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In Australia, "In Your Eyes" peaked at number 97 in November 1986. [3] The track was featured in the teen drama film Say Anything... (1989) starring John Cusack and Ione Skye. [4] The song was the finale of the Secret World Tour and the final track on the 1994 Secret World Live album, where it is over 11 minutes long and includes the extra ...
The song is a combination of several inspirations. The lyrics directly reference a recurring dream Gabriel was having where he swam in his backyard pool drinking cold red wine. Another version of the dream had bottles in the shape of people falling from a cliff. In it, a stream of red liquid would seep out of the people-shaped bottles as they ...
The song is a musical eulogy, inspired by the death of the black South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko in police custody on 12 September 1977. Gabriel wrote the song after hearing of Biko's death on the news. Influenced by Gabriel's growing interest in African musical styles, the song carried a sparse two-tone beat played on ...
The Smithereens originally wrote "A Girl Like You" for the movie, but the film's producers ultimately cut the song believing it revealed too much of the plot, and used "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel in its place; "A Girl Like You" was released later that year on their album 11 and became a top 40 hit in the US.
So (album) So. (album) So is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel, released on 19 May 1986 by Charisma Records and Virgin Records. After working on the soundtrack to the film Birdy (1984), producer Daniel Lanois was invited to remain at Gabriel's Somerset home during 1985 to work on his next solo project.
A total of 100 hours were spent shooting the music video, with each second of video consisting of 25 unique poses from Gabriel. [30] A major hit on music television, "Sledgehammer" won nine MTV Video Music Awards in 1987, [4] the most awards a single video has won. [5] It ranked at number four on MTV's 100 Greatest Music Videos Ever Made (1999).
2009. "Down to Earth" (from WALL-E) Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television (shared with Thomas Newman) Won. [22] "Define Dancing" (performed by Thomas Newman) Best Instrumental Arrangement (shared with Thomas Newman) Won. 2017.
Secret World Live is the second live album and tenth album overall by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released on 30 August 1994 in the UK. [4] The album documents the concert experience of the Secret World Tour. A concert film of the same name was released simultaneously. Its track listing omits "Red Rain" and adds "San Jacinto" after ...