That's Just the Way It Is

"That's Just the Way It Is"
Single by Phil Collins
from the album ...But Seriously
B-side	"Broadway Chorus"
Released	16 July 1990 (1990-07-16)[1]
Length	5:19
Label	Atlantic, Virgin, WEA
Songwriter(s)	Phil Collins
Producer(s)	Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham
Phil Collins singles chronology
"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" (1990) "That's Just the Way It Is" (1990) "Do You Remember?" (1990)
Music video
"Phil Collins - That's Just The Way It Is (Official Music Video)" on YouTube

"That's Just the Way It Is" is a song by English drummer Phil Collins, released as a single in July 1990 from his fourth solo studio album, ...But Seriously (1989). The track features David Crosby on background vocals. The song was only released as a single in Europe and Australasia, while "Do You Remember?" was instead released in the United States. The song reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart.

The song, according to Collins, is an anti-war ballad that heavily deals with The Troubles of Northern Ireland. The song itself was positively received by most critics. The B-side to the song was "Broadway Chorus", the demo version of "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven".