Paul Freeman from Los Angeles Times called it "a striking duet". Martin Monkman from AllMusic stated that it is "the most stunning song on the album", and "a brilliant piece of casting." He added, "Nelson and O'Connor's rendition is quietly triumphant and every bit as powerful as Gabriel and Bush's original." Bill DeYoung from Gainesville Sun described the duet as "heartfelt". It was reported that funds raised by sales of the single were in excess of $300,000. Ī music video was made to accompany the song, featuring both singers. I asked her, 'Are you sure you still feel like coming in to sing tomorrow?' She said, 'Yes, I'll be there.' She came in the next day and sang her off. At the concert, she was booed for the controversy. It turned out that she and Peter Gabriel were friends and she already knew the song. I'd heard about the controversy with the Pope, but I'd never heard her sing. At the rehearsal for the Dylan tribute show in New York, Don suggested Sinead. There was another lady, Dolly Parton, who was supposed to do that part, but she ended up being unavailable. In an interview with Los Angeles Times, Nelson talked about the duet and how it was made.
O'Connor sings Kate Bush's parts in the song. The single is included on Nelson's Across the Borderline album, produced by Don Was, Paul Simon, and Roy Halee. The song was covered as a duet between American musician Willie Nelson & Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor in 1993. " Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home" Single by Willie Nelson and Sinéad O'Connor Other versions Willie Nelson and Sinéad O'Connor version "Don't Give Up" However, Parton turned it down, so his friend Kate Bush took her place. Gabriel originally wrote the song from a reference point of American roots music and he approached country singer Dolly Parton to sing it with him. The verses, sung by Gabriel, describe the man's feelings of isolation, loneliness and despair the choruses, sung by Bush, offer words of hope and encouragement. He composed lyrics about a man whose unemployment causes stress in his domestic relationship. He felt that a song based on this was wholly appropriate to difficult economic conditions in England under Margaret Thatcher. Gabriel saw Lange's images in a 1973 book titled In This Proud Land. The song was inspired by the Depression-era photographs of Dorothea Lange, showing poverty-stricken Americans in Dust Bowl conditions. Gabriel drew inspiration from Dorothea Lange's images such as this, her most famous: "Migrant Mother" (1936)
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