"Love Can Heal"
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album I/O
Released	31 August 2023 (bright-side mix) 15 September (dark-side and in-side mixes)
Studio	Real World ( Wiltshire ) The Beehive (London)
Venue	Rexall Place (Edmonton)
Length	5 : 59
Label	Real World EMI (UK/Japan) Republic (US/Canada)
Songwriter(s)	Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)	Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
" Olive Tree " (2023) " Love Can Heal " (2023) " This Is Home " (2023)

" Love Can Heal " is a song by English musician Peter Gabriel , released on 31 August 2023 as the ninth single in promotion of his tenth studio album I/O . Due to August having a blue moon , this was the second of two tracks to be released in August alongside " Olive Tree ". According to Gabriel, the track is a "dreamy, experiential piece with some abstract imagery" and "a carpet of sound, a tapestry where things are woven together, but not necessarily supposed to stick out, but just form part of a whole". ^{[1] [2]}

A music video by Aardman Animations and Micallef was also released alongside the track. ^[3]

Background [ edit ]

The song was debuted live back in 2016 during the Rock, Paper, Scissors tour in North America. Gabriel wrote the song as a tribute to Jo Cox who was murdered that same year. ^{[1] [3]} In a press release, Gabriel explained that he included the track on the album because he believed it fit with the themes on the album, elaborated by stating "in the sense that i/o is about feeling and being connected to everything, and in a way, the next evolution of being connected to things is a feeling of love for everything." ^{[4] [5]}

The cover was designed by artist Antony Micallef with his work "a small painting of what I think love looks". ^[1] About the track and artwork, Micallef said,

"With 'Love Can Heal' I could see my images coming up when I was hearing it. [...] I love artists who take risks and Peter's always chopped and changed and I like to do that too with my work and you know it doesn't just rest on this one thing." ^{[4] [6]}

Personnel [ edit ]

• Peter Gabriel ? lead vocals, backing vocals, synths, piano, hairy drum
• David Rhodes ? guitars, backing vocals
• Tony Levin ? bass
• Ged Lynch ? percussion
• Melanie Gabriel ? backing vocals
• Rioghnach Connolly ? backing vocals
• Jennie Abrahamson ? backing vocals
• Linnea Olsson ? solo cello, backing vocals
• Angie Pollock ? synths
• Katie May ? guitar effects

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