While the Earth Sleeps

"While the Earth Sleeps"
Single by Deep Forest with Peter Gabriel
from the album Strange Days - Music From The Motion Picture
B-side	"Rid of Me", performed by Juliette Lewis
Released	1995
Genre	Electronic
Length	3:50 (album version), 6:22 (long version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez, Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)	Eric Mouquet, Michel Sanchez, Peter Gabriel
Deep Forest singles chronology
"Marta's Song" (1995) "While the Earth Sleeps" (1995) "Bohemian Ballet" (1996)
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"Red Rain (live)" (1994) "While the Earth Sleeps" (1996) "When You're Falling" (2001)

"While the Earth Sleeps" is a song written by Eric Mouquet and Michel Sanchez of Deep Forest and Peter Gabriel.^[1] 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.

Samples

The song incorporates credited samples from "Shashvi, Kakabi", performed by Tsinandali Choir and from "Övgön Chuuvuu" from the album Mongolie, musique vocale et instrumentale.^[1] The passage "Dali znaeš, mila majko" ("Do you know, dear mother?") comes from a Bulgarian folk song. However, Risto Puleski from Nižepole, North Macedonia claimed that the lyrics of the song were in the Macedonian language and asserted that it was neither Bulgarian, nor a folk song, but that he had written it in 1960. This claim has never been corroborated and no legal action followed.^[2]

Track listing

Track 2 is featured in the film Strange Days, but not on the soundtrack.^[1]

References

External links

• Deep Forest site
• Bulgarie - Chants et danses album's website
• Original Song by Violeta Tomovska i Kiril Mancevski-Dali Znaes Mila Majko
• "While the Earth Sleeps" at Discogs (list of releases)