Peter Godwin (singer)

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Peter Godwin was a musician in the band Metro (with Duncan Browne) in the late 1970s who became a mildly successful New Wave artist in the early 1980s. His most well-known song is probably his 1982 Images of Heaven, which got some alternative airplay throughout the 1980s. He also got a little airplay with his song Baby's In The Mountains.

Images of Heaven had two videos made for it. In the first video, a girl in a cereal box that Peter Godwin is looking at comes to life. In the second video, which has a more adult theme, naked women can be seen.

In 1998, a number of his songs from his time with the band Metro, his early 1980s underground hits, and a couple of new songs were released on CD in 1998. The name of this CD is "Images of Heaven: The Best of Peter Godwin", and it was released on Oglio Records.

One song he composed with his band Metro, Criminal World, was covered by David Bowie in his 1983 album Let's Dance. Peter Godwin thanked David Bowie for covering this song in the linear notes for the "Images of Heaven" CD.

[edit] External links

• Peter Godwin overview and discography
• Images of Heaven lyrics (somewhat inaccurately transcribed)