Biko

E209043
single song

"Biko" is a politically charged protest song by Peter Gabriel that commemorates South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko and helped raise global awareness of apartheid.

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Label Occurrences
Biko canonical 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
about apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
death of Steve Biko ⓘ
albumSequenceNumber 3 ⓘ
artist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
bSide Jetzt kommt die Flut ⓘ
Shosholoza ⓘ
closingChantLanguage Xhosa ⓘ
commemorates Steve Biko ⓘ
composer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresChant Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (part) ⓘ
surface form: Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika

Senzeni Na? ⓘ
firstPerformedLive 1979 ⓘ
genre protest song ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasChorusLine Biko, Biko, because Biko ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Joan Baez ⓘ
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ⓘ
surface form: Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Paul Simonon ⓘ
Robert Wyatt ⓘ
Simple Minds ⓘ
hasRefrain Yihla Moja, Yihla Moja (The spirit will descend) ⓘ
helpedRaiseAwarenessOf Steve Biko ⓘ
apartheid ⓘ
includedOnCompilation Hit ⓘ
Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats ⓘ
inspiredBy Steve Biko ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 7:32 ⓘ
lengthSingleVersion 4:15 ⓘ
notableLivePerformer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
partOfAlbum Peter Gabriel (1977 album) ⓘ
surface form: Peter Gabriel (Melt)
politicalTheme anti-apartheid ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
producer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
Steve Lillywhite ⓘ
recordedAt Townhouse Studios, London ⓘ
recordLabel Charisma Records ⓘ
Geffen Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-05-30 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
subjectOf music video directed by Lol Creme ⓘ
tourAssociation Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope tour ⓘ
Amnesty International Human Rights Now! tour ⓘ
Peter Gabriel 1980 tour ⓘ
usesLanguage Xhosa (chant) ⓘ
writer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1980 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peter Gabriel → notableSong → Biko ⓘ
Cry Freedom → basedOn → Biko ⓘ
Steve Biko → familyName → Biko ⓘ