No Self Control (Peter Gabriel song)

"No Self Control" is a song written and performed by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel.

"No Self Control"
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album Peter Gabriel (Melt)
B-side"Lead a Normal Life"
ReleasedMay 1980[1]
Recorded1979
Genre
Length3:55
LabelCharisma
Songwriter(s)Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Games Without Frontiers"
(1980)
"No Self Control"
(1980)
"Biko"
(1980)

It was inspired by Steve Reich's composition Music for 18 Musicians (1978).[4] The song features guest musicians Robert Fripp (guitar), Phil Collins (drums) and Kate Bush (backing vocals).

Prior to being recorded for Gabriel's 1980 studio album, the song was performed live under the working title "I don't know how to stop". Later live performances, such as on Plays Live (1983), were slower and more subdued than the studio recording.

Gabriel and his China 1984 touring band performed "No Self Control" on BBC One's Top of the Pops in May 1980.[5]

Track listing

7" UK single (1980)

  1. "No Self Control" – 3:47
  2. "Lead a Normal Life" – 4:10

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
UK Official Singles Chart[6] 33

In other works

It was used in the season three episode of Homicide: Life on the Street, The City That Bleeds.

References

  1. "No Self Control". PeterGabriel.com.
  2. "The Quietus | Features | Anniversary | Peter Gabriel 3". The Quietus.
  3. Thomson, Graeme (30 October 2015). "Peter Gabriel – the first four solo albums remastered". Uncut. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. "Peter Gabriel". Petergabriel.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  5. Smith, Mic (1990). "Peak Time Viewing: Peter Gabriel on British TV 1975–90". White Shadow (Gabriel fanzine). No. 3. p. 8.
  6. "Peter Gabriel UK discography". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 November 2011.


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