Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)

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"Don't Give Up"
Single by Peter Gabriel with Kate Bush
from the album So
Released	October 1986
Format	7" Single, 12" Single
Recorded	1985
Genre	Rock
Length	5:55
Label	Geffen Records
Producer(s)	Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel
Chart positions
#5 (Australia) #9 (UK) #72 (US)
Peter Gabriel chronology
"Sledgehammer" (1986)	"Don't Give Up" (1986)	"Big Time" (1987)

"Don't Give Up"
Single by Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte
from the album Home: Songs of Hope & Journey
Released	December 9, 2006
Format	Compact Disc Digital download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop/Rock
Length	4:39
Label	Sony BMG
Chart positions
#2 (Australia)
Shannon Noll singles chronology
"Lonely" (2006)	"Don't Give Up" (2006)
Natalie Bassingthwaighte singles chronology
"In Love Again" (Rogue Traders, 2006)	"Don't Give Up" (2006)

"Don't Give Up" is a duet recorded by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush for Gabriel's album So. The single version spent eleven weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986. It describes the despair of a man who feels that the economic system has no place for him, and the support and wise counsel sung in the refrain by Bush. There were two videos created for this song by Godley & Creme. The first consisted of a single take of the singers in an embrace, as the sun enters total eclipse and re-emerges. The second featured Gabriel and Bush's faces superimposed over film of a town and its people in disrepair.

Contents 1 Alicia Keys and Bono version 2 Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte version 3 Track listing 4 Charts 5 References

[edit] Alicia Keys and Bono version

In December 2005, R&B vocalist Alicia Keys and U2 frontman Bono recorded a version entitled "Don't Give Up (Africa)" for World AIDS Day. The single was released exclusively to iTunes, and all proceeds went to the charity Keep A Child Alive.

[edit] Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte version

A cover version was recorded by the 2003 Australian Idol runner-up Shannon Noll and Rogue Traders frontwoman Natalie Bassingthwaighte. It was recorded for the compilation Home: Songs of Hope & Journey. It was released as a charity single for the depression organisation beyondblue. It was the most added song to Australian radio in its first week.^[1] It made its debut at number seven on the ARIA Charts and on its second week moved up to number two and accrediting Platinum by ARIA.

[edit] Track listing

Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush version

All songs written by Gabriel.

1. "Don't Give Up"
2. "Curtains"
3. "Batmanfish" (Darn Elusive remix)

Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte version

1. "Don't Give Up"
2. "Don't Give Up" (instrumental)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1986) 1	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	5
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	16
UK Singles Chart	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	72
Chart (2006) 2	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2]	2

• ¹ Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush.
• ² Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte.

[edit] References

1. ^ SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT -- Australia -- CD Releases
2. ^ Australian chart position. australian-charts. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.

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