Peter Gabriel

English musician (born 1950)

This article is about the musician. For other uses, see Peter Gabriel (disambiguation).

Peter Gabriel

Gabriel performing in October 2023

Background information
Born|  (1950-02-13) 13 February 1950 (age 75)
Chobham, England
Genres|

* Progressive rock
* art rock
* worldbeat
* progressive soul

Occupations|

* Singer
* songwriter
* musician
* activist

Instruments|

* Vocals
* keyboards
* flute

Years active| 1965–present
Labels|

* Atco
* Atlantic
* Geffen
* Mercury
* Real World
* Republic
* Charisma
* Virgin
* Virgin EMI
* Virgin Music
* EMI
* Universal

Formerly of|

* Genesis
* Garden Wall

Spouses|

Jill Moore

(m. 1971; div. 1987)​

Meabh Flynn

(m. 2002)​

Website| petergabriel.com
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Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis.[1] He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. After releasing four successful studio albums, all titled Peter Gabriel, his fifth studio album, So (1986), became his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the US. The album's most successful single, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. A 2011 Time report said "Sledgehammer" was the most played music video of all time on MTV.[2]

A supporter of world music for much of his career, Gabriel co-founded the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival in 1982, and has continued to produce and promote world music through his Real World Records label. He has pioneered digital distribution methods for music by co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download services.[3] He has also been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. In 1980, he released the anti-apartheid single "Biko". He has participated in several human rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour in 1988, and co-founded the human rights organisation Witness in 1992.[4] He developed the idea for The Elders, an organisation of public figures noted as peace activists, alongside Nelson Mandela and Richard Branson in 2007.[5]

Gabriel has won three Brit Awards,[6] six Grammy Awards,[7] 13 MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards,[8] the Q Lifetime Achievement,[9] the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement,[10] and the Polar Music Prize.[11] He was named a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his "influence on generations of music makers".[12] In recognition of his human rights activism, he received the Man of Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize laureates in 2006,[13] and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008.[14] AllMusic described him as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians, as well as one of its most political".[15] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010,[16] and as a solo artist in 2014.[17] In recognition of his musical achievements, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia in 2015.

## Early life

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Peter Brian Gabriel was born in Chobham on 13 February 1950, the son of Edith Irene (1921–2016) and Ralph Parton Gabriel (1912–2012). His paternal grandfather was Colonel Edward Allen, chairman of the Civil Service Department Store on London's Strand. His mother came from a musical family, while his father was an electrical engineer and dairy farm owner from a long-established family of London timber importers and merchants. He was raised at Deep Pool Farm, a Victorian manor near Chobham.[18][19] His great-great-great-uncle, Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet, was Lord Mayor of London from 1866 to 1877.[20] Gabriel attended the private primary school Cable House in Woking and St Andrews Preparatory School for Boys in Horsell.[18] During his time at the latter, his teachers noticed his singing talent, but he instead opted for piano lessons from his mother and developed an interest in drumming. At age 10, he purchased a floor tom-tom.[21]

Gabriel later remarked of his early influences, "Hymns played quite a large part. They were the closest I came to soul music before I discovered soul music. There are certain hymns that you can scream your lungs out on, and I used to love that. It was great when you used to get the old shivers down the back."[22] He wrote his first song, "Sammy the Slug", at age 12. An aunt gave him money for professional singing lessons around this time, but he used it to buy the Beatles' debut album Please Please Me, which had just been released.[21] In September 1963, he started at the public Charterhouse School in Godalming.[23] There, he was a drummer and vocalist for his first band, the trad jazz outfit the Milords (or M'Lords). This was followed by a holiday band called the Spoken Word,[24] which recorded an acetate in 1966.[25] Gabriel played drums in both these bands, with Mike Rutherford later commenting, "Pete was—and still is, I think—a frustrated drummer."[26]

## Career

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### 1965–1975: Early career and Genesis

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In 1965, while still at Charterhouse, Gabriel formed the band Garden Wall with his schoolmates Tony Banks on piano, Johnny Trapman on trumpet, and Chris Stewart on drums.[25] Banks had started at Charterhouse at the same time as Gabriel, and the two were uninterested in school activities but bonded over music and started to write songs. At their final concert before they broke up, Gabriel wore a kaftan and beads and showered the audience with petals he had picked from neighbouring gardens.[23] Garden Wall disbanded in 1967; Gabriel and Banks were invited by their Charterhouse schoolmates Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford, who were in their own band at the school called Anon until it split up the previous year, to work on a demo tape of songs together.[27] Gabriel and Banks contributed "She Is Beautiful", the first song they wrote together. The tape was sent to Charterhouse alumnus, musician Jonathan King, who was immediately enthusiastic largely due to Gabriel's vocals. He signed the group and suggested that their name be Gabriel's Angels, but this was unpopular with the other members, and they soon settled on his other suggestion of Genesis.

After King suggested they stick to more straightforward pop, Gabriel and Banks wrote "The Silent Sun" as a pastiche of the Bee Gees, one of King's favourite bands. It became Genesis' first single, released in 1968,[28] and was included on their debut studio album From Genesis to Revelation (1968). Following the commercial failure of From Genesis to Revelation, the band went their separate ways, and Gabriel continued his studies at Charterhouse.[29] In September 1969, Gabriel, Banks, Rutherford, and Phillips decided to drop their plans and make Genesis a full-time band. In early 1970, Gabriel played the flute on Mona Bone Jakon by Cat Stevens. The second studio album by Genesis, Trespass (1970), marked Gabriel expanding his musical output with the flute, accordion, tambourine, and bass drum, and incorporating his soul music influences. Gabriel explained that he was driven to play these instruments because he was uncomfortable with doing nothing during instrumental sections.[30] He would have preferred to play keyboard instruments, but said, "[Banks] was extraordinarily possessive about the keyboards. I'd done a bit of flute at school, I always liked the sound, and a little bit of oboe (I was an even worse oboe player, but it made a couple of good noises now and again). Then the bass drum was something physical, visual, that I could kick hard and occasionally it was in time!"[31] The album sold few copies, with Gabriel at one point securing a place to study at the London School of Film Technique because the band "seemed to be dying".[32]

Genesis soon recruited guitarist Steve Hackett and drummer Phil Collins.[33] Gabriel began growing in confidence as a frontman; during an encore performance of "The Knife" on 19 June 1971, he took a running jump into the audience and expected them to catch him, only for them to instead move out of the way and leave him to land on the floor and break his ankle. He consequently had to perform Genesis' next several shows with a wheelchair and crutches.[34] Also during the Trespass tour, he started to recite stories to introduce songs as a way to cover the silence while the band tuned their instruments or technical faults were being fixed.[35] These stories were all improvised on the spot, and evolved as the tour went along.[30] The opener of their next studio album, Nursery Cryme (1971), "The Musical Box", was their first song in which Gabriel incorporated a story and characters into the lyrics, as the lyrics to previous story-based Genesis songs such as "White Mountain" and "One-Eyed Hound" were all written by other members of the group.[citation needed] Gabriel was the primary writer of "Harold the Barrel", another story song on Nursery Cryme, with Collins helping him on the lyrics.[36]

Gabriel as "Britannia" or "The Moonlit Knight" in 1974

The shows featuring Foxtrot (1972) marked a key development in Gabriel's stage performance. During a gig in Dublin in September 1972, he disappeared from the set during the instrumental section of "The Musical Box" and reappeared in his wife's red dress and a fox's head, mimicking the album's cover. The idea of the fox costume had been suggested to him by Paul Conroy and Glen Colson, employees of Genesis's record label, Charisma Records.[37] Gabriel said he consulted the rest of Genesis about the fox costume but grew tired of arguing about it, but the other members all maintained that nothing was said about it beforehand and that when Gabriel came out in costume they initially mistook him for a fan invading the stage.[38] The incident received front-page coverage in Melody Maker, giving them national exposure which allowed the group to double their performance fee.[citation needed] One of Gabriel's stories was printed on the liner notes of their live album, Genesis Live (1973). By late 1973, following the success of Selling England by the Pound (1973), which centred on English themes and literary and materialistic references, a typical Genesis show had Gabriel wear fluorescent make-up, a cape, and bat wings for "Watcher of the Skies", a helmet, chest plate, and a shield for "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight", a crown of thorns and a flower mask for "Supper's Ready", and an old man mask for "The Musical Box".[39]

Gabriel continued to fight for involvement with Genesis's keyboards throughout his time with the group, and following a lengthy argument with Banks, he was allowed to play a minor keyboard part on "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)", only for this part to be left out of the mix.[40] "I Know What I Like" became Genesis's first hit single, reaching number 21 in the UK Singles Chart.[41]

Gabriel performing during The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour, 1975

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) was Gabriel's final studio album with Genesis. He devised its story of the spiritual journey of Rael, a Puerto Rican youth living in New York City, and insisted upon writing all the lyrics himself, whereas on previous albums the lyrics had been divided among all the members of Genesis.[42] Tensions increased during this period, and Gabriel split with the band to pursue a film project with William Friedkin, only to rejoin a week later.[26] Matters were complicated further with the difficult birth of Gabriel's first daughter, resulting in periods of time away from the band. The other members complained that Gabriel was showing a lack of commitment to the band. Gabriel saw this as a "really unsympathetic handling of my dealing with a family crisis" and said it caused a breakdown in his relationships with the rest of Genesis; Rutherford later admitted that they had been overly fixated on their music and were very unhelpful in what must have been a difficult time for Gabriel.[43] Gabriel was late to deliver the lyrics, but has denied that he was too busy to write much music for the album and relied on contributions from Banks and Rutherford.[44] Banks corroborated that Gabriel was the primary composer of the Lamb songs "The Carpet Crawlers" and "The Chamber of 32 Doors" and the sole composer of "Counting Out Time".[45]

During a stop in Cleveland, Ohio, early into the album's tour, Gabriel informed the band of his intention to leave at its conclusion.[46][47] Rutherford recalled that they all "could see it coming".[26] Music critics often focused their reviews on Gabriel's theatrics and took the band's musical performance as secondary, which irritated the rest of the band.[48] The tour ended in May 1975, after which Gabriel wrote a piece for the press on 15 August, entitled "Out, Angels Out", about his departure, his disillusion with the business, and his desire to spend time with his family.[49] The news stunned fans of the group and left commentators wondering if the band could survive without him.[50][51] His exit resulted in drummer Phil Collins reluctantly taking over on lead vocals after 400 singers were fruitlessly auditioned.

