Peter Gabriel is, well, strange. It's hard to pinpoint what instruments he uses, his lyrics tend to be odd, many of his album titles are just two-letter words, and he often uses rather unorthodox time signatures. "Solsbury Hill," for example, is written in 7/4.
It's also hard to pinpoint a genre. His most famous album was So, which includes his well-known '80s hits "In Your Eyes" and "Sledgehammer." Tonight's song, from about a half-decade later, appears on 1992's album, Us.
Peter Gabriel's gravelly voice, which has only gotten better and more distinctive over time, is prominent on this track. Including the heartbeat sound effects and reverberation, it has a bit more of a new-agey sound than his older hits, but also reminds one of "Mercy Street."
He's not quite as prominent as Bono, but Peter Gabriel keeps a hand in global humanitarian initiatives.
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