Biko (song)

"Biko" is a song by British singer Peter Gabriel, about Steve Biko, a South African anti-apartheid campaigner who died in police custody in 1977. The song was included on his 1980 third album.

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"Biko" was first released as a single in 1980, when it reached #38 in the British charts. A live version from the soundtrack of the movie Cry Freedom was released in 1987, reaching #49.

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Simple Minds released a cover version on their 1989 album Street Fighting Years. It was also covered by Joan Baez on her 1987 album Recently.

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Peter Gabriel: Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Cobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as a member of the progressive rock group Genesis, went on to a successful solo career, and more recently has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital d...

Steve Biko: Stephen Bantu Biko (December 18, 1946 – September 12 1977) was a noted nonviolent anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s. He was a student at the University of Fort Hare. Because he was dissatisfied with the National Union of South African Students, he helped found the South Afri...

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