"This Is Home" | ||||
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Single by Peter Gabriel | ||||
from the album I/O | ||||
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Length | 5:04 | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Peter Gabriel | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Gabriel | |||
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"This Is Home" is a song by English musician Peter Gabriel, released on 29 September 2023 as the tenth single in promotion of his tenth studio album I/O. According to Gabriel, the track is a "love song", and "began with inspiration from some of the great Tamla Motown rhythm sections so we're trying to recreate that in a modern way, complete with the tambourine and handclaps".[1][2]
In a press release, Gabriel explained that he did an experimentation with high vocals, to get a more emotional voice in contrast with the conversational voice effect at the beginning of the song, with the intention of putting both intimate and emotive vocals side by side.[1][3][4]
The cover was designed by artist David Moreno with his work "Conexión de catedral II".[1] At first, Moreno's piece "La Vie en Rose" was heavily considered, and used in some early promotional material before being switched with Conexión very late before the single's release; As such, Rose is the artwork still used in the i/o Tour Programme, and not Conexión.[5] Gabriel said about the choice of the artwork, "I was looking for contemporary art that represented the house or home in some ways and we saw a few things but his really stuck out."[3][6]