Ok so again I decided to do some more research on the subject. As Cassie mentioned in class the song didn't do very well for Peter Gabriel but it did have a " profound effect on Gabriel, however, and it led to his commitment to World Music and to various political causes." He called the song, "a calling card announcing I was interested and prepared to get involved." It also stimulated other artists to get involved including Steve Van Zandt heard it in a Los Angeles movie theater in 1980 and began wondering what he could do to help the cause, which led to him organizing "Sun City." Bono of U2 asked Gabriel to join the Amnesty International Conspiracy Of Hope tour in 1986, which played 6 shows and raised $2.6 million.
The song itself wasn't actually allowed to be played in South Africa until 1990 and it was in the early 90s that apartheid ended. Gabriel also performed the song live for Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday in Wembley Stadium in 1988.
Jennifer Graham
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