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"Solsbury Hill"
Single by Peter Gabriel from the album Peter Gabriel
B-side	Moribund the Burgermeister
Released	1977 (UK)
Format	vinyl record (7")
Recorded	1976
Genre	Folk rock
Length	4:21
Label	Atco Records / Charisma Records
Producer	Bob Ezrin
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
- - "Solsbury Hill" (1977) "Modern Love" (1977)

"Solsbury Hill"
Single by Erasure from the album Other People's Songs
Released	January 6, 2003
Format	CD Single DVD single
Recorded	2002
Genre	Synth pop
Length	04:22
Label	Mute Records
Writer	Peter Gabriel
Producer	Gareth Jones, Erasure
Erasure singles chronology
"Moon & the Sky" (2001) "Solsbury Hill" (2003) "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (2003)

This article is about the song originally recorded by Peter Gabriel. For the geographical feature in Somerset, see Solsbury Hill.

"Solsbury Hill" is a song by British musician Peter Gabriel, about a spiritual experience atop Solsbury Hill in Somerset, England. Gabriel wrote the song after his departure from the progressive rock band Genesis, of which he had been the lead singer since its inception, explaining the reasons behind his departure. It was his debut single. The single was a Top 20 hit in the UK and reached the Top 70 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It has been used in a number of movies, for example in the soundtracks of the 2001 film Vanilla Sky, and the 2004 film In Good Company, in addition to The Shining "mash-up" trailer 'Shining'[1]. Likewise, the song has been covered by many artists, including Dave Matthews, Erasure, Sarah McLachlan, Saga and others.

The song uses the rare septuple (7/4) meter time signature for the vast majority of the song. Only the last line of each chorus is 4/4.

"Solsbury Hill" was recorded by British synth pop duo Erasure in 2003 for their cover versions album Other People's Songs. The track was chosen for the album by Erasure member Vince Clarke. Clarke and singer Andy Bell turned the song into a mid-tempo electronic dance tune, displaying the signature Erasure "sound". The only major change made to the structure of the song was the modification of the 7/4 time signature to a more basic 4/4.

Mute Records released the song as a single in the UK and the U.S. "Solsbury Hill" returned Erasure to the Top 10 of the UK singles chart for the first time in nine years. It peaked at number twenty-nine in Germany.

American progressive metal band Dream Theater's song "Solitary Shell" sounds very similar to "Solsbury Hill" musicwise; the main body of the song is in 7/4 time, like "Solsbury Hill".

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• http://www.solsburyhill.org/essays/car.htm#solsbury Solsbury Hill song explained on SolsburyHill.org