Shaking the Tree (song)

"Shakin' the Tree"
Single by Youssou N'Dour & Peter Gabriel
from the album The Lion
B-side"Old Tucson"
Released22 May 1989
Length5:38
Youssou N'Dour singles chronology
"Shango Affair"
(1988) 		"Shakin' the Tree"
(1989) 		"7 Seconds"
(1994)
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Biko"
(1987) 		"Shakin' the Tree"
(1989) 		"Solsbury Hill / Shaking the Tree"
(1990)

"Shakin' the Tree" is a 1989 song by Youssou N'Dour and Peter Gabriel from the Youssou N'Dour album The Lion.[1] Released as a single, it reached number 61 on the UK official singles chart on 17 June 1989.[2]

The following year, Gabriel released a new version on his greatest hits album Shaking the Tree, altering the title slightly and recording a new vocal take.[3] This version was released as a double A-side single with "Solsbury Hill", which reached number 57 on the UK official singles chart on 29 December 1990.[4]

  1. ^ "The Lion". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  2. ^ "SHAKIN' THE TREE". Official Charts. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ^ Scarfe, Graeme (2021). Peter Gabriel: Every Album, Every Song. United Kingdom: SonicBond. pp. 114, 122, 136. ISBN 978-1-78952-138-2.
  4. ^ "SOLSBURY HILL/SHAKING THE TREE". Official Charts. Retrieved 21 September 2023.