Phil Collins acknowledged in a subsequent interview that the song also features one of his attempts at a "Ringo Starr drum part".

The coda lapses into a guitar solo played by Mike Rutherford, as the drum beat intensifies, before the song fades away.

Cash Box said that "a light production touch uses a bouncy piano and keyboard foundation and makes for a moving tune, though there's no movement in the relationship described.

The song was played live during the Mama,[6] Invisible Touch,[7] We Can't Dance,[8] and Calling All Stations (with Ray Wilson on vocals)[9] Tours.

An instrumental jazz version of the song appears on the live album A Hot Night in Paris by The Phil Collins Big Band.