A protest song released as the 7th track of 4th album But Seriously in October 1989.

Interestingly, the song was the last #1 of the 1980’s and the first of the 1990’s.

Collins explained this song was about despairing the homeless in multiple interviews:

To The Mail On Sunday: “I wrote this after being in Washington DC where I was amazed by how many people I saw living in boxes.”

In a Musician interview: “I remember when we played Washington… Washington was almost at a standstill and these people were trying to sleep on the grills where all the hot air was coming up, and you could see that it was in the shadow of Capitol Hill. I thought it was an extraordinary contradiction.”

However, Collins was criticized by the English news for writing a song about the poor despite being wealthy. He responded in a New York Times interview: “When I drive down the street, I see the same things everyone else sees. It’s a misconception that if you have a lot of money you’re somehow out of touch with reality.”