Digging in the Dirt

"Digging in the Dirt"
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album Us
B-side"Quiet Steam"
Released7 September 1992 (1992-09-07)[1]
GenreArt rock[2]
Length5:16
LabelGeffen
Songwriter(s)Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Solsbury Hill"
(1990)
"Digging in the Dirt"
(1992)
"Steam"
(1993)

"Digging in the Dirt" is a song by British musician Peter Gabriel. It was released as the first single taken from his sixth studio album, Us, on 7 September 1992. The song was a minor hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 52, but it topped both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Album Rock Tracks charts. The song was moderately successful on the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at number 24, and it reached the top 10 in Canada, Portugal, and Sweden.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 5 September 1992. p. 21. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ Reed, Ryan (19 July 2023). "Peter Gabriel Albums from Worst to Best". Stereogum. Retrieved 19 August 2023.