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    Little Solsbury Hill (or simply Solsbury Hill) is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort, above the village of Batheaston in Somerset...
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  • "Solsbury Hill" is the debut solo single by English rock musician Peter Gabriel. He wrote the song about a spiritual experience atop Solsbury Hill in...
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    Genesis. After leaving the band in 1975, he launched a solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. His fifth studio album, So (1986), is his best-selling...
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  • countries for selling 100,000 and 500,000 copies, respectively. The song "Solsbury Hill" was the first single from the album, and peaked at No. 13 in the UK...
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  • – Paul Simon (28 February) "Come Talk to Me" – Bon Iver (30 March) "Solsbury Hill" – Lou Reed (28 April) "Mercy Street" – Elbow (27 May) "I Don't Remember"...
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  • vocal take. 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...
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    Hillfort (redirect from Hill forts)
    people forcibly evicted, and the forts left derelict. For example, Solsbury Hill was sacked and deserted during the Belgic invasions of southern Britain...
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    Tower That Ate People Demo from Real World Notes #9)". YouTube. Retrieved 27 August 2023. "Solsbury Hill". petergabriel.com. Retrieved 21 April 2024....
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    European countries thanks to their cover of a Peter Gabriel song, "Solsbury Hill", taken from the covers album Other People's Songs (2003), as well as...
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  • an accompanying music video, in the UK only. In the US and Canada, "Solsbury Hill" was released as a single from Plays Live with "I Go Swimming" on the...
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  • separate "Solsbury Hill" – remade due to huge demand – from the rest of the album. Originally three minutes of silence were to separate "Solsbury Hill", but...
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    Erasure did a cover of the song, which was released as a B-side to their Solsbury Hill single. A rendition by Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin from their album...
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  • singles chart in nine years with their cover of Peter Gabriel's song "Solsbury Hill". The album was produced by Erasure with Gareth Jones and Dave Bascombe...
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  • Maker why the single failed to match the commercial performance of "Solsbury Hill", the previous single, Gabriel posited that most of the people who would...
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    Aerosmith's "Train Kept A Rollin'", the acoustic intro on Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill" and he wrote the intro interlude on Lou Reed's live version of "Sweet...
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  • (both released as singles), and a cover of "Solsbury Hill." All songs written by Saga except for "Solsbury Hill," which was written by Peter Gabriel. Michael...
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  • Gabriel, except "Shaking the Tree", co-written with Youssou N'Dour "Solsbury Hill" Bob Ezrin – production Larry Fast – synthesizer Robert Fripp – guitar...
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  • 5:00 "I Don't Remember" – 4:58 "Solsbury Hill" – 4:43 "Kiss of Life" – 5:12 "I Don't Remember" – 4:58 "Solsbury Hill" – 4:43 "Kiss of Life" – 5:12 "Games...
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  • com. August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2019. "The Story Behind "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel". songstoriesmatter.com. May 21, 2023. Retrieved July...
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  • Sand Point Solsbury Hill Stembridge Tower Mill Stoke sub Hamdon Priory Tintinhull Garden Treasurer's House Tyntesfield Walton and Ivythorn Hills Wellington...
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    Richard Heslop "Rain" unknown 2000 "Freedom" Vince Clarke 2003 "Solsbury Hill" "Solsbury Hill" (Alternative version) unknown "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See...
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    flattened to make way for RAF Charmy Down. Solsbury Hill overlooking the current city was an Iron Age hill fort and the adjacent Bathampton Camp may also...
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  • song "Washing of the Water" was followed by Gabriel's first solo hit, "Solsbury Hill", featuring the musicians skipping around the stage as children, accompanied...
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  • Cradle", Tony Orlando & Dawn's Tie A Yellow Ribbon, Peter Gabriel's "Solsbury Hill", The Spinners' "Workin' My Way Back to You", the Star Wars theme, and...
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  • similar to the song "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel. When asked about the similarity in a 2011 interview, Jones denied using "Solsbury Hill" as inspiration:...
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    People's Songs. After the UK top-ten success of their previous single "Solsbury Hill", Erasure again charted well when "Make Me Smile" reached number 14...
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  • favorably compared D.I.Y. to Gabriel's lead single from his debut album, "Solsbury Hill", adding that it was "another plea for independence" that evoked "the...
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    1989 — — — — The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes "Gotta Love It" "Solsbury Hill" 1991 — — — — The Works "The Call" "On the Loose" 1992 — — — — "The...
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    Give Up", with Ayanna Witter-Johnson covering Kate Bush's vocals. "Solsbury Hill" served as the set closer and was one of Gabriel's only tracks from...
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    Sinister Booksellers of Bath (2023) – Garth Nix List of solar deities Solsbury Hill Water and religion Joyce Reynolds and Terence Volk, "Review: Gifts,...
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