### 1975–1985: Solo debut with four self-titled albums

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Gabriel described his break from the music business as his "learning period", during which he took piano and music lessons. He had recorded demos by the end of 1975, the fruits of a period of writing around 20 songs with his friend Martin Hall.[52] In 1977, Gabriel released his solo debut, Peter Gabriel, which was recorded in Toronto with Bob Ezrin serving as the album's producer.[53] Gabriel did not title his first four studio albums. All were labelled Peter Gabriel, using the same typeface, with designs by Hipgnosis. "The idea is to do it like a magazine, which will only come out once a year," he remarked in 1978. "So it's the same title, the same lettering in the same place; only the photo is different."[54]

Peter Gabriel (a.k.a. Peter Gabriel 1: Car) was released in February 1977 and reached No. 7 in the UK and No. 38 in the US. Its lead single, "Solsbury Hill", is an autobiographical song about a spiritual experience on top of Solsbury Hill in Somerset. "It's about being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get ..." said Gabriel. "It's about letting go."[55] Gabriel toured the album with an 80-date tour from March to November 1977 with a band that included guitarist Robert Fripp of King Crimson often playing off stage and introduced as "Dusty Rhodes".[56]

Gabriel onstage in 1978

In late 1977, Gabriel started recording the second Peter Gabriel studio album (a.k.a. Peter Gabriel 2: Scratch) in the Netherlands, with Fripp as producer. Its "Mother of Violence" was written by Gabriel and his first wife Jill. Released in June 1978, the album went to No. 10 in the UK and No. 45 in the US. Gabriel's tour for the album lasted from August to December 1978. On this tour, Gabriel and his band shaved their heads.

Gabriel recorded the third Peter Gabriel studio album (a.k.a. Peter Gabriel 3: Melt) in England in 1979. He developed an interest in African music and drum machines and later hailed the record as his artistic breakthrough. Gabriel banned the use of cymbals on the album in order to grant more sonic space for instruments like keyboards and synths. This resulted in the creation of the distinctive gated reverb,[57] a noise processing technique which came about while recording drums on "Intruder", one of the tracks featuring Phil Collins. Collins implemented the reverb to great effect on his debut solo single "In the Air Tonight" and it has since became a signature sound of the 1980s and beyond.

Upon completion Atlantic Records, Gabriel's US distributor who had released his first two albums, refused to put out Peter Gabriel 3: Melt as they thought it was not commercial enough. Gabriel signed a recording contract with Mercury Records.[58] Released in May 1980, the album went to No. 1 in the UK for three weeks. In the US, it peaked at No. 22. The single "Games Without Frontiers" went to No. 4 and "Biko" went to No. 36 in the UK. After a handful of shows in 1979, Gabriel toured the album from February to October 1980. The tour marked Gabriel's first successful instance of crowd surfing (following his failed June 1971 attempt when touring with Genesis) when he fell back into the audience in a crucifix position. The stunt became a staple of his live shows.[58][59]

Gabriel performing in 1980

On Peter Gabriel four (a.k.a. Peter Gabriel 4: Security), Gabriel took on greater responsibility over the production than before. He recorded it in 1981 and 1982, solely on digital tape, with a mobile studio parked at his home, Ashcombe House, in Somerset. Gabriel utilized a Fairlight CMI digital sampling synthesizer and incorporated electronic instrumentation with sampling world beat percussion. "Over the course of the last two albums," he observed, "I've got back into a rhythm consciousness. And the writing—particularly with the invention of these drum machines—is fantastic. You can store in their memories rhythms that interest you and excite you. And then the groove will carry on without you, and the groove will be exactly what you want it to be, rather than what a drummer thinks is appropriate for what you're doing."[22]

The fourth Peter Gabriel, released in September 1982, hit No. 6 in the UK and No. 28 in the US. The second single, "Shock the Monkey", became Gabriel's first top 40 hit in the US, reaching No. 29. To handle American distribution, Gabriel signed with Geffen Records, which—initially unbeknown to Gabriel—titled the album Security to differentiate it from the first three. Gabriel's 1982 tour lasted a year and became his first to make a profit.[60] Recordings from the tour were released on Gabriel's debut live release, Plays Live (1983).

Gabriel produced versions of the third and fourth Peter Gabriel albums with German lyrics. The third consisted of the studio recordings, overdubbed with new vocals. The fourth was remixed, with several tracks extended or altered.

In 1983, Gabriel developed the soundtrack for Alan Parker's drama film Birdy (1984), co-produced with Daniel Lanois. This consisted of new material, without lyrics, as well as remixed instrumentals from his previous studio album.

### 1985–1997: So and Us

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After finishing the soundtrack to Birdy, Gabriel shifted his musical focus from rhythm and texture, as heard on Peter Gabriel four and Birdy, towards more straightforward songs.[60] In 1985, he recorded his fifth studio album, So (also co-produced with Lanois).[61] So was released in May 1986 and reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US. It remains Gabriel's best-selling album with over five million copies sold in the US alone.[62][63] It produced one of Gabriel's signature songs, that has become a concert staple: "In Your Eyes", with a distinctive vocal appearance by Youssou N'Dour, and three UK top 20 singles: "Sledgehammer", "Big Time", and "Don't Give Up", a duet with Kate Bush.[64]

The first went to No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, Gabriel's only single of his career to do so. It knocked "Invisible Touch" by Genesis, his former band, out of the top spot, which was also their only US number one hit. In the UK, the single went to No. 4.[65] In 1990, Rolling Stone ranked So at No. 14 on its list of "Top 100 Albums of the Eighties".[66]

Gabriel performing in 1986

"Sledgehammer" was particularly successful, dealing with sex and sexual relations through lyrical innuendos. Its famed music video was a collaboration between director Stephen R. Johnson, Aardman Animations,[2] and the Brothers Quay and won a record nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987.[2] In 1998, it was named MTV's number one animated video of all time.[67] So earned Gabriel two wins at the 1987 Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and Best British Video (for "Sledgehammer").[6] He was nominated for four Grammy Awards: Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year for "Sledgehammer", and Album of the Year for So.[68] Gabriel toured worldwide to support So with the This Way Up Tour, from November 1986 to October 1987.

In 1988, Gabriel became involved as composer for Martin Scorsese's film The Last Temptation of Christ (1988). Scorsese had contacted Gabriel about the project since 1983 and wished, according to Gabriel, to present "the struggle between the humanity and divinity of Christ in a powerful and original way".[69] Gabriel used musicians from WOMAD to perform instrumental pieces with focus on rhythm and African, Middle Eastern and European textures, using the National Sound Archive in London for additional inspiration.[69] The initial plan had dedicated ten weeks for recording before it was cut to three, leaving Gabriel unable to finish all the pieces he originally wanted to record.[69] When the film was finished, Gabriel worked on the soundtrack for an additional four months to develop more of his unfinished ideas. Its soundtrack was released as Passion in June 1989. It won Gabriel a Grammy Award for Best New Age Performance and a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score – Motion Picture. In 1990, Gabriel put out his first compilation album, Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats, which sold 2 million copies in the US.

Up until 1989, Gabriel was managed by Gail Colson.[70] From 1989 to 1992, Gabriel recorded his follow-up to So, titled Us. The album saw Gabriel address personal themes, including his failed first marriage, psychotherapy, and the growing distance between him and his eldest daughter at the time.

Gabriel's introspection within the context of the album Us can be seen in the first single release "Digging in the Dirt" directed by John Downer. Accompanied by a video featuring Gabriel covered in snails and various foliage, this song made reference to the psychotherapy which had taken up much of Gabriel's time since the previous studio album. Gabriel describes his struggle to get through to his daughter in "Come Talk to Me" directed by Matt Mahurin, which featured backing vocals by Sinéad O'Connor. O'Connor also lent vocals to "Blood of Eden", directed by Nichola Bruce and Michael Coulson, the third single to be released from the album, and once again dealing with relationship struggles, this time going right back to Adam's rib for inspiration.

The album is one of Gabriel's most personal. It met with less success than So, reaching No. 2 in the album chart on both sides of the Atlantic, and making modest chart impact with the singles "Digging in the Dirt" and the funkier "Steam", which evoked memories of "Sledgehammer". Gabriel followed the release of the album with the Secret World Tour, first using touring keyboardist Joy Askew to sing O'Connor's part, then O'Connor herself for a few months.[71] O'Connor quit the tour, and was replaced by Paula Cole, the latter appearing on the tour recordings: a double album Secret World Live, and a concert video also called Secret World Live, both released in 1994.[72] The film received the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video, naming director Francois Girard and producer Robert Warr.[73]

Gabriel employed an innovative approach in the marketing of the Us album. Not wishing to feature only images of himself, he asked artist filmmakers Nichola Bruce and Michael Coulson to co-ordinate a marketing campaign using contemporary artists. Artists such as Helen Chadwick, Rebecca Horn, Nils-Udo, Andy Goldsworthy, David Mach and Yayoi Kusama collaborated to create original artworks for each song on the multi-million-selling CD. Coulson and Bruce documented the process on Hi-8 video. Bruce left Real World and Coulson continued with the campaign, using the documentary background material as the basis for a promotional EPK, the long-form video All About Us and the interactive CD-ROM Xplora1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World.

