{"id":2483409,"date":"2026-07-01T12:43:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2483409"},"modified":"2026-07-01T12:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:43:20","slug":"peter-gabriel-shares-latest-single-the-groove-laden-i-belong-to-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/peter-gabriel-shares-latest-single-the-groove-laden-i-belong-to-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Gabriel shares latest single, the groove-laden I Belong To The Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-8030b706-661b-4ae7-9fa0-eef4ef9472df\">We&#8217;ve reached that time in the lunar cycle where <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/peter-gabriel-best-albums\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/peter-gabriel-best-albums\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/peter-gabriel-best-albums\">Peter Gabriel<\/a> shares his latest single. This time it&#8217;s the slow-building, jazzy <em>I Belong To The Sky<\/em>, which comes with artwork from Dutch visual artist Berndnaut Smilde.<\/p>\n<p>As he did with 2023&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/reviews\/peter-gabriels-io-the-world-has-changed-since-2002-mostly-for-the-worst-but-its-a-better-place-with-io-in-it\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/reviews\/peter-gabriels-io-the-world-has-changed-since-2002-mostly-for-the-worst-but-its-a-better-place-with-io-in-it\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/reviews\/peter-gabriels-io-the-world-has-changed-since-2002-mostly-for-the-worst-but-its-a-better-place-with-io-in-it\"><em>i\/o<\/em><\/a> album, Gabriel is releasing a new track every full moon. <em>I Belong To The Sky<\/em> is the seventh track he&#8217;s released ahead of his upcoming album, <em>o\\i<\/em>, which is due out later this year.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-8030b706-661b-4ae7-9fa0-eef4ef9472df-2\">\u201cIt&#8217;s another song which has taken a while to grow,\u201d says Gabriel of the new single. \u201cIt was a candidate, in some form, for the <em>i\/o<\/em> record, but didn&#8217;t get finished off, but it was always one of my favourites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;aAP34WaV&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;3DfOCMYv&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_3DfOCMYv_aAP34WaV_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;3DfOCMYv&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_3DfOCMYv_aAP34WaV_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;V+hPR0fSRsLTWstxI93auiu0aFO9odb2e5R7xjemMNzuPx+\\\/&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:false,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex h-[50px] items-center justify-between border-t-2 border-solid border-neutral-300 px-[14px] text-base font-bold uppercase text-black\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From Louder<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full min-h-[200px] lg:min-h-[330px] relative overflow-hidden bg-black\" data-jwp-carousel-container=\"\">\n<div class=\"absolute inset-0 size-full items-center justify-center bg-white\" data-jwp-carousel-fallback=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The starting point of the song was the timpani tom-tom pattern which was inspired by an old film called <em>Jazz On A Summer&#8217;s Day<\/em> and also a wonderful drummer called Chico Hamilton. I think he was the pioneer of the use of timpani sticks on the toms and I always loved that sound; calm and hypnotic. It set a really strong mood for me and the song grew up around it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a strong believer that reality is more malleable than we imagine and that if you really make strong pictures of something happening, you really affect the chances of it materialising. Visualising\u2026 how dreams leave their nest, is the main topic of the song.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;One of the things that the technological revolution is doing is accelerating the time for thoughts to become material things. The time it takes to transform an idea into something material is being radically cut. In the song, the verses have a more dreamlike \u2018on your back and look up at the sky\u2018 feeling and then in the chorus it&#8217;s about the execution, the materialising.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For many years now I let the ends run on every song because what often happens, which I found so frustrating, is you get to the end of a song and the band have just really locked in the groove, relaxed and it then all of a sudden, it stops\u2026 and the best feeling for a musician is when you&#8217;re in the pocket, in the groove, and it&#8217;s all happening around you. Consequently, I now let these endings loose and wonderful things happen.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-GQkYA35xM7mqAUxZ7SWfUd\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-GQkYA35xM7mqAUxZ7SWfUd slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Prog, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the things I love about this track is that these amazing musicians let themselves loose and really take off &#8211; with Manu (Katch\u00e9) driving. It&#8217;s just great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Smilde&#8217;s <em>Nimbus de Toekomst 1, 2019<\/em>, which has been used for the single artwork and you can see below, Gabriel says, &#8220;I loved this image of the sky,\u201d adds Gabriel. \u201cThe cloud brought inside &#8211; that mixture of outside and interior worlds. I think that&#8217;s what the song is all about. This mix between the interior and the exterior and the transition between them. 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