Song · Peter Gabriel
“I Don't Remember” by Peter Gabriel
From the album Peter Gabriel (1980)
“I Don't Remember” by Peter Gabriel appears on 11 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1994 and 2023. It was first released in 1980 on the album Peter Gabriel. Its best result is #152 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,986 alternative song of all time.
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"I Don't Remember" comes from Peter Gabriel's third self-titled album in 1980, the fourth and final single from it, and at first it was only an A-side in the United States and Canada. Gabriel had been playing early versions on the road for his second album, and in the spring of 1979 he sang it with Kate Bush at a memorial concert in Dorset for her former lighting engineer, Bill Duffield. He built the demo around a programmable PAiA rhythm box.
The finished track is a jittery, paranoid thing, as twitchy as its title, produced by Steve Lillywhite with Hugh Padgham engineering. Robert Fripp, Dave Gregory and David Rhodes scrape and slash on guitars, Tony Levin's Chapman Stick growls against John Giblin's bass, and Jerry Marotta's drums push it forward. A live take from Plays Live finally charted in the UK, reaching 62.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 459 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 440 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 1419 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 1999 | 1002 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) | 1002 |
| 2000 | 1419 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1421 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1419 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1405 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1405 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1404 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2023 | 152 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
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