Gabriel won three more Grammy Awards, all in the Music Video category. He won the Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1993 and 1994 for the videos to "Digging in the Dirt" and "Steam", respectively. Gabriel also won the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video for his Secret World Live video.

### 1997–2009: OVO and Up

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In 1997, Gabriel was invited to participate in the direction and soundtrack of the Millennium Dome Show, a live multimedia performance staged in the Millennium Dome in London throughout 2000.[74] Gabriel said the team were given free rein, which contributed to the various problems they encountered with it, such as a lack of proper budgeting. He also felt that management, while succeeding to get the building finished on time, failed to understand the artistic side of the show and its content.[75] Gabriel's soundtrack was released as OVO in June 2000. The Story of OVO was released in the CD-booklet-shaped comic book which was part of the CD edition with the title "OVO The Millennium Show".[76] As part of Record Store Day 2025, OVO celebrated its 25th anniversary and was released on vinyl for the first time in limited quantity.[77]

Around that same time, the Genesis greatest hits album, Turn It On Again: The Hits (1999), featured Gabriel sharing vocals with Phil Collins on a new version of "The Carpet Crawlers" entitled "The Carpet Crawlers 1999", produced by Trevor Horn.

In 2002 he stuck with soundtrack work for his next project, scoring for the Australian film Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) with worldbeat music. Released in June 2002, Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Original Score – Motion Picture.

Later in 2002, Up, Gabriel's first full-length studio album in a decade, was released in September 2002. He started work on it in 1995 before production halted three years later to focus time on other projects and collaborations. Work resumed in 2000, by which time Gabriel had 130 potential songs for the album, and spent almost two years on it before management at Virgin Records pushed Gabriel to complete it.[78] Up reached No. 9 in the US and No. 11 in the UK, and supported with a world tour with a band that included Gabriel's daughter Melanie on backing vocals. The tour was documented with two live DVDs: Growing Up Live (2003) and Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped (2005).

In 2004, Gabriel met with his former Genesis bandmates to discuss the possibility of staging The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974) as a reunion tour. He ultimately dismissed the idea, paving the way for Banks, Rutherford and Collins to organise the Turn It On Again: The Tour. Gabriel produced and performed at the Eden Project Live 8 concert in July 2005. He joined Cat Stevens on stage to perform "Wild World" during Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert. In 2005, FIFA asked Gabriel and Brian Eno to organise an opening ceremony for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but FIFA cancelled the idea in January 2006. At the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Gabriel performed John Lennon's "Imagine".[79]

In November 2006, the Seventh World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome presented Gabriel with the Man of Peace award. The award, presented by former General Secretary of the USSR and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev and Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, was an acknowledgement of Gabriel's extensive contribution and work on behalf of human rights and peace. The award was presented in the Giulio Cesare Hall of the Campidoglio in Rome. At the end of the year, he was awarded the Q magazine Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to him by American musician Moby. In an interview published in the magazine to accompany the award, Gabriel's contribution to music was described as "vast and enduring".

Gabriel at the 2007 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards

Gabriel took on a project with the BBC World Service's competition "The Next Big Thing" to find the world's best young band. Gabriel judged the final six young artists with William Orbit, Geoff Travis and Angélique Kidjo.

In June 2008, Gabriel released Big Blue Ball, an album of various artists collaborating with each other at his Real World Studios across three summers in the 1990s. He planned its release in the US without assistance from a label; he raised £2 million towards the recording and distribution of the album with Ingenious Media with the worldwide release handled through Warner Bros. Records.[80] Gabriel appeared on a nationwide tour for the album in 2009.[81]

Gabriel was a judge for the 6th and 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.[82]

Gabriel contributed to the Pixar film WALL-E soundtrack in 2008 with Thomas Newman, including the film's closing song, "Down to Earth", for which they received the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The song was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. In February 2009, Gabriel announced that he would not be performing on the 2008 Academy Awards telecast because producers of the show were limiting his performance of "Down to Earth" from WALL-E to 90 seconds. According to Gabriel, his window was reduced to 65 seconds. John Legend and the Soweto Gospel Choir performed the song in his stead.[83]

Gabriel's 2009 tour appearances included Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. His first ever performance in Peru was held in Lima on 20 March 2009, during his second visit to the country.

On 25 July 2009, he played at WOMAD Charlton Park, his only European performance of the year, to promote Witness. The show included two tracks from the then-forthcoming Scratch My Back: Paul Simon's "The Boy in the Bubble" and the Magnetic Fields' "The Book of Love".[84]

### 2009–2019: Scratch My Back, New Blood and further side projects

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Gabriel performing at the 2011 Skoll Awards

In 2009, Gabriel recorded Scratch My Back, an album of cover songs by various artists including David Bowie, Lou Reed, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Regina Spektor and Neil Young. The original concept was for Gabriel to cover an artists' song if they, in turn, covered one of his for an album simultaneously released as I'll Scratch Yours, but several participants later declined or were late to deliver and it was placed on hold.[85] Gabriel avoided using drums and guitar in favour of orchestral arrangements, and altered his usual songwriting method by finishing the vocals first and then the song, for which he collaborated with John Metcalfe.[86] Released in February 2010, Scratch My Back reached No. 12 in the UK. Gabriel toured worldwide with the New Blood Tour from March 2010 to July 2012 with a 54-piece orchestra and his daughter Melanie and Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun on backing vocals. The follow-up, And I'll Scratch Yours, was released in September 2013.

During the New Blood Tour, Gabriel decided to expand on the Scratch My Back concept and, with Metcalfe's assistance, re-record a collection of his own songs with an orchestra. The result, New Blood, was released in October 2011.[87]

In September 2012, Gabriel kicked off his Back to Front Tour which featured So (1986) performed in its entirety with the original musicians who played on the album, to mark its 25th anniversary.[88] When the opening leg finished a month later, Gabriel took one year off to travel the world with his children.[89][90] The tour resumed with a European leg from September 2013 to December 2014.[91]

In 2014, Gabriel was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. They performed Gabriel's "Washing of the Water" together. Gabriel performed "Heroes" by David Bowie with an orchestra at a concert in Berlin to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 2014.

In 2016, he was featured on the song "A.I." by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their fourth studio album Oh My My.[92][93][94]

In June 2016, Gabriel released the single "I'm Amazing". The song was written several years prior, in part as a tribute to boxer Muhammad Ali.[95] That month, he embarked on a joint tour with Sting titled The Rock Paper Scissors North American Tour.[96]

Gabriel re-emerged in 2019 with the release of Rated PG, a compilation of songs that were created for film soundtracks throughout his career. The song selection spans over 30 years and includes tracks that had never been released on an official Gabriel album previously, including "Down to Earth" (from WALL-E) and "That'll Do" (from Babe: Pig in the City), an Oscar-nominated collaboration with Randy Newman. Initially only released on vinyl for Record Store Day on 13 April, the album was eventually released on digital streaming services later that month.[97] Later that same year, Gabriel issued another digital release on 13 September titled Flotsam and Jetsam, a collection of B-sides, remixes and rarities that span Gabriel's entire solo career from 1976 to 2016, including his first solo recording, a cover of the Beatles' song "Strawberry Fields Forever".[98]

### 2022–present: I/O and O/I

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By 2002, Gabriel had been continually working on what he had given the tentative title of I/O, his tenth studio album, which he had begun work on as early as 1995.[99][100] It was originally set to be released 18 months after Up, but touring pushed the release far away.[101] He did an interview with Rolling Stone in 2005 stating that he had 150 songs in various stages.[102] From 2013 to 2016, he posted regularly on social media about recording the new album.[103] In 2019, he spoke on BBC Radio 6 about how he had taken a hiatus from making music due to his wife being sick, but he had begun to return to it now that she had recovered.[104] In 2021, he was interviewed multiple times about his new album, and revealed that he had been recording with Manu Katché, Tony Levin and David Rhodes on 17 new songs.[105][106] He posted multiple photos to his Facebook and Instagram of these sessions.[107][108] In June 2022, Katché told the French magazine L'Illustré that the album was nearly complete and would be released later that year, pending an official announcement.[109][110][111]

In November 2022, Gabriel announced his upcoming "I/O The Tour" for the spring of 2023 across several European cities, with later dates to be confirmed for the North America leg of the tour for the late summer/fall of 2023.[112] This announcement also confirmed the name of the upcoming album to be stylised as I/O. The first single from the album, "Panopticom", was released digitally on 6 January 2023.[113] A new piece from the album will be released on the date of each full moon in 2023,[114] as well as a different mix of the song on each new moon in 2023, starting with the Dark Side Mix of "Panopticom".[115] On 5 February, Gabriel released "The Court", the second single from the album. On 7 March, Gabriel released the third single, "Playing for Time". A basic arrangement of the song featuring only Gabriel on piano and Levin on bass had already opened the shows on the Back to Front Tour, by the name of "Daddy Long Legs".[116][117] The title track "I/O" was the fourth single released on 6 April. On 5 May, Peter Gabriel released the fifth single from the album, "Four Kinds of Horses", a track which is a collaboration with Brian Eno and Richard Russell. The sixth single, "Road to Joy", was released on 4 June. Six more singles were released, separately, within the next six months—"So Much", "Olive Tree", "Love Can Heal", "This Is Home", "And Still" and "Live and Let Live"—before I/O was finally released on 1 December 2023.[118]

