"That's the Way It Is" is a song by British pop duo Mel and Kim that was featured on the soundtrack album of Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy.

Appleby discharged herself from hospital to record the vocals for the track, with the singer keen for a return to normality and the distraction of a creative outlet after months of rigorous treatment.

[citation needed] It would be the last release by the duo, as they disappeared from the public eye again while Mel Appleby continued her cancer treatment.

"[4] Jerry Smith of Music Week considered "That's the Way It Is" as continuing the SAW "successful formula" and predicted a "big hit with this slick, insistent dance track".

[5] Michele Kirsch from NME commented, "Their style true to substance, the gorgeous girlies sing in matter-of-ugly-fact tones, with no pretense at heartbroken sentiment.

"[7] The magazine's James Hamilton wrote in his dance column, "Brightly thrashing enthusiastic 117+3⁄4bpm flier, more beefily pounding than usual but you can still sing "FLM" in place of the new staccato title line".

[8] In a review published in Smash Hits, Boy George considered the song "incidentally sounds a lot like another record by [SAW]".

[9] Retrospectively, in 2017, Christian Guiltenane of British magazine Attitude stated that the song was "blueprint SAW: catchy chorus, energetic production but Mel and Kim’s sassy vocals gave the sugary melody some much needed bite".