Peter Gabriel - Shaking The Tree

About "Shaking The Tree"

"Shakin' the Tree" is a 1989 song by Youssou N'Dour and Peter Gabriel from the Youssou N'Dour album The Lion. Released as a single, it reached number 61 on the UK official singles chart on 3 June 1989. The song follows a verse-chorus structure and its lyrics relate to the desire for female liberation in Senagal. Some of the vocals were sung in N'Dour's native Wolof language. An accompanying music video was filmed in Africa.The next year, Peter Gabriel published a new version for his greatest hits album Shaking the Tree, altering the title slightly and recording a new 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 1990. Live performances of the song during the 1993-94 Secret World Tour featured the emergence of a tree from the middle of the stage.Ghananan writer Meri Nana-Ama Danquah highlighted the song in her book, Shaking the Tree, saying that she drew "a lot of inspiration from the lyrics, which encourage women to challenge the status quo, to be the architects of our future."Versions with additional vocals by Shaggy were included on the soundtracks to Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) and The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002).

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