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“San Jacinto” by Peter Gabriel
From the album Peter Gabriel (1982)
“San Jacinto” by Peter Gabriel appears on 8 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1999 and 2023. It was first released in 1982 on the album Peter Gabriel. Its best result is #406 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,888 alternative song of all time.
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"San Jacinto" sits second on Peter Gabriel's fourth self-titled album, released in 1982, and it's a slow, spooky climb: synthesizers hanging in the air like desert heat, then a gathering storm of drums and guitar. Gabriel wrote, arranged and co-produced it with David Lord, playing synths and extra drums himself, with Larry Fast on Moog, Tony Levin on Chapman stick, Jerry Marotta on drums, David Rhodes and John Ellis on guitars and Jill Gabriel among the backing voices.
An alternate take had already surfaced that year on Music and Rhythm, the album put together to promote the first WOMAD festival. The song kept finding new lives: part of it turned up in the 1984 film Starship, its coda was reworked for Gabriel's Birdy soundtrack, an extended version landed on Shaking the Tree, and in 2011 he re-recorded it with an orchestra for New Blood.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 621 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 621 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 621 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 621 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 621 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 621 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 621 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2023 | 406 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
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