Video hit Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush

Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush - Don’t give up

Don't Give Up is a song written by Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with 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.

The lyrics, sung by Gabriel, describe a man's feelings of isolation and despair; the choruses, sung by Bush, offers words of hope and encouragement.

Two videos were created for the 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.

Other artists who have covered this song

The Shadows did an instrumental of the song on the album "Simply Shadows" in 1987.

Gregorian and Sarah Brightman covered this song, and it is found in Brightman's "The Harem Tour" Limited Edition and Gregorian's "Masters of Chant" albums.

Jody Watley recorded the song for her Midnight Lounge album in 2001.

Show of Hands included a cover of this song on their album Covers

Xavier Naidoo covered the song on the Zwischenspiel/Alles für den Herrn album in 2002.

Take 6 recorded an A cappella version of the song on their album of covers "Beautiful World" in 2002.

Senegalese singer/guitarist Jimi Mbaye covered the song on his 2005 album "Yaye Digalma"

Tara MacLean covered the song on the Songs For Sunset album in 2006.

The song-writer/guitarist Shark from Wild Colonials and Dead Rock West singer Cindy Wasserman released the song in 2008. The proceeds of the record going to the charities Farm Aid and the Red Cross, to help the farmers affected by the floods of 2008. The sleeve design is an homage to the original Peter Gabriel / Kate Bush sleeve with similar typography.

In November 2008, Tina Arena and former Tea Party frontman Jeff Martin performed a live cover of "Don't Give Up" during an episode of Australian quiz show RocKwiz.

In May 2009, a version by The Midway State featuring Lady Gaga appeared online. According to Lady Gaga the cover was done so "that young people would hear and learn something about Kate Bush."

P!nk and John Legend cover the song for Herbie Hancock’s The Imagine Project.

Dutch singer Chielie(.nl) (uncredited) sang the Gabriel part on a cover of the song (Bush part sung by also uncredited unknown female singer - Chielie and she never met for the recording but did their work separately) produced at Flowerhouse Studios of Haarlem, Holland, on a CD called 'Duet for lovers' (90.807-2 UK), released 1994 by PMF Records.

Tarja Turunen covered the song, alongside Liv Kristine (Leaves' Eyes) on the European leg of her, What Lies Beneath Tour.

David Archuleta covered the song (with Libbie Linton) on his 2012 album Begin.

Dr. Ring-Ding released a Rocksteady version of the song on his 2012 album Dr. Ring Ding Ska-Vaganza - Piping Hot, duetting with Skatalites singer Doreen Shaffer.

Usage in film and television and books

This song was used during the end credits of the Denzel Washington and 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 the Miami Vice episode "Redemption in Blood" in which Crockett (Don Johnson) recovers from a case of amnesia.

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

Song was used in the closing credits of the surfing movie In God's Hands.

It was also used in Cold Case TV series episode no 117 .

The group Take That by a majority vote chose the song for their entry for the 2009 book Inspired By Music. The book which raises money for Prince's Trust consists of famous people listing songs that inspired them.

The lyrics:

In this proud land we grew up strong

We were wanted all along

I was taught to fight, taught to win

I never thought I could fail

No fight left or so it seems

I am a man whose dreams have all deserted

I've changed my face, I've changed my name

But no one wants you when you lose

Don't give up

'cos you have friends

Don't give up

You're not beaten yet

Don't give up

I know you can make it good

Though I saw it all around

Never thought I could be affected

Thought that we'd be the last to go

It is so strange the way things turn

Drove the night toward my home

The place that I was born, on the lakeside

As daylight broke, I saw the earth

The trees had burned down to the ground

Don't give up

You still have us

Don't give up

We don't need much of anything

Don't give up

'cause somewhere there's a place

Where we belong

Rest your head

You worry too much

It's going to be alright

When times get rough

You can fall back on us

Don't give up

Please don't give up

'got to walk out of here

I can't take anymore

Going to stand on that bridge

Keep my eyes down below

Whatever may come

And whatever may go

That river's flowing

That river's flowing

Moved on to another town

Tried hard to settle down

For every job, so many men

So many men no-one needs

Don't give up

'cause you have friends

Don't give up

You're not the only one

Don't give up

No reason to be ashamed

Don't give up

You still have us

Don't give up now

We're proud of who you are

Don't give up

You know it's never been easy

Don't give up

'cause I believe there's the a place

There's a place where we belong