One day prior to I/O's release, Gabriel told The New York Times that he does not expect a follow-up album (which he described as his "brain project") to take another 21 years, saying that "there's a lot of stuff in the can" but added that the material is not yet finished.[119]

Additionally, Gabriel stated in his November 2023 Full Moon update video that the track "What Lies Ahead" will be on "the next record".[120] He performed "What Lies Ahead" several times in 2023 and it was a contender for I/O. In February 2025, Gabriel revealed to Mojo that he was working on the follow-up to I/O: "It will be called O/I [...] that's I/O backwards."[121]

## Artistry

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Stylistically, Gabriel's music has been alternately described by music writers as progressive rock,[1] art rock,[122] art pop,[123] worldbeat,[124] post-progressive[125] and progressive soul.[126] According to Rolling Stone journalist Ryan Reed, Gabriel has developed in all as an "art-rock innovator, soul-pop craftsman, [and] 'world music' ambassador" over the course of his career,[127] while music scholar Gregg Akkermann argues that, despite his progressive rock origins, he has "managed to attract fans from across the spectrum: prog rock, alternative rock, world beat, blue-eyed soul, dance music, the college crowd, the teens, Americans and Europeans".[128] More broadly, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine says Gabriel emerged during the 1980s as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians", as well as "an international pop star".[129]

Gabriel has worked with a relatively stable crew of musicians and recording engineers throughout his solo career. Bass and Stick player Tony Levin has performed on every Gabriel studio album and every live tour except for Scratch My Back (2010), the soundtracks Passion (1989) and Long Walk Home (2002), and the New Blood Tour. Guitarist David Rhodes has been Gabriel's guitarist of choice since 1979. Prior to So (1986), Jerry Marotta was Gabriel's preferred drummer, both in the studio and on the road. (For the So and Us albums and tours Marotta was replaced by Manu Katché, who was then replaced by Ged Lynch on parts of the Up album and all of the subsequent tour). Gabriel is known for choosing top-flight collaborators, from co-producers such as Ezrin, Fripp, Lillywhite and Lanois to musicians such as Natalie Merchant, Elizabeth Fraser, L. Shankar, Trent Reznor, Youssou N'Dour, Larry Fast, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sinéad O'Connor, Kate Bush, Ane Brun, Paula Cole, John Giblin, Dave Gregory, Peter Hammill, Papa Wemba, Manu Katché, Bayete, Milton Nascimento, Phil Collins, Stewart Copeland and OneRepublic.

Over the years, Gabriel has collaborated with singer Kate Bush several times; Bush provided backing vocals for Gabriel's "Games Without Frontiers" and "No Self Control" in 1980, and female lead vocal for "Don't Give Up" (a top 10 hit in the UK) in 1986, and Gabriel appeared on her television special. Their duet of Roy Harper's "Another Day" was discussed for release as a single, but never appeared.[130]

He also collaborated with avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson on two versions of her composition "Excellent Birds"—one for her second album Mister Heartbreak (1984),[131] and another version called "This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)", which appeared on original cassette and CD versions, and all versions past 2002, of So.

Gabriel sang (along with Jim Kerr of Simple Minds) on "Everywhere I Go", from the Call's 1986 studio album, Reconciled. On Toni Childs' 1994 studio album, The Woman's Boat, Gabriel sang on the track, "I Met a Man".[132]

In 1998, Gabriel appeared on the soundtrack of Babe: Pig in the City as the lead vocalist of the song "That'll Do", written by Randy Newman. The song was nominated for an Academy Award, and Gabriel and Newman performed it at the following year's Oscar telecast. He performed a similar soundtrack appearance for the 2004 film Shall We Dance?, singing a cover version of "The Book of Love" by the Magnetic Fields.

In 1987, Gabriel appeared on Robbie Robertson's self-titled solo studio album, singing on "Fallen Angel"; co-wrote two Tom Robinson singles; and appeared on Joni Mitchell's 1988 studio album Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, on the opening track "My Secret Place".

In 2001, Gabriel contributed lead vocals to the song "When You're Falling" on Afro Celt Sound System's Volume 3: Further in Time.[133] In the summer of 2003, Gabriel performed in Ohio with a guest performance by Uzbek singer Sevara Nazarkhan.

Gabriel collaborated on tracks with electronic musician BT, who also worked on the OVO soundtrack with him. The tracks were never released, as the computers they were contained on were stolen from BT's home in California. He also sang the lyrics for Deep Forest on their theme song for the movie Strange Days (1995). In addition, Gabriel has appeared on Angelique Kidjo's 2007 studio album Djin Djin, singing on the song "Salala".

Gabriel has recorded a cover of the Vampire Weekend single "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" with Hot Chip, where his name is mentioned several times in the chorus. He substitutes the original line "But this feels so unnatural / Peter Gabriel too / This feels so unnatural/ Peter Gabriel too" with "It feels so unnatural / Peter Gabriel too / and it feels so unnatural / to sing your own name."[134]

Gabriel collaborated with Arcade Fire on their 2022 studio album, We. He sang backing vocals on the track "Unconditional II (Race and Religion)".[135]

## WOMAD and other projects

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Gabriel's interest in world music was first apparent on his third solo studio album. According to Spencer Kornhaber in The Atlantic in 2019: "When Peter Gabriel moved toward 'world music' four decades ago, he not only evangelized sounds that were novel to Western pop. He also set a radio template: majestic, with flourishes meant to read as 'exotic,' and lyrics meant to change lives."[136] This influence has increased over time, and he co-founded the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival in 1982.[4] Gabriel said:

> The first time I really got into music from another culture was as a result of the shifting of Radio 4, which I used to wake up to. I'd lost it on medium wave and was groping around in the morning on the dial, trying to find something that I could listen to, and came across a Dutch radio station who were playing the soundtrack from some obscure Stanley Baker movie called Dingaka. That had quite a lot of stuff from—I think it was—Ghana. I can't remember now, but it really moved me. One of the songs I heard on that was a thing called 'Shosholoza', which I recorded on the b-side of the 'Biko' single.[137]

Gabriel created the Real World Studios and record label to facilitate the creation and distribution of such music by various artists, and he has worked to educate Western culture about such musicians as Yungchen Lhamo, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Youssou N'dour.

He has a longstanding interest in human rights and launched Witness,[138] a charity that trains human rights activists to use video and online technologies to expose human rights abuses. In 2006, his work with WITNESS and his long-standing support of peace and human rights causes was recognised by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates with the Man of Peace award.

In the 1990s, with Steve Nelson of Brilliant Media and director Michael Coulson, he developed advanced multimedia CD-ROM-based entertainment projects, creating Xplora (the world's largest-selling music CD-ROM), and subsequently the EVE CD-ROM. EVE was a music and art adventure game directed by Michael Coulson and co-produced by the Starwave Corporation in Seattle; it won the Milia d'Or award Grand Prize at the Cannes in 1996.

In 1990, Gabriel lent his backing vocals to Ugandan political exile Geoffrey Oryema's "Land of Anaka", appearing on Oryema's first studio album Exile, released on Gabriel's Real World label.[139]

In 1994, Gabriel starred in Breck Eisner's short film Recon as a detective who enters the minds of murder victims to find their killer's identity.

Gabriel helped pioneer a new realm of musical interaction in 2001, visiting Georgia State University's Language Research Center to participate in keyboard jam sessions with bonobo apes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (This experience inspired the song "Animal Nation", which was performed on Gabriel's 2002 "Growing Up" tour and was featured on the Growing Up Live DVD and The Wild Thornberrys Movie soundtrack.) Gabriel's desire to bring attention to the intelligence of primates also took the form of ApeNet, a project that aimed to link great apes through the internet, enabling the first interspecies internet communication.[140]

He was one of the founders of on Demand Distribution (OD2), one of the first online music download services. Prior to its closure in 2009, its technology had been used by over 100 music download sites including MSN Music UK, MyCokeMusic, Planet Internet (KPN), Wanadoo and CD WOW!. OD2 was bought by US company Loudeye in June 2004 and subsequently by Finnish mobile giant Nokia in October 2006 for $60 million.[141]

Gabriel is co-founder (with Brian Eno) of a musicians union called Mudda, short for "magnificent union of digitally downloading artists".[142][143]

In 2000, Gabriel collaborated with Zucchero, Anggun and others in a charity for kids with AIDS. Erick Benzi wrote words and music and Patrick Bruel, Stephan Eicher, Faudel, Lokua Kanza, Laam, Nourith, Axelle Red have accepted to sing it.[144]

In 2003, Gabriel contributed a song for the video game Uru: Ages Beyond Myst.[145] In 2004, Gabriel contributed another song ("Curtains") and contributed voice work on another game in the Myst franchise, Myst IV: Revelation.[146]

In June 2005, Gabriel and broadcast industry entrepreneur David Engelke purchased Solid State Logic, a manufacturer of mixing consoles and digital audio workstations.[147] In 2017, the company was sold to the Audiotonix Group.[148]

In May 2008, Gabriel's Real World Studios, in partnership with Bowers & Wilkins, started the Bowers & Wilkins Music Club—later known as Society of Sound—a subscription-based music retail site. Albums are currently available in either Apple Lossless or FLAC format.[149]

He is one of the founding supporters of the annual global event Asteroid Day.[150]

## Activist for humanitarian causes

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In 1986, he started what has become a longstanding association with Amnesty International, becoming a pioneering participant in all 28 of Amnesty's Human rights concerts—a series of music events and tours staged by the US Section of Amnesty International between 1986 and 1998. He performed during the six-concert A Conspiracy of Hope US tour in June 1986; the twenty-concert Human Rights Now! world tour in 1988; the Chile: Embrace of Hope Concert in 1990 and at The Paris Concert for Amnesty International in 1998. He also performed in Amnesty's Secret Policeman's Ball benefit shows in collaboration with other artists and friends such as Lou Reed, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd and Youssou N'Dour; Gabriel closed those concerts performing his anti-apartheid anthem "Biko".[151] He spoke of his support for Amnesty on NBC's Today Show in 1986.[152]

Inspired by the social activism he encountered in his work with Amnesty, in 1992, Gabriel co-founded WITNESS, a non-profit organisation that equips, trains and supports locally based organisations worldwide to use video and the internet in human rights documentation and advocacy.

