Steam
Peter Gabriel
1993
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Peter Gabriel
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
Peter Gabriel began his solo career after leaving Genesis in 1975. His work expanded from rock albums into film soundtracks, international musical collaborations and new approaches to recording. He helped establish WOMAD and later launched Real World Records, providing a setting for performers from many musical traditions. Passion developed from his work for The Last Temptation of Christ, while projects such as Big Blue Ball drew on collaborative recording sessions with a wide range of musicians.
Artist background sources
Peter Gabriel - Real World Records biography
Read 1975 Genesis/solo separation, WOMAD and Real World roles, soundtrack work and explicit Passion/Big Blue Ball project descriptions. Current activities, exact organizational-foundation ambiguity, album/festival counts, awards and automatic collaborator mappings are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Steam by Peter Gabriel is included for 1993 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
UK top-ten singles in 1993 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
Other appearances and versions
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Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
UK top-ten singles in 1993 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
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