Love Can Heal

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"Love Can Heal"
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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
Venue Rexall Place (Edmonton)
Length5:59
Label
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 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". Three versions of "Love Can Heal" were created, starting with the Bright-Side mix, which was produced by Spike Stent. On 15 September 2023, the Dark-Side mix (produced by Tchad Blake) and the In-Side mix (produced by Hans-Martin Buff) were also released. [1] Gabriel described Buff's mix as an "immersive" experience that provided the listener "a place just to drift off into." [2]

Contents

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

Background

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. [4] [5] Prior to her assassination, Gabriel had encountered Cox at a leadership conference. [2] In a press release, Gabriel explained that he included the track on i/o because he believed it fit with the theme of "being connected to everything". [6]

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". [4] [7]

The cover was designed by artist Antony Micallef with his work "a small painting of what I think love looks". [4] 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." [6] [8]

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for "Love Can Heal"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
German Downloads (Offizielle Download Top 100) [9] 75

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