Love Can Heal

"Love Can Heal" is a song by English-musician Peter Gabriel, released on 31 August 2023 as the ninth single in promotion of his tenth studio album I/O. Due to August having a blue moon, this was the second of two tracks to be released in August alongside "Olive Tree". According to Gabriel, the track is a " dreamy, experiential piece with some abstract imagery" and "a carpet of sound, a tapestry where things are woven together, but not necessarily supposed to stick out, but just form part of a whole".[1][2]

"Love Can Heal"
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album I/O
Released31 August 2023 (bright-side mix)
15 September (dark-side and in-side mix)
StudioReal World (Wiltshire)
The Beehive (London)
Length5:59
Label
Songwriter(s)Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)
  • Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Olive Tree"
(2023)		 "Love Can Heal"
(2023)		 "This Is Home"
(2023)

The song was debuted live back in 2016 during the Rock, Paper, Scissors tour in North America. Gabriel wrote the song as a tribute to Jo Cox who was murdered that same year.[1][3] In a press release, Gabriel explained that he included the track on the album because he believed it fit with the themes on the album, elaborated by stating "in the sense that i/o is about feeling and being connected to everything, and in a way, the next evolution of being connected to things is a feeling of love for everything."[4][5]

The cover was designed by artist Antony Micallef with his work "a small painting of what I think love looks",[1] according Micallef about the track and artwork

"With 'Love Can Heal' I could see my images coming up when I was hearing it. ... I love artists who take risks and Peter's always chopped and changed and I like to do that too with my work and you know it doesn't just rest on this one thing."[4][6]

A music video by Aardman Animations and Antony Micallef would also be released alongside the track.[3]

Personnel

Orchestra

  • Orchestral arrangement: John Metcalfe
  • Violins: Everton Nelson, Ian Humphries, Louisa Fuller, Charles Mutter, Cathy Thompson, Natalia Bonner, *Richard George, Marianne Haynes, Martin Burgess, Clare Hayes, Debbie Widdup, Odile Ollagnon
  • Violas: Bruce White, Fiona Bonds, Peter Lale, Rachel Roberts
  • Cellos: Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, Caroline Dale, William Schofield, Tony Woollard, Chris Allan
  • Double bass: Chris Laurence, Stacy Watton, Lucy Shaw
  • Orchestra conductor: John Metcalfe
  • Orchestra leader: Everton Nelson
  • Sheet music supervisor: Dave Foster
  • Orchestra contractor: Lucy Whalley and Susie Gillis

References
  1. "Love Can Heal released". PeterGabriel.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  2. "Peter Gabriel drops his new single "Love Can Heal"". Classic Rock 106.9. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  3. "Peter Gabriel Shares New Song "Love Can Heal": Listen". Stereogum. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  4. Rapp, Allison RappAllison (2023-08-31). "Hear Peter Gabriel's Newest Song, 'Love Can Heal'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  5. "Peter Gabriel shares new song 'Love Can Heal'". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  6. Redfern, Mark. "Peter Gabriel Shares New Song "Love Can Heal"". www.undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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