Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)

The song was included in Peter Gabriel's Secret World Live tour featuring singer Paula Cole. The DVD release of a performance in Italy in 1993 (released in 1994) included the duet.

An all-orchestral recording featuring Ane Brun was released on Gabriel's New Blood album on 11 October 2011.

"Don't Give Up"
Single by Willie Nelson & Sinéad O'Connor
Released	1992
Format	CD single cassette single
Genre	Country ballad
Length	4:50
Songwriter(s)	Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)	Don Was
Sinéad O'Connor singles chronology
"Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home" (1992) "Don't Give Up" (1992) "You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart" (1994)
Music video
"Don't Give Up" on YouTube

The song was covered as a duet between American musician Willie Nelson & Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor in 1993. The single is included on Nelson's Across the Borderline album, produced by Don Was, Paul Simon, and Roy Halee. O'Connor sings Kate Bush's parts in the song. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Nelson talked about the duet and how it was made. He said:

There was another lady, Dolly Parton, who was supposed to do that part, but she ended up being unavailable. At the rehearsal for the Dylan tribute show in New York, Don [Was] suggested Sinead. I'd heard about the controversy with the Pope, but I'd never heard her sing. Don said, 'She's excellent. It turned out that she and Peter Gabriel were friends and she already knew the song. At the concert, she was booed for the controversy. I asked her, 'Are you sure you still feel like coming in to sing tomorrow?' She said, 'Yes, I'll be there.' She came in the next day and sang her off.[12]

A music video was made to accompany the song, featuring both singers. It has a sepia tone. It was reported that funds raised by sales of the single were in excess of $300,000.

Bill DeYoung from Gainesville Sun wrote in his review of Across the Borderline, that the duet is "heartfelt".[13] Paul Freeman from Los Angeles Times called it "a striking duet".[14] Music & Media commented that Nelson's version "makes a rodeo queen out of his duet partner Sinead O'Connor."[15] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said that Nelson and O'Connor "make an odd but effective couple on Peter Gabriel's emotional "Don't Give Up"."[16]

1. "Don't Give Up"
2. "Don't Give Up" (Instrumental)

"Don't Give Up" was recorded by American recording artist Alicia Keys and Irish musician Bono.[17] Retitled "Don't Give Up (Africa)", the song was produced by Keys and Steve Lillywhite.[18][19] On 6 December 2005, the song was released as a single exclusively on iTunes and a ringtone version was released by Cingular Wireless.[18][20][21] The proceeds of the release went to the charity Keep a Child Alive, for which Keys is a spokesperson.[20] Keys commented that "I love this song. And I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life".[22] Keys and Bono performed the song live at Keys' charity event the Black Ball, which raises money for the organization Keep A Child Alive.[23] They performed the song also on The Oprah Winfrey Show in October 2006.[24]

The recording of the song took place at the Oven Studios on Long Island.[25] Keys spoke of the recording session at the studio with Bono and Steve Lillywhite:

"We were playing them the backing tracks and I don’t know if I started singing, or he did, but something started happening and we tracked it right here on the spot, that’s it, we’re done. There was a crowd in here, everybody came in from the other room because they could tell there was something going on in here”.[25]

Jann Klose and Renaissance vocalist and painter Annie Haslam released their version, produced by Rave Tesar in June 2017. The recording features Jann Klose on acoustic guitar and lead vocals, Annie Haslam on lead vocals, John Arbo on upright bass, Rob Mitzner on cajon and Rave Tesar on keys. Proceeds from the sale of the recording benefit Desmond Tutu's TutuDesk foundation.

"Don't Give Up"
Single by Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingthwaighte
from the album Home: Songs of Hope & Journey
Released	9 December 2006 (2006-12-09)
Format	CD single download
Recorded	2006
Genre	Pop
Length	4:39
Label	Sony BMG
Songwriter(s)	Peter Gabriel
Shannon Noll singles chronology
"Lonely" (2006) "Don't Give Up" (2006) "Loud" (2007)
Natalie Bassingthwaighte singles chronology
"Don't Give Up" (2006) "Alive" (2008)

A cover version was recorded by Australian artist Shannon Noll and former Rogue Traders frontwoman Natalie Bassingthwaighte. It was produced by Michael "fingaz" Mugisha who also produced hits for Jessica Mauboy, Big Brovaz and recorded for the compilation Home: Songs of Hope & Journey. It was released as a charity single for the depression organisation beyondblue. It was the most added song to Australian radio in its first week.[28] It made its debut at number seven on the Australian Singles Chart, and, in its second week, climbed to number two with a Platinum certification. The song was also performed live on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars. The music video features Noll and Bassingthwaighte in the studio recording the single.