Down to Earth (Peter Gabriel song) facts for kids
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| Single by Peter Gabriel featuring The Soweto Gospel Choir | ||||
| from the album WALL·E: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack | ||||
| Released | June 10, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
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| Length | 5:58 | |||
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"Down to Earth" is a song co-written and performed by English rock musician Peter Gabriel for the 2008 computer-animated Disney-Pixar film WALL·E. It was released on June 10, 2008, by Walt Disney Records and Real World Records. Composed by Gabriel and Thomas Newman, with lyrics by Gabriel, and featuring the Soweto Gospel Choir, the song is the 37th song on the soundtrack album to WALL·E, in which it is featured over the end credits.
Background
The song saw release as a promotional single for the Pixar animated feature film WALL·E on June 10, 2008. It was released as a digital download single on July 6, 2008.
"As a kid I loved animation, so I'm a huge Pixar fan," Gabriel explained to Mark Blake. "I have seen WALL·E many times as I have young children. It was also great to work with the scorer Thomas Newman... He wrote the best TV theme tune ever: for Six Feet Under."
Chart performance
| Chart (2008) | Peak |
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| Canadian Singles Chart | 73 |
| UK Singles Chart | 118 |