In 1995, Gabriel and Cape Verdean human rights activist Vera Duarte were awarded the North–South Prize in its inaugural year.[153][154]

Gabriel at WITNESS Gala 2007

In the late 1990s, Gabriel and entrepreneur Richard Branson discussed with Nelson Mandela their idea of a small, dedicated group of leaders, working objectively and without any vested personal interest to solve difficult global conflicts.

On 18 July 2007, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nelson Mandela announced the formation of a new group, The Elders, in a speech he delivered on the occasion of his 89th birthday. Kofi Annan served as Chair of the Elders and Gro Harlem Brundtland as deputy chair. The other members of the group are Martti Ahtisaari, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar Brahimi, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Jimmy Carter,[155] Hina Jilani, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson[155] and Ernesto Zedillo. Desmond Tutu was an Honorary Elder, as was Nelson Mandela. The Elders is independently funded by a group of donors, including Branson and Gabriel.

The Elders use their collective skills to catalyse peaceful resolutions to long-standing conflicts, articulate new approaches to global issues that are causing or may later cause immense human suffering, and share wisdom by helping to connect voices all over the world. They work together to consider carefully which specific issues to approach.

In November 2007, Gabriel's non-profit group WITNESS launched The Hub, a participatory media site for human rights.

In September 2008, Gabriel was named as the recipient of Amnesty International's 2008 Ambassador of Conscience Award. In the same month, he received Quadriga United We Care award of Werkstatt Deutschland along with Boris Tadić, Eckart Höfling and Wikipedia. The award was presented to him by Queen Silvia of Sweden.[156]

In 2010, Gabriel lent his support to the campaign to release Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, an Iranian Azeri woman who was sentenced to death by stoning after being convicted of committing adultery.[157]

In December 2013, Gabriel posted a video message in tribute to the deceased former South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. Gabriel was quoted:

> To come out of 27 years in jail and to immediately set about building a Rainbow Nation with your sworn enemy is a unique and extraordinary example of courage and forgiveness. In this case, Mandela had seen many of his people beaten, imprisoned and murdered, yet he was still willing to trust the humanity and idealism of those who had been the oppressors, without whom he knew he could not achieve an almost peaceful transition of power. There is no other example of such inspirational leadership in my lifetime.[158][159]

Gabriel has criticised Air France for their continued transport of monkeys to laboratories. In a letter to the airline, Gabriel wrote that in laboratories, "primates are violently force-fed chemicals, inflicted with brain damage, crippled, addicted to cocaine or alcohol, deprived of food and water, or psychologically tormented and ultimately killed."[160]

In March 2014, Gabriel publicly supported #withsyria, a campaign to rally support for victims of the Syrian Civil War.[161]

In November 2014, Gabriel, along with Pussy Riot and Iron & Wine supported Hong Kong protesters at Hong Kong's Lennon Wall in their efforts.[162]

In March 2015, Gabriel was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of South Australia in recognition of his commitment to creativity and its transformational power in building peace and understanding.[163]

He composed the song "The Veil" for Oliver Stone's film Snowden (2016).[164]

## Political views

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Gabriel has been described as one of rock's most political musicians by AllMusic.[15] In 1992, on the 20th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre, Gabriel joined Peter Hain, Jeremy Corbyn, Tony Benn, Ken Loach, John Pilger and Adrian Mitchell in voicing his support for a demonstration in London calling for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.[165]

At the 1997 general election, he declared his support for the Labour Party, which won that election by a landslide after 18 years out of power, led by Tony Blair.[166] In 1998, he was named in a list of the biggest private financial donors to Labour.[167] He subsequently distanced himself from the Labour government following Blair's support for George W. Bush and Britain's involvement in the Iraq War, which he strongly opposed.[155] Gabriel later explained his decision for funding Labour, saying, "after all those years of Thatcher, that was the only time I've put money into a political party because I wanted to help get rid of the Tory government of that time."[168]

At the 2005 general election, Gabriel gave a Green Party of England and Wales candidate special permission to record a cover of his song "Don't Give Up" for his campaign.[169] In 2010, The Guardian described Gabriel as "a staunch advocate of proportional representation".[170] In 2013, he stated that he had become more interested in online petitioning organisations to effect change than traditional party politics.[155]

In 2012, Gabriel condemned the use of his music by the American conservative talk radio personality Rush Limbaugh during a controversial segment in which Limbaugh vilified Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke. A statement on behalf of Gabriel read: "Peter was appalled to learn that his music was linked to Rush Limbaugh's extraordinary attack on Sandra Fluke. It is obvious from anyone that knows Peter's work that he would never approve such a use. He has asked his representatives to make sure his music is withdrawn and especially from these unfair, aggressive and ignorant comments."[171]

In 2016, Gabriel supported the UK's continued membership of the European Union in the referendum on the issue.[172]

Gabriel has declared his support for the two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. In 2014, he contributed songs to a new compilation album to raise funds for humanitarian organisations aiding Palestinian Arabs in Gaza. Gabriel was quoted: "I am certain that Israelis and Palestinians will both benefit from a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders. We have watched Palestinians suffer for too long, especially in Gaza. I am not, and never was, anti-Israeli or anti-Semitic, but I oppose the policy of the Israeli government, oppose injustice and oppose the occupation ... I am proud to be one of the voices asking the Israeli government: 'Where is the two-state solution that you wanted so much?' and clearly say that enough is enough."[173] In 2019, Gabriel was among 50 artists who urged the BBC to ask for the Eurovision Song Contest to be moved out of Israel, citing human rights concerns.[174] In 2023, Gabriel signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter to President Joe Biden calling for a ceasefire during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.[175]

Gabriel has been in support of the Armenian genocide recognition.[176] In October 2020, he posted a message on social media in support of Armenia and Artsakh in regards to the Nagorno-Karabakh war. He said, "The fighting that has now broken out between Azerbaijan and Armenia is really horrific and we need to lobby whoever we can to encourage a ceasefire, but hearing reports that President Erdoğan has now lined up 80,000 Turkish troops on the Armenian border is a terrifying prospect, full of the dark echoes of history."[177]

## In popular culture

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Gabriel's music featured prominently on the popular 1980s television show Miami Vice. The songs include "The Rhythm of the Heat" and "Biko" (from "Evan"), "Red Rain" (from "Stone's War"), "Mercy Street" (from "Killshot"), "Sledgehammer" (from "Better Living Through Chemistry"), "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" (from "Forgive Us Our Debts" and "Deliver Us from Evil") and "Don't Give Up" (from "Redemption in Blood"). With seven songs used total, Gabriel had the most music featured by a solo artist in the series, and he is the only artist to have had a song used in four of Vice's five seasons. Five of the nine tracks on his most popular album So (1986) were used in the series.

Gabriel’s song "In Your Eyes" features twice in the teen romance drama Say Anything (1989). It is the song playing on Lloyd Dobler’s boombox as he serenades Diane, creating the film’s most iconic scene.

Gabriel's cover of David Bowie's "Heroes" was featured in the fourth season finale of Big Love, as well as the first season and the ending scene of Stranger Things season 3 and the ending credits of Lone Survivor. The song also features in 'Children of Mars', a 2020 episode of the web series Star Trek: Short Treks.

A series of spoof documentaries about the fictitious rock star Brian Pern were based loosely on Gabriel.[178]

In 2021, Northern Irish post-punk band Invaderband released their second studio album entitled 'Peter Gabriel'.[179] The sleeve was a painting of Gabriel by Luke Haines.

## Personal life

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Gabriel has married twice and has four children. In 1971, at age 21, he married Jill Moore, daughter of Baron Philip Moore.[180] They had two daughters,[155] one of whom, Anna-Marie, is a filmmaker who filmed and directed Gabriel's live DVDs Growing Up on Tour: A Family Portrait (2003), Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped (2005) and some of his music videos. Melanie is a musician who had been a backing vocalist in her father's band in 2002–2011. Both daughters appear in the final sequence of the video for their father's song "Sledgehammer".

Gabriel's marriage became increasingly strained, culminating in Moore's affair with David Lord, the co-producer of Gabriel's fourth studio album. After the couple divorced in 1987, Gabriel fell into a period of depression and attended therapy sessions for six years.

