| Down to Earth | |
| Cover: | Down to Earth single.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Peter Gabriel featuring The Soweto Gospel Choir |
| Album: | WALL·E: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack |
| Released: | June 10, 2008 |
| Recorded: | 2008 |
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| Length: | 5:58 |
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| Chronology: | Peter Gabriel |
| Prev Title: | Burn You Up, Burn You Down (Big Blue Ball Version) |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | The Book of Love |
| Next Title2: | Not One of Us |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"Down to Earth" is a song co-written and performed by English rock musician Peter Gabriel for the 2008 animated Disney-Pixar film WALL·E. It was released on June 10, 2008, by Walt Disney Records and Real World Records. Composed by Gabriel and Thomas Newman, with lyrics by Gabriel, and featuring the Soweto Gospel Choir, the song is the 37th song on the soundtrack album to WALL·E, in which it is featured over the end credits.
The song saw release as a promotional single for the Pixar animated feature film WALL·E on June 10, 2008.[1] It was released as a digital download single on July 6, 2008.[2]
"As a kid I loved animation, so I'm a huge Pixar fan," Gabriel explained to Mark Blake. "I have seen WALL·E many times as I have young children. It was also great to work with the scorer Thomas Newman... He wrote the best TV theme tune ever: for Six Feet Under."[3]
"Down to Earth" was nominated for the Best Original Song Award at the Golden Globes as well as the Best Original Song award at the 81st Academy Awards. It won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in 2009.
| Chart (2008) | Peak | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Singles Chart[4] | 73 | |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 118 |