top in the U.S. in early 1985, until it was surpassed by "We Are the World" by USA for Africa on 13 April 1985.

The song's music video, directed by Jim Yukich, features Collins playing the piano in a downtown bar.

The bar (both the interior and the exterior shot as Collins leaves and walks away into the night as the song fades out), is The Princess Victoria, at 1 Becklow Road, Shepherd's Bush in West London.

Phil's guitarist Daryl Stuermer makes an appearance, as does Phenix Horns member Don Myrick, who plays the sax solo which closes the tune.

It ends with a saxophone solo so smooth that I can't believe it's not butter," adds Keegan.

[19] Cash Box said that the song is "gentle, free-flowing and touching and lives up to Collins’ usual high standards as a writer/producer/performer.