Steam (Peter Gabriel song)

----Infobox Single
Name = Steam


Artist = Peter Gabriel
from Album = Us
Released = 1992
Format = 7", 12", CD Single, Cassette
Genre = Rock
Length = 6:03
Label = Geffen Records
Writer = Peter Gabriel
Producer = Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel
Certification =
Last single = "Digging in the Dirt" (1992)
This single = "Steam" (1992)
Next single = "Blood of Eden" (1992)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Us
Type = studio
prev_track = "Blood of Eden"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Steam"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Only Us"
next_no = 5Extra tracklisting
Album = Hit
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Biko"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "Steam"
track_no = 13
next_track = "Red Rain"
next_no = 14Extra tracklisting
Album = Secret World Live
Type = live
prev_track = "Come Talk to Me"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Steam"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Across the River"
next_no = 3

"Steam" is the second single from Peter Gabriel's 1992 album, "Us". It reached #10 on the UK singles chart and #32 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Peter Gabriel has said that the song is about a relationship in which the woman is sophisticated, bright, cultured, and knows everything about anything. And that the man knows nothing about anything, except, he does know about the woman, and she doesn't know much about herself.Fact|date=February 2007

An alternate version of this song called "Quiet Steam" was a B-side on the "Digging in the Dirt" single. It is a very lo-fi take on the popular version that appeared on the album. On "Secret World Live", "Steam" is preceded for a minute or so by the "Quiet Steam" version.

This video won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1994.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Gabriel.
# "Steam (LP version)" – 6:02
# "Games Without Frontier (Massive-DB mix)" – 5:19
# "Steam (Oh, Oh, Let Off Steam mix 12)" – 6:44
# "Steam (Oh, Oh, Let Off Steam mix dub)" – 5:44

Production credits

* Producers:
** Peter Gabriel
** Daniel Lanois

* Musicians:
** Peter Gabriel: vocals, Keyboards, Percussion, Horn Arrangement
** Manu Katche: Electronic drums
** Tony Levin: Bass
** David Rhodes: Guitar
** Daniel Lanois: Horn Arrangement
** David Bottrill: Programming
** Richard Blair: Programming
** The Babacar Faye Drummers: Sabar Drums
** Leon Nocentelli: Guitar (Epiphone)
** Tim Green: Tenor Sax
** Reggie Houston: Baritone Sax
** Renard Poche: Trombone