Song · Peter Gabriel
“Come Talk To Me” by Peter Gabriel
From the album Us (1992)
“Come Talk To Me” by Peter Gabriel appears on 10 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1993 and 2024. It was first released in 1992 on the album Us. Its best result is #41 on the Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #137 alternative song of 1993 and #2,612 alternative song of all time.
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"Come Talk to Me" throws open Us, Peter Gabriel's sixth album, from 1992, and it's a plea dressed up as a stomp. Gabriel wrote it about a rift with one of his daughters, who felt he'd drifted away after his divorce from Jill Gabriel and couldn't find the words to tell him. He sings it as a duet with the Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, her voice the other half of the conversation, while Manu Katché's drums drive it forward.
Gabriel produced it with Daniel Lanois, and the idea at one point was for Gabriel, Lanois and David Rhodes to play and sing over the rhythm bed as a three-piece. David Bottrill recorded and mixed it, it went out as a single in the US, and Matt Mahurin directed the video.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 41 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1993 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 791 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 1212 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1213 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1216 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1215 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1200 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1200 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1200 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2024 | 285 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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