Released 1995 Genre Electronica | Format CD Label Columbia | |
B-side "Rid of Me",
performed by Juliette Lewis Length 3:50 (album version),
6:22 (long version) | ||
"While the Earth Sleeps" is a song written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez of Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel. The song was performed by Deep Forest with Peter Gabriel and appeared on the soundtrack for the film Strange Days (1995) and is played over the film's end credits. It was released as a CD single. The song features Bulgarian folk singer Katya Petrova.
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Samples
The song incorporates credited samples from "Shashvi, Kakabi", performed by Tsinandali Choir, from an old Macedonian song called "Da li znaeš, mila majko" ("Do you know, dear mother?"), author of the song's Risto Pulevski of Bitola village Nižepole, Republic of Macedonia, performed by Macedonian singers Violeta Tomovska and Kiril Mančevski, recorded by Radio-televizija Beograd, Former Yugoslavia (view the original record), and from "Övgön Chuuvuu" from the album Mogolie, musique vocale et instrumentale.
Track listing
Track 2 is featured in the film Strange Days, but not on the soundtrack.