Hit (album)

Hit
Greatest hits album by Peter Gabriel
Released	November 4, 2003
Recorded	1977–2003
Genre	Rock
Length	2:30:41 (US) 2:30:19 (UK)
Label	Geffen Records (US & Canada) Virgin Records
Producer	Peter Gabriel, Bob Ezrin, Stephen Hague, Daniel Lanois, Steve Lillywhite, David Lord, Steve Osborne, Karl Wallinger
Peter Gabriel chronology
Up (2002) Hit (2003) Big Blue Ball (2008)

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Hit is a 2003 compilation album of songs by British musician Peter Gabriel. It reached #29 in the UK album charts and #100 in the US. Disc one is labelled Hit and disc two Miss, reflecting the first disc's containing several of Gabriel's biggest-selling singles.

The two-disc set is different in the UK and US because of the second disc. The second disc in the US spans fourteen songs by Gabriel, whilst the UK second disc features fifteen songs. Only some of these appeared on the US version. The UK version collects at least one track from every studio album by Gabriel, including soundtracks, except for Birdy, which is the only album not represented by a track.

The album is an alternative to Shaking the Tree, Gabriel's previous greatest hits album that was outdated at the time of Hit's release by thirteen years. Gabriel has not released any greatest hits albums since.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Gabriel, except as indicated.

Disc One

1. "Solsbury Hill" (from Peter Gabriel 1 aka Car, 1977) – 4:23
2. "Shock the Monkey" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 3:59
3. "Sledgehammer" (from So, 1986) – 4:59
4. "Don't Give Up" (from So, 1986) – 5:55
5. "Games Without Frontiers" (from Peter Gabriel 3 aka Melt , 1980) – 3:57**
6. "Big Time" (from So, 1986) – 4:28
7. "Burn You Up, Burn You Down" (Gabriel, Neil Sparkes, Karl Wallinger) (new track) – 5:26
8. "Growing Up" (Tom Lord-Alge Mix) (from Up, 2002) – 4:48
9. "Digging in the Dirt" (from Us, 1992) – 5:15
10. "Blood of Eden (Radio edit)" (from Us, 1992) – 5:06
11. "More Than This (Radio edit)" (from "Up", 2002) – 4:33
12. "Biko" (from Peter Gabriel 3 aka Melt, 1980) – 6:58
13. "Steam" (from Us, 1992) – 6:02*
14. "Red Rain" (from So, 1986) – 5:39
15. "Here Comes the Flood (1990 version)" (from Shaking the Tree, 1990) – 4:32

*While labelled as the radio edit in the liner notes, "Steam" is actually the same length as its album version.
**This is the single release with a more radio-friendly repeat of the line "Whistling tunes we're kissing baboons in the jungle" from the first chorus.

Disc Two (US edition)

1. "San Jacinto" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 6:31
2. "I Don't Remember" (from Peter Gabriel 3, 1980) – 4:32
3. "The Rhythm of the Heat" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 5:19
4. "Love to Be Loved" (from Us, 1992) – 5:17
5. "I Grieve" (from Up, 2002) – 7:25
6. "Family Snapshot" (from Peter Gabriel 3, 1980) – 4:29
7. "In Your Eyes" (from So, 1986) – 5:29
8. "The Drop" (from Up, 2002) – 3:04
9. "The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix)" (from Soundtrack from The Red Planet, 2000) – 4:04
10. "Lovetown" (from Soundtrack from Philadelphia, 1993) – 5:21
11. "Father, Son" (from OVO, 2000) – 4:55
12. "Signal to Noise" (from Up, 2002) – 7:33
13. "Downside Up" (Live) – 5:33
14. "Cloudless" (from Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence, 2002) – 4:48

Disc Two (UK edition)

1. "San Jacinto" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 6:31
2. "No Self Control" (from Peter Gabriel 3, 1980) – 3:55
3. "Cloudless" (from Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence, 2002) – 4:48
4. "The Rhythm of the Heat" (from Peter Gabriel 4 aka Security, 1982) – 5:18
5. "I Have the Touch (Robbie Robertson Mix)" (from Soundtrack from Phenomenon, 1996) – 4:19
6. "I Grieve" (from Up, 2002) – 7:24
7. "D.I.Y." (from Peter Gabriel 2, 1978) – 2:38
8. "A Different Drum" (from Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ, 1989) – 4:47
9. "The Drop" (from Up, 2002) – 3:02
10. "The Tower That Ate People (Steve Osborne Mix)" (from Soundtrack from The Red Planet, 2000) – 4:06
11. "Lovetown" (from Soundtrack from Philadelphia, 1993) – 5:23
12. "Father, Son" (from OVO, 2000) – 4:58
13. "Signal to Noise" (from Up, 2002) – 7:35
14. "Downside Up" (Live) – 5:32
15. "Washing of the Water" (from Us, 1992) – 3:54

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2003	The Billboard 200	100

Certifications

Organization	Level	Date
BPI – UK	Gold	December 5, 2003

External links

• Hit (disc 1) at MusicBrainz
• Hit (disc 2: Miss) at MusicBrainz
• Hit (disc 2: Miss) at MusicBrainz