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

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“Don't Give Up”
Single by Peter Gabriel from the album So
Released	October 1986
Format	7" Single, 12" Single
Recorded	1985
Genre	Rock
Length	5:55
Label	Geffen Records
Producer	Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Sledgehammer" (1986) "Don't Give Up" (1986) "Big Time" (1987)
Kate Bush singles chronology
"The Big Sky" (1986) "Don't Give Up" (1986) "Experiment IV" (1986)

"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, peaking at number nine. 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 Track listing 2 Chart positions 3 Other versions 3.1 Peter Gabriel and Paula Cole version 3.2 Máire Brennan and Michael McDonald version 3.3 Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte version 3.4 Alicia Keys and Bono version 3.5 Other artists who have covered this song 4 Usage in film and television 5 Charts 6 References

[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)

[edit] Chart positions

Chart	Position
Irish Singles Chart	4
Dutch Singles Chart	4
Australian Singles Chart	5
U.K. Singles Chart	9
New Zealand Singles Chart	16
German Singles Chart	27
Canadian Singles Chart	40
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart	50

[edit] Other versions

“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

[edit] Peter Gabriel and Paula Cole version

The song was included in Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live tour featuring singer Paula Cole. The DVD release of a performance in Italy in 1993 (released in 1994) included the duet.

[edit] Máire Brennan and Michael McDonald version

Máire Brennan included a version of this song as a bonus track on her 1999 album Whisper to the Wild Water. In this version Michael McDonald 'tells' Máire not to give up.

[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. The song was also performed live on the fifth season of Dancing With The Stars. The music video features Noll and Bassingthwaighte in the studio recording the single.

Track listing of Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte version

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

[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 a ringtone version was released by Cingular Wireless; the proceeds of both going to the charity Keep A Child Alive, for which Keys is a spokesperson.

[edit] Other artists who have covered this song

• Sinéad O'Connor and Willie Nelson also did a cover of this song in which a daughter is consoling her father as he comes to terms with his place in society as an ageing unemployed man.
• Show of Hands included a cover of this song on their album Covers

[edit] Usage in film and television

• This song was used during the end credits of the Denzel Washington & Angelina Jolie thriller The Bone Collector, based on the novel of the same name by Jeffery Deaver.

• It was also used in the end of the NBC made-for-TV movie Perfect Body.

• It was also used in an episode of Miami Vice in which Crockett (Don Jonson) recovers from a case of amnesia.

• A Kids Incorporated episode from 1989 featured Kenny Ford and Jennifer Love Hewitt providing vocals.

[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	50
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

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