Gabriel originally wrote the song from a reference point of American roots music and he approached country singer Dolly Parton to sing it with him. The verses, sung by Gabriel, describe the man's feelings of isolation, loneliness and despair the choruses, sung by Bush, offer words of hope and encouragement. He composed lyrics about a man whose unemployment causes stress in his domestic relationship. He felt that a song based on this was appropriate to difficult economic conditions in England under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. Gabriel saw Lange's images in a book entitled In This Proud Land (1973). The song was inspired by the Depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange, showing poverty-stricken Americans in Dust Bowl conditions. In 1987, the song won Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. During i/o The Tour in 2023, Gabriel performed the song live with cellist/pianist/singer Ayanna Witter-Johnson. An all-orchestral recording featuring Ane Brun was released on Gabriel's ninth studio album New Blood (2011). The DVD release of a performance in Italy in 1993 (released in 1994) included the duet. The song was included in Gabriel's Secret World Live tour featuring singer Paula Cole. It spent eleven weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986, peaking at number nine. The single version was released as the second single from the album in the UK in 1986 and as the fifth single in the US in 1987. " Don't Give Up" is a song written by English rock musician Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with English singer Kate Bush for Gabriel's fifth solo studio album So (1986).
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