"BIG TIME"● Peter Gabriel

PETER GABRIEL / Virgin Records 1992 Publicity Photo - credit: Stephen Lovell-Davis / IVOX MEDIA collection

"BIG TIME"● Peter Gabriel

The Song● Big Time

Writer● Peter Gabriel

Producers● Daniel Lanois and Peter Gabriel

Recorded● 1985 at Real World Studios in Bath, England

Released● May 1986

Players●
;; Peter Gabriel -- vocals, keyboards
:: David Rhodes -- guitar
:: Simon Clark -- bass, organ
:: Tony Levin -- drumstick bass
:: Jerry Marotta -- drumstick bass
:: Daniel Lanois -- guitar
:: Stewart Copeland -- drums
:: Jimmy Bralower -- Linn drum
:: Wayne Jackson -- trumpet
:: Mark Rivera -- saxophone
:: Don Mikkelsen -- trombone
:: P.P. Arnold, Coral Gordon, Dee Lewis -- backing vocals

Album● So (Geffen, 1986)

Also On●
:: Shaking The Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats (Geffen, 1990)
:: Hit (Geffen, 2003)

SO ● Peter Gabriel

So is Peter Gabriels fifth studio album, released on May 19, 1986, by Charisma Records and Virgin Records. Often considered his best and most accessible album, So was an immediate commercial success and transformed Gabriel from a cult artist into a mainstream star, becoming his best-selling solo release. It has been certified fivefold platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.

The song, "Big Time" was the third single from Peter Gabriel's multi-platinum So album, following "Sledgehammer" and "In Your Eyes."

The song features some notable guest musicians, including former Police drummer Stewart Copeland, former King Crimson bassist Tony Levin, Stax trumpet player Wayne Jackson, and saxophonist Mark Rivera, whose credits include Billy Joel, Hall & Oates, and Ringo Starr's All-Starr Bands.

"Big Time" was promoted by an innovative, stop-action video similar to that for So's first single, "Sledgehammer." The song's lyric -- "Big time/I'm on my way, I'm making it!" -- was prophetic. So was a commercial monster, selling more than four million copies and earning Gabriel a pile of BRIT and MTV Video Music awards.

So hit Number Two on the Billboard 200 and Number One in the U.K.

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