For a time after his divorce, Gabriel lived with American actress Rosanna Arquette.[180] In 2021, Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor said that she maintained an on-and-off relationship with Gabriel in the wake of his divorce. She ended the relationship because of her frustration with his lack of commitment, which inspired her single "Thank You for Hearing Me".[181]

Gabriel married Meabh Flynn in 2002, with whom he has two sons.[85][180]

Gabriel has resided in Wiltshire for many years and runs Real World Studios from Box, Wiltshire. He previously lived in the Woolley Valley near Bath, Somerset. In 2010, he joined a campaign to stop agricultural development in the valley, which had also inspired his first solo single, "Solsbury Hill", in 1977.[182]

## Discography

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Main article: Peter Gabriel discography

Studio albums

* Peter Gabriel (1977; known as Peter Gabriel 1 and Car)
* Peter Gabriel (1978; known as Peter Gabriel 2 and Scratch)
* Peter Gabriel (1980; known as Peter Gabriel 3 and Melt)
* Peter Gabriel (1982; known as Peter Gabriel 4 and Security)
* So (1986)
* Us (1992)
* Up (2002)
* Scratch My Back (2010)
* New Blood (2011)
* I/O (2023)

Soundtracks

* Birdy (1985)
* Passion (1989)
* OVO (2000)
* Long Walk Home (2002)

## Awards and nominations

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Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Peter Gabriel

## See also

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* List of ambient music artists
* List of artists who reached number one in the United States
* List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
* List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart
* List of best-selling music artists
* 24997 Petergabriel

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### Works cited

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* Banks, Tony; Collins, Phil; Gabriel, Peter; Hackett, Steve; Rutherford, Mike (2007). Dodd, Philipp (ed.). Genesis. Chapter and Verse. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-84434-1.
* Bowler, Dave; Dray, Bryan (1992). Genesis: A Biography. Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 978-0-283-06132-5.
* Easlea, Daryl (2018). Without Frontiers: The Life & Music of Peter Gabriel (Revised and Updated ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-787-59082-3.
* Frame, Pete (1983). The Complete Rock Family Trees. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-7119-0465-1.
* Giammetti, Mario (2020). Genesis 1967 to 1975 - The Peter Gabriel Years. London: Kingmaker. ISBN 978-1-913218-62-1.

## External links

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Peter Gabriel at Wikipedia's sister projects

* Media from Commons
* Quotations from Wikiquote
* Data from Wikidata

* Official website
* Peter Gabriel at AllMusic
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* Peter Gabriel at IMDb
* Peter Gabriel on the Music-Map

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Studio albums|

* Peter Gabriel (Car)
* Peter Gabriel (Scratch)
* Peter Gabriel (Melt)
* Peter Gabriel (Security)
* So
* Us
* Up
* Scratch My Back
* New Blood
* I/O

Live albums|

* Plays Live
* Plays Live Highlights
* Secret World Live
* Live Blood
* Back to Front: Live in London
* Growing Up Live
* Live in Athens 1987

Singles|

* "Solsbury Hill"
* "Modern Love"
* "D.I.Y."
* "Games Without Frontiers"
* "No Self Control"
* "Biko"
* "I Don't Remember"
* "Shock the Monkey"
* "I Have the Touch"
* "Wallflower"
* "Sledgehammer"
* "In Your Eyes"
* "Don't Give Up"
* "Big Time"
* "Red Rain"
* "Shaking the Tree"
* "Digging in the Dirt"
* "Steam"
* "Blood of Eden"
* "Kiss That Frog"
* "Lovetown"
* "While the Earth Sleeps"
* "When You're Falling"
* "The Barry Williams Show"
* "More Than This"
* "Growing Up
* "Burn You Up, Burn You Down"
* "Darkness"
* "Down to Earth"
* "Panopticom"
* "The Court"
* "Playing for Time"
* "I/O"
* "Four Kinds of Horses"
* "Road to Joy"
* "So Much"
* "Olive Tree"
* "Love Can Heal"
* "This Is Home"
* "And Still"
* "Live and Let Live"

Songs|

* "Moribund the Burgermeister"
* "Here Comes the Flood"
* "On the Air"
* "Mother of Violence"
* "Intruder"
* "Family Snapshot"
* "The Rhythm of the Heat"
* "San Jacinto"
* "That Voice Again"
* "Mercy Street"
* "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)"
* "This is the Picture (Excellent Birds)"
* "Come Talk to Me"
* "Secret World"
* "The Tower That Ate People"
* "Sky Blue"

Soundtracks|

* Birdy
* Passion
* OVO
* Long Walk Home

Compilations|

* Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
* Revisited
* Hit
* Rated PG
* Flotsam and Jetsam

Concert tours|

* Secret World Tour
* Back to Front Tour
* i/o The Tour

Films|

* Secret World Live
* Growing Up: Live
* Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped

Video games|

* Xplora1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World
* Eve
* Myst IV: Revelation

Other|

* Discography
* Genesis
* WOMAD
* Passion – Sources
* The Story of OVO
* Millennium Dome Show
* Play: The Videos
* Big Blue Ball
* And I'll Scratch Yours
* Real World Records
* Real World Studios
* Solid State Logic (SSL)

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Awards for Peter Gabriel

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AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

1975–2000|

* The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthy – Bruce Smeaton (1975)
* No Award (1976)
* The Picture Show Man – Peter Best (1977)
* The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Bruce Smeaton (1978)
* Mad Max – Brian May (1979)
* Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe (1980)
* Fatty Finn – Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond (1981)
* The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (1982)
* Phar Lap – Bruce Rowland (1983)
* Street Hero – Garth Porter and Bruce Smeaton (1984)
* Rebel – Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland (1985)
* Young Einstein – William Motzing and Martin Armiger (1986)
* The Tale of Ruby Rose – Paul Schütze (1987)
* The Lighthorsemen – Mario Millo (1988)
* Dead Calm – Graeme Revell (1989)
* The Big Steal – Phil Judd (1990)
* Dingo – Michel Legrand and Miles Davis (1991)
* Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992)
* The Piano – Michael Nyman (1993)
* Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994)
* Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995)
* Shine – David Hirschfelder (1996)
* Doing Time for Patsy Cline – Peter Best (1997)
* Oscar and Lucinda – Thomas Newman (1998)
* In a Savage Land – David Bridie (1999)
* Bootmen – Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)

2001–present|

* The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001)
* Rabbit-Proof Fence – Peter Gabriel (2002)
* Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003)
* Somersault – Decoder Ring (2004)
* The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (2005)
* Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey (2006)
* The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos (2007)
* Unfinished Sky – Antony Partos (2008)
* Mao's Last Dancer – Christopher Gordon (2009)
* Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty (2010)
* The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011)
* Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma (2012)
* The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong (2013)
* The Railwayman – David Hirschfelder (2014)
* Mad Max: Fury Road – Tom Holkenborg (2015)
* Tanna – Antony Partos (2016)
* Lion – Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran (2017)
* Ladies in Black – Christopher Gordon (2018)
* Judy and Punch – François Tétaz (2019)
* Babyteeth – Amanda Brown (2020)
* June Again – Christopher Gordon (2021)
* Falling for Figaro – Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)
* Talk to Me – Cornel Wilczek (2023)
* Better Man – Batu Sener (2024)

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* e

Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist

* Cliff Richard (1977)
* Cliff Richard (1982)
* Paul McCartney (1983)
* David Bowie (1984)
* Paul Young (1985)
* Phil Collins (1986)
* Peter Gabriel (1987)
* George Michael (1988)
* Phil Collins (1989)
* Phil Collins (1990)
* Elton John (1991)
* Seal (1992)
* Mick Hucknall (1993)
* Sting (1994)
* Paul Weller (1995)
* Paul Weller (1996)
* George Michael (1997)
* Finley Quaye (1998)
* Robbie Williams (1999)
* Tom Jones (2000)
* Robbie Williams (2001)
* Robbie Williams (2002)
* Robbie Williams (2003)
* Daniel Bedingfield (2004)
* The Streets (2005)
* James Blunt (2006)
* James Morrison (2007)
* Mark Ronson (2008)
* Paul Weller (2009)
* Dizzee Rascal (2010)
* Plan B (2011)
* Ed Sheeran (2012)
* Ben Howard (2013)
* David Bowie (2014)
* Ed Sheeran (2015)
* James Bay (2016)
* David Bowie (2017)
* Stormzy (2018)
* George Ezra (2019)
* Stormzy (2020)
* J Hus (2021)

* v
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* e

Brit Award for British Producer of the Year

* George Martin (1977)
* Martin Rushent (1982)
* Trevor Horn (1983)
* Steve Levine (1984)
* Trevor Horn (1985)
* Dave Stewart (1986)
* Dave Stewart (1987)
* Stock Aitken Waterman (1988)
* Dave Stewart (1990)
* Chris Thomas (1991)
* Trevor Horn (1992)
* Peter Gabriel (1993)
* Brian Eno (1994)
* Nellee Hooper (1995)
* Brian Eno (1996)
* John Leckie (1997)
* Chris Potter, The Verve & Youth (1998)
* Bernard Butler (2009)
* Paul Epworth (2010)
* Markus Dravs (2011)
* Ethan Johns (2012)
* Paul Epworth (2013)
* Alan Moulder & Flood (2014)
* Paul Epworth (2015)
* Charlie Andrew (2016)
* Steve Mac (2018)
* Calvin Harris (2019)
* Fred Again (2020)
* Inflo (2022)
* David Guetta (2023)
* Chase & Status (2024)
* A. G. Cook (2025)

* v
* t
* e

Grammy Award for Best Music Film

1983–1986|

* Duran Duran – Duran Duran (1983)
* Making Michael Jackson's Thriller – Michael Jackson (1984)
* Huey Lewis & The News: The Heart of Rock 'n Roll – Huey Lewis and the News (1985)
* Bring On the Night – Sting (1986)

Best Performance
Music Video
(1987−1988)|

* The Prince's Trust All-Star Rock Concert – Various Artists (1987)
* "Where the Streets Have No Name" – U2 (1988)

