Digging in the Dirt

E209049
single song

"Digging in the Dirt" is a dark, introspective rock song by Peter Gabriel that explores themes of psychological excavation and personal trauma.

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Label Occurrences
Digging in the Dirt canonical 2
Digging in the Dirt (music video) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Us ⓘ
artist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form
awardYear 1993 ⓘ
chartPosition UK Singles Chart top 40 ⓘ
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number 1 ⓘ
composer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre art rock ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasBSide Quiet Steam ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Digging in the Dirt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Digging in the Dirt (music video)
hasSubject emotional healing ⓘ
psychological excavation ⓘ
repressed memories ⓘ
includedIn Peter Gabriel live concert setlists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 5:16 ⓘ
liveVersionReleasedOn Secret World Live (video) ⓘ
surface form: Secret World Live (album)
lyricist Peter Gabriel ⓘ
musicVideoDirector John Downer ⓘ
Stephen R. Johnson ⓘ
nextSingle Steam ⓘ
notableLiveTour Secret World Live tour ⓘ
onAlbumSide Side one of Us ⓘ
partOf Us (Peter Gabriel album) ⓘ
performer Peter Gabriel ⓘ
previousSingle Shaking the Tree ⓘ
producer Bill Bottrell ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ
Peter Gabriel ⓘ
publisher Real World Music Ltd. ⓘ
recordLabel Geffen Records ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1992-09-07 ⓘ
theme personal trauma ⓘ
psychological introspection ⓘ
self-exploration ⓘ
trackNumber 2 ⓘ
usesInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
programming ⓘ
vocalStyle lead vocals by Peter Gabriel ⓘ

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Peter Gabriel → notableSong → Digging in the Dirt ⓘ
Digging in the Dirt → hasMusicVideo → Digging in the Dirt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Digging in the Dirt (music video)
Steam → precededBy → Digging in the Dirt ⓘ
subject surface form: Steam (song)