Steam (Peter Gabriel song)

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“Steam”
“Steam” cover
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album Us
Released 1992
Format 7", 12", CD Single, Cassette
Genre Rock
Length 6:03
Label Geffen Records
Writer(s) Peter Gabriel
Producer Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Digging in the Dirt"
(1992)		 "Steam"
(1992)		 "Blood of Eden"
(1992)
Us track listing
"Blood Of Eden"
(3)		 "Steam"
(4)		 "Only Us"
(5)
Hit track listing
"Biko"
(12)		 "Steam"
(13)		 "Red Rain"
(14)
Secret World Live track listing
"Come Talk To Me"
(1)		 "Steam"
(2)		 "Across The River"
(3)

"Steam" is the second single from Peter Gabriel's 1992 album, Us. It reached #10 on the UK singles chart and #17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Peter Gabriel has said that the song is about a relationship in which the woman is sophisticated, bright, cultured, and knows everything about anything. And that the man knows nothing about anything, except, he does know about the woman, and she doesn't know much about herself.[citation needed]

An alternate version of this song called "Quiet Steam" was a B-side on the "Digging in the Dirt" single. It is a very lo-fi take on the popular version that appeared on the album. On Secret World Live, "Steam" is preceded for a minute or so by the "Quiet Steam" version.

This video won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1994.

[edit] Production credits

Preceded by
"Somebody to Shove" by Soul Asylum		 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
December 12, 1992 - January 9, 1993		 Succeeded by
"Not Sleeping Around" by Ned's Atomic Dustbin