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Peter Gabriel
OVO
Downside-Up

TRACK

Downside-Up

Release date: 11th June 2000

From OVOTrack 106:05

Soundtrack Music Rock Prog-Rock/Art Rock

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About This Track

"Downside-Up" is a track by Peter Gabriel, from the album OVO, released 11th June 2000. The track is 6:05 long. It's filed under Soundtrack. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Lyrics

Downside-Up

I looked up at the tallest building
Felt it falling down
I could feel my balance shifting
Everything was moving around
These streets so fixed and solid
A shimmering haze
And everything that I relied on disappeared

Downside up, upside down
Take my weight from the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknown
All the strangers look like family
All the family looks so strange
The only constant I am sure of
Is this accelerating rate of change

Downside up, upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping in the unknown

I stand here
Watch you spinning
Until I am drawn in
A centripetal force
You pull me in

Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in
Pull me in

Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo

Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo
Ovo ovo ovo

Downside up
Upside down
Take my weight off the ground
Falling deep in the sky
Slipping into the unknown

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Track details

From OVO

6:052000

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Album

Track number

10

Release year

2000

1The Story of OVO
5:22
2Low Light
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3The Time of the Turning
5:06
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5The Time of the Turning (Reprise) / The Weaver's Reel

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Peter Gabriel
Producer: Peter Gabriel
Bass: Richard Evans, Tony Levin
Drums: Johnny Kalsi, Manu Katché, Peter Gabriel
Guitar: David Rhodes
Keyboards: Peter Gabriel
Vocals: Elizabeth Fraser, Paul Buchanan
Acoustic Guitar: Richard Evans
Assistant Recording Engineer: Jacquie Turner
Background Vocals: Peter Gabriel
Bass Synthesizer: Peter Gabriel
Brass: The Black Dyke Mills Band
Brass Arranger: Elizabeth Purnell, Will Gregory
Brass Conductor: James Watson
Congas: Carol Steele
Dhol: Bobby Panesar, Indi Chana, Jas Daffu, Johnny Kalsi, The Dhol Foundation, Vijay Rakkar, Yash Puri
Electric Guitar: Richard Evans
Guitar Synthesizer: Peter Gabriel
Mixing Engineer: David Bottrill, Richard Evans, Tchad Blake
Programmer: Peter Gabriel
Recording Engineer: Daniel Lanois, David Bottrill, Richard Evans
Sabar: Babacar Faye
Shaker: Carol Steele
Strings: Christine Jackson, Claire Orsler, Dinah Beamish, Electra Strings, Fenella Barton, Jackie Norrie, Mary Scully, Nell Catchpole, Sally Herbert
Strings Arranger: Jocelyn Pook, Peter Gabriel
Surdo: Peter Gabriel
Talking Drum: Assane Thiam
Twelve-String Acoustic Guitar: Richard Evans
Twelve-String Electric Guitar: Richard Evans