“Blood Of Eden” by Peter Gabriel

"Blood of Eden" comes from Us, Peter Gabriel's sixth album, and Real World and Virgin put it out as the record's third single in March 1993, with Sinéad O'Connor's voice winding around his on backing vocals. Gabriel wrote it by himself and produced it with Daniel Lanois, who also adds a vocal of his own. David Bottrill recorded it and mixed it with Richard Chappell.

An earlier version had already surfaced in Wim Wenders' film Until the End of the World without making the soundtrack album, and it came along as a B-side next to William Orbit's remix of "Mercy Street" from So. The single stalled at 43 in the UK, just outside the top 40, small reward for one of the most solemn things on Us.

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