 Phil Collins (I) (qv) was contacted by director  Taylor Hackford (qv) to record a song for the movie.  Phil Collins (I) (qv) had written "Against All Odds" in 1981 for  his first solo album, "Face Value", and the song was originally  entitled, "How Can You Just Sit There". Phil Collins (I) (qv) left  the song off of the album because he felt he had too many ballads on  "Face Value" already. After Phil Collins (I) (qv)s contact with  Taylor Hackford (qv), he recorded the song in two days, one day in  New York, the other in Los Angeles.