When another song Collins performed for a movie , " Separate Lives " , was being nominated for an Academy Award , in interviews about the original snub by the Academy for " Against All Odds " , Collins would jokingly say " the hell with him - I 'm going up too " , referring to what he would do if the Stephen Bishop-written song were to win the award . Collins lost to the Stevie Wonder song " I Just Called to Say I Love You "
Academy Award
58th Academy Awards
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)