• Source: Olive Tree (song)

"Olive Tree" is a song by English musician Peter Gabriel, released in August 2023 as the eighth single in promotion of his tenth studio album I/O. Since August has a blue moon, this is the first of two tracks that was released in August, the other being "Love Can Heal". The track has been described by Louder as "uptempo" and "jaunty". Gabriel said of the song, "I wanted it to have some speed to it but I also wanted some mystery, too. I think it is a celebration in a way and there's a real sense of being alive."
Similar to the title track, "I/O", Olive Tree is about being "plugged into nature and other minds". Gabriel said that the song's message is about being "connected". He said that we are too often self-centered, when "we only want to see and listen to the things that seem important and relevant to us and shut out the noise of everything else." The narrative of the song is about being attuned to others' thoughts, which is expressed in Gabriel's hope that "we're no longer these islands that have our own private thoughts."
This song is "also part of a separate brain-related project" that Gabriel was working on at the time.
The cover artwork was created by Barthélémy Toguo and titled Chroniques avec la Nature. Unlike most of the other artwork for i/o, this cover art is an original piece, created specifically for this track.




Personnel


Peter Gabriel – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, synths, rhythm programming
David Rhodes – electric, acoustic, and twelve-string guitars, backing vocals
Tony Levin – bass
Manu Katché – drums
Ged Lynch – percussion
Richard Evans – mandolin
Evan Smith – saxophone
Josh Shpak – trumpet
John Metcalfe – orchestral conductor
Richard Chappell – rhythm programming
Oli Jacobs – engineering
Katie May – engineering
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, and Odile Ollagnon
Violas: Bruce White, Fiona Bonds, Peter Lale, and Rachel Roberts
Cellos: Ian Burdge, Chris Worsey, Caroline Dale, William Schofield, Tony Woollard, and Chris Allan
Double bass: Chris Laurence, Stacy Watton, and Lucy Shaw
Orchestra conductor: John Metcalfe
Orchestra leader: Everton Nelson
Sheet music supervisor: Dave Foster
Orchestra contractor: Lucy Whalley and Susie Gillis




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