1989–2009|

* Rhythm Nation 1814 – Janet Jackson (1989)
* Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie – MC Hammer (1990)
* Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90 – Madonna (1991)
* Diva – Annie Lennox (1992)
* Ten Summoner's Tales – Sting (1993)
* Zoo TV: Live from Sydney – U2 (1994)
* Secret World Live – Peter Gabriel (1995)
* The Beatles Anthology – The Beatles (1996)
* Jagged Little Pill, Live – Alanis Morissette (1997)
* American Masters: Lou Reed: Rock & Roll Heart – Lou Reed (1998)
* Band of Gypsys: Live at Fillmore East – Jimi Hendrix (1999)
* Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album – John Lennon (2000)
* Recording The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks – Mel Brooks (2001)
* Westway to the World – The Clash (2002)
* Legend – Sam Cooke (2003)
* Concert for George – Various Artists (2004)
* No Direction Home – Bob Dylan (2005)
* Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen (2006)
* The Confessions Tour – Madonna (2007)
* Runnin' Down a Dream – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2008)
* The Beatles Love – All Together Now – The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil (2009)

2010–present|

* When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors – The Doors (2010)
* Back and Forth – Foo Fighters (2011)
* Big Easy Express – Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show (2012)
* Live Kisses – Paul McCartney (2013)
* 20 Feet from Stardom – Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill (2014)
* Amy – Amy Winehouse (2015)
* The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years – The Beatles (2016)
* The Defiant Ones – Various Artists (2017)
* Quincy – Quincy Jones (2018)
* Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé – Beyoncé (2019)
* Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice – Linda Ronstadt (2020)
* Summer of Soul – Various Artists (2021)
* Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story – Various Artists (2022)
* Moonage Daydream – David Bowie (2023)
* American Symphony – Jon Batiste (2024)

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Grammy Award for Best Music Video

Video of the Year
(1981−1982)|

* Elephant Parts – Michael Nesmith (1981)
* Olivia Physical – Olivia Newton-John (1982)

1983–1986|

* "Girls on Film" / "Hungry Like the Wolf" – Duran Duran (1983)
* "Jazzin' for Blue Jean" – David Bowie (1984)
* "We Are the World" – USA for Africa (1985)
* "Brothers in Arms" – Dire Straits (1986)

Best Concept
Music Video
(1987−1988)|

* "Land of Confusion" – Genesis (1987)
* "Fat" – "Weird Al" Yankovic (1988)

1989–2009|

* "Leave Me Alone" – Michael Jackson (1989)
* "Opposites Attract" – Paula Abdul (1990)
* "Losing My Religion" – R.E.M. (1991)
* "Digging in the Dirt" – Peter Gabriel (1992)
* "Steam" – Peter Gabriel (1993)
* "Love Is Strong" – The Rolling Stones (1994)
* "Scream" – Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson (1995)
* "Free as a Bird" – The Beatles (1996)
* "Got 'til It's Gone" – Janet Jackson (1997)
* "Ray of Light" – Madonna (1998)
* "Freak on a Leash" – Korn (1999)
* "Learn to Fly" – Foo Fighters (2000)
* "Weapon of Choice" – Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins (2001)
* "Without Me" - Eminem (2002)
* "Hurt" – Johnny Cash (2003)
* "Vertigo" – U2 (2004)
* "Lose Control" – Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop (2005)
* "Here It Goes Again" – OK Go (2006)
* "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – Johnny Cash (2007)
* "Pork and Beans" – Weezer (2008)
* "Boom Boom Pow" – Black Eyed Peas (2009)

2010–present|

* "Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga (2010)
* "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (2011)
* "We Found Love" – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris (2012)
* "Suit & Tie" – Justin Timberlake featuring Jay-Z (2013)
* "Happy" – Pharrell Williams (2014)
* "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar (2015)
* "Formation" – Beyoncé (2016)
* "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar (2017)
* "This Is America" – Childish Gambino (2018)
* "Old Town Road" – Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus (2019)
* "Brown Skin Girl" – Beyoncé, Blue Ivy & Wizkid (2020)
* "Freedom" – Jon Batiste (2021)
* All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift (2022)
* "I'm Only Sleeping" – The Beatles (2023)
* "Not Like Us" – Kendrick Lamar (2024)

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Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media

1980s|

* "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1987)
* "Two Hearts" – Phil Collins & Lamont Dozier (songwriters) (1988)
* "Let the River Run" – Carly Simon (songwriter) (1989)

1990s|

* "Under the Sea" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1990)
* "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen & Bryan Adams (songwriters) (1991)
* "Beauty and the Beast" – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1992)
* "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1993)
* "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1994)
* "Colors of the Wind" – Alan Menken & Stephen Schwartz (songwriters) (1995)
* "Because You Loved Me" – Diane Warren (songwriter) (1996)
* "I Believe I Can Fly" – R. Kelly (songwriter) (1997)
* "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1998)
* "Beautiful Stranger" – Madonna & William Orbit (songwriters) (1999)

2000s|

* "When She Loved Me" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2000)
* "Boss of Me" – John Flansburgh & John Linnell (songwriters) (2001)
* "If I Didn't Have You" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2002)
* "A Mighty Wind" – Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy & Michael McKean (songwriters) (2003)
* "Into the West" – Annie Lennox, Howard Shore & Fran Walsh (songwriters) (2004)
* "Believe" – Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri (songwriters) (2005)
* "Our Town" – Randy Newman (songwriter) (2006)
* "Love You I Do" – Siedah Garrett & Henry Krieger (songwriters) (2007)
* "Down to Earth" – Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman (songwriters) (2008)
* "Jai Ho" – Gulzar, A. R. Rahman & Tanvi Shah (songwriters) (2009)

2010s|

* "The Weary Kind" – Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett (songwriters) (2010)
* "I See the Light" – Alan Menken & Glenn Slater (songwriters) (2011)
* "Safe & Sound" – T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, Joy Williams & John Paul White (songwriters) (2012)
* "Skyfall" – Adele Atkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2013)
* "Let It Go" – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez (songwriters) (2014)
* "Glory" – Common, Che Smith & John Legend (songwriters) (2015)
* "Can't Stop the Feeling!" – Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake (songwriters) (2016)
* "How Far I'll Go" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2017)
* "Shallow" – Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando & Andrew Wyatt (songwriters) (2018)
* "I'll Never Love Again" – Lady Gaga, Natalie Hemby, Hillary Lindsey & Aaron Raitiere (songwriters) (2019)

2020s|

* "No Time to Die" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2020)
* "All Eyes On Me" – Bo Burnham (songwriter) (2021)
* "We Don't Talk About Bruno" – Lin-Manuel Miranda (songwriter) (2022)
* "What Was I Made For?" – Billie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell (songwriters) (2023)
* "It Never Went Away" – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2024)

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Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award

* The Beatles and Richard Lester (1984)
* David Bowie (1984)
* David Byrne (1985)
* Russell Mulcahy (1985)
* Godley & Creme (1985)
* Madonna (1986)
* Zbigniew Rybczyński (1986)
* Peter Gabriel (1987)
* Julien Temple (1987)
* Michael Jackson (1988)
* George Michael (1989)
* Janet Jackson (1990)
* Bon Jovi and Wayne Isham (1991)
* Guns N' Roses (1992)
* The Rolling Stones (1994)
* Tom Petty (1994)
* R.E.M. (1995)
* LL Cool J (1997)
* Mark Romanek (1997)
* Beastie Boys (1998)
* Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000)
* U2 (2001)
* Duran Duran (2003)
* Hype Williams (2006)
* Britney Spears (2011)
* Justin Timberlake (2013)
* Beyoncé (2014)
* Kanye West (2015)
* Rihanna (2016)
* Pink (2017)
* Jennifer Lopez (2018)
* Missy Elliott (2019)
* Nicki Minaj (2022)
* Shakira (2023)
* Katy Perry (2024)

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MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

1980s|

* "You Might Think" – The Cars (1984)
* "The Boys of Summer" – Don Henley (1985)
* "Money for Nothing" – Dire Straits (1986)
* "Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel (1987)
* "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate" – INXS (1988)
* "This Note's for You" – Neil Young (1989)

1990s|

* "Nothing Compares 2 U" – Sinéad O'Connor (1990)
* "Losing My Religion" – R.E.M. (1991)
* "Right Now" – Van Halen (1992)
* "Jeremy" – Pearl Jam (1993)
* "Cryin'" – Aerosmith (1994)
* "Waterfalls" – TLC (1995)
* "Tonight, Tonight" – The Smashing Pumpkins (1996)
* "Virtual Insanity" – Jamiroquai (1997)
* "Ray of Light" – Madonna (1998)
* "Doo Wop (That Thing)" – Lauryn Hill (1999)

2000s|

* "The Real Slim Shady" – Eminem (2000)
* "Lady Marmalade" – Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink (2001)
* "Without Me" – Eminem (2002)
* "Work It" – Missy Elliott (2003)
* "Hey Ya!" – Outkast (2004)
* "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – Green Day (2005)
* "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" – Panic! at the Disco (2006)
* "Umbrella" – Rihanna featuring Jay-Z (2007)
* "Piece of Me" – Britney Spears (2008)
* "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Beyoncé (2009)

2010s|

* "Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga (2010)
* "Firework" – Katy Perry (2011)
* "We Found Love" – Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris (2012)
* "Mirrors" – Justin Timberlake (2013)
* "Wrecking Ball" – Miley Cyrus (2014)
* "Bad Blood" – Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar (2015)
* "Formation" – Beyoncé (2016)
* "Humble" – Kendrick Lamar (2017)
* "Havana" – Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug (2018)
* "You Need to Calm Down" – Taylor Swift (2019)

2020s|

* "Blinding Lights" – The Weeknd (2020)
* "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" – Lil Nas X (2021)
* All Too Well: The Short Film – Taylor Swift (2022)
* "Anti-Hero" – Taylor Swift (2023)
* "Fortnight" – Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone (2024)

