String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.916895 By Deborah Cox. By Daryl Stuermer and Phil Collins. Arranged by Eric Stern. Contemporary. Score and parts. 18 pages. Nerds of Paradise Music #6245723. Published by Nerds of Paradise Music (A0.916895). Something Happened on the Way to Heaven is a song performed by Phil Collins and released in 1990, from the 1989 album ...But Seriously. It became his final US top ten hit as a solo artist, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in October 1990. A live version also appears on the Serious Hits... Live! album. The only time the title of the song is used is the second line of the third verse. The song is often identified by the recurring hook of How many times can I say 'I'm sorry'?.