Song · Peter Gabriel
“D.I.Y.” by Peter Gabriel
From the album Peter Gabriel (1978)
“D.I.Y.” by Peter Gabriel appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2022. It was first released in 1978 on the album Peter Gabriel. Its best result is #784 on the CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,154 alternative song of all time.
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"D.I.Y." comes off Peter Gabriel's self-titled 1978 album, and the title spells out a creed: do it yourself, the self-sufficient spirit then flourishing in Britain. Robert Fripp produced, and the band is a tight, twitchy unit, Tony Levin on Chapman stick, Jerry Marotta on drums, Sid McGinnis on acoustic guitar and mandolin, with Larry Fast's synthesizer, Bayeté Umbra Zindiko's keyboards and Gabriel's own piano under his vocal.
It went out as a single that May, backed with "Perspective", and went nowhere. Charisma tried again in September with a re-recorded version dressed up with horns and an extra chorus, and that one fared no better; it finally resurfaced on the 2019 compilation Flotsam and Jetsam. Peter Christopherson designed the sleeve.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 784 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 835 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 841 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 841 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 839 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 839 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 839 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2022 | 791 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
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