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Laureates of the Polar Music Prize

1990s|

* Paul McCartney / the Baltic states (1992)
* Dizzy Gillespie / Witold Lutosławski (1993)
* Quincy Jones / Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1994)
* Elton John / Mstislav Rostropovich (1995)
* Joni Mitchell / Pierre Boulez (1996)
* Bruce Springsteen / Eric Ericson (1997)
* Ray Charles / Ravi Shankar (1998)
* Stevie Wonder / Iannis Xenakis (1999)

2000s|

* Bob Dylan / Isaac Stern (2000)
* Burt Bacharach / Robert Moog / Karlheinz Stockhausen (2001)
* Miriam Makeba / Sofia Gubaidulina (2002)
* Keith Jarrett (2003)
* B.B. King / György Ligeti (2004)
* Gilberto Gil / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (2005)
* Led Zeppelin / Valery Gergiev (2006)
* Sonny Rollins / Steve Reich (2007)
* Pink Floyd / Renée Fleming (2008)
* Peter Gabriel / José Antonio Abreu / El Sistema (2009)

2010s|

* Björk / Ennio Morricone (2010)
* Kronos Quartet / Patti Smith (2011)
* Paul Simon / Yo-Yo Ma (2012)
* Youssou N'Dour / Kaija Saariaho (2013)
* Chuck Berry / Peter Sellars (2014)
* Emmylou Harris / Evelyn Glennie (2015)
* Max Martin / Cecilia Bartoli (2016)
* Sting / Wayne Shorter (2017)
* Metallica / Afghanistan National Institute of Music (2018)
* Grandmaster Flash / Anne-Sophie Mutter / Playing for Change (2019)

2020s|

* Anna Netrebko / Diane Warren (2020)
* Iggy Pop / Ensemble intercontemporain (2022)
* Chris Blackwell / Angélique Kidjo / Arvo Pärt (2023)
* Nile Rodgers / Esa-Pekka Salonen (2024)
* Barbara Hannigan / Herbie Hancock / Queen (2025)

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 2010

Performers|

* ABBA
* Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus
* Genesis
* Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford
* Jimmy Cliff
* The Hollies
* Bernie Calvert, Allan Clarke, Bobby Elliott, Eric Haydock, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash, Terry Sylvester
* The Stooges
* Dave Alexander, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Iggy Pop, James Williamson

Non-performers
(Ahmet Ertegun Award)|

* Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
* Otis Blackwell
* David Geffen
* Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
* Mort Shuman
* Jesse Stone

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 2014

Performers|

* Peter Gabriel
* Hall & Oates
* Daryl Hall, John Oates
* Kiss
* Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley
* Nirvana
* Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
* Linda Ronstadt
* Cat Stevens

Non-performers
(Ahmet Ertegun Award)|

* Brian Epstein
* Andrew Loog Oldham

Award for Musical Excellence|

* E Street Band
* Roy Bittan, Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Vini Lopez, Nils Lofgren, David Sancious, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Steven Van Zandt, Max Weinberg

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World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song

2000s|

* "Come What May" – Written by David Baerwald and Kevin Gilbert (2001)
* "If I Didn't Have You" – Written by Randy Newman (2002)
* "The Hands That Built America" – Written by Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono, and Larry Mullen, Jr. (2003)
* "You Will Be My Ain True Love" – Written by Alison Krauss and Sting (2004)
* "Old Habits Die Hard" – Written by Dave Stewart and Mick Jagger (2005)
* "Our Town" – Written by Randy Newman (2006)
* "You Know My Name" – Written by Chris Cornell and David Arnold (2007)
* "Down to Earth" – Written by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (2008)
* "Jai Ho" – Written by A. R. Rahman, Gulzar, and Tanvi Shah (2009)

2010s|

* "The Weary Kind" – Written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (2010)
* "We Belong Together" – Written by Randy Newman (2011)
* "Lay Your Head Down" – Written by Brian Byrne and Glenn Close (2012)
* "Skyfall" – Written by Adele and Paul Epworth (2013)
* "Happy" – Written by Pharrell Williams (2014)
* "The Apology Song" – Written by Gustavo Santaolalla and Paul Williams (2015)
* "None of Them Are You" – Written by Carter Burwell and Charlie Kaufman (2016)
* "City of Stars" – Written by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul (2017)
* "Black Panther" – Written by Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Kevin Gomringer, Tim Gomringer, and Matt Schaeffer (2018)
* "Shallow" – Written by Lady Gaga, Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando, and Mark Ronson (2019)

2020s|

* "Stand Up" – Written by Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo (2020)
* "Call Me Cruella" – Written by Nicholas Britell, Florence Welch, Steph Jones, Jordan Powers, and Taura Stinson (2021)
* "No Time to Die" – Written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2022)
* "Your Personal Trash Man Can" – Written by Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore (2023)
* "What Was I Made For?" – Written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell (2024)

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Genesis

* Tony Banks
* Mike Rutherford
* Phil Collins

* Peter Gabriel
* Anthony Phillips
* Chris Stewart
* John Silver
* John Mayhew
* Mick Barnard
* Steve Hackett
* Ray Wilson

Studio albums|

* From Genesis to Revelation
* Trespass
* Nursery Cryme
* Foxtrot
* Selling England by the Pound
* The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
* A Trick of the Tail
* Wind & Wuthering
* ...And Then There Were Three...
* Duke
* Abacab
* Genesis
* Invisible Touch
* We Can't Dance
* Calling All Stations

Live albums|

* Genesis Live
* Seconds Out
* Three Sides Live
* The Way We Walk, Volume One: The Shorts
* The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs
* Live over Europe 2007

Compilations|

* Turn It On Again: The Hits
* Platinum Collection
* The Last Domino? – The Hits

Box sets|

* Genesis Archive 1967–75
* Genesis Archive #2 1976–92
* Genesis 1976–1982
* Genesis 1983–1998
* Genesis 1970–1975
* Genesis Live 1973–2007
* R-Kive
* BBC Broadcasts

EPs|

* Spot the Pigeon
* 3×3

Singles|

* "The Silent Sun"
* "The Knife"
* "Watcher of the Skies"
* "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
* "The Carpet Crawlers"
* "A Trick of the Tail"
* "Your Own Special Way"
* "Follow You Follow Me"
* "Many Too Many"
* "Go West Young Man"
* "Turn It On Again"
* "Duchess"
* "Misunderstanding"
* "Abacab"
* "No Reply at All"
* "Keep It Dark"
* "Man on the Corner"
* "Paperlate"
* "Mama"
* "That's All"
* "Home by the Sea"
* "Illegal Alien"
* "Taking It All Too Hard"
* "Invisible Touch"
* "Throwing It All Away"
* "In Too Deep"
* "Land of Confusion"
* "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight"
* "No Son of Mine"
* "I Can't Dance"
* "Hold on My Heart"
* "Jesus He Knows Me"
* "Never a Time"
* "Tell Me Why"
* "Congo"
* "Shipwrecked"
* "Not About Us"
* "The Carpet Crawlers 1999"
* "The Silent Sun 2006"

Other songs|

* "The Musical Box"
* "Get 'Em Out by Friday"
* "Supper's Ready"
* "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight"
* "Firth of Fifth"
* "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway"
* "The Lady Lies"
* "Behind the Lines"
* "Domino"
* "Anything She Does"
* "Driving the Last Spike"
* "Fading Lights"

Video albums|

* In Concert
* Three Sides Live
* The Mama Tour
* Live at Wembley Stadium
* The Way We Walk
* The Video Show
* Live in London
* When in Rome 2007
* Genesis Movie Box 1981–2007

Tours|

* Selling England by the Pound Tour
* The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Tour
* A Trick of the Tail Tour
* Wind & Wuthering Tour
* Invisible Touch Tour
* We Can't Dance Tour
* Calling All Stations Tour
* Turn It On Again: The Tour
* The Last Domino? Tour

Related musicians|

* Bill Bruford
* Chester Thompson
* Daryl Stuermer
* Nick D'Virgilio
* Nir Zidkyahu
* Anthony Drennan
* Daniel Pearce
* Nic Collins

Related articles|

* List of Genesis medleys
* Brand X
* Flaming Youth
* Mike and the Mechanics
* GTR
* Stiltskin
* Simon Collins
* Sound of Contact
* Jonathan King
* Tony Smith
* The Musical Box
* Six of the Best
* Genesis: Together and Apart
* The Farm

* Genesis discography
* List of Genesis band members
* Genesis awards
* Category

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The Elders

Chair|

* Juan Manuel Santos

Deputy Chairs|

* Ban Ki-moon
* Graça Machel

Members|

* Gro Harlem Brundtland
* Helen Clark
* Elbegdorj Tsakhia
* Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
* Hina Jilani
* Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
* Denis Mukwege
* Mary Robinson
* Ernesto Zedillo

Former Members|

* Martti Ahtisaari
* Kofi Annan (former chair)
* Ela Bhatt
* Lakhdar Brahimi
* Fernando Henrique Cardoso
* Jimmy Carter
* Ricardo Lagos
* Nelson Mandela (founder)
* Aung San Suu Kyi
* Desmond Tutu (former chair)
* Muhammad Yunus
* Li Zhaoxing

Initiators|

* Peter Gabriel
* Richard Branson

Songs|

* Live and Let Live

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
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* BnF data
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* Finland
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Artists|

* ULAN
* MusicBrainz
* RKD Artists
* Museum of Modern Art
* Grammy Awards

People|

* Deutsche Biographie
* DDB

Other|

* IdRef
* SNAC

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