 " Doesn 't Anybody Stay Together Anymore " is another song in which Collins was making a personal message . The song was made in response to everyone around him getting a divorce , including his manager , friends and himself years before . Collins later said that he sang this at Charles , Prince of Wales ' 40th birthday party , not knowing that the Prince 's divorce from his wife , Diana , Princess of Wales , would happen a short time later . The Phil Collins Big Band played this live on tour . In later years , Collins performed a re @-@ arranged version of the song as a ballad as part of his Serious Hits … Live ! tour , differing considerably from the original up @-@ beat album version . 
