Love to Be Loved

song by English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1992)
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q136408173
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Love to Be Loved

Summary

Love to Be Loved is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Love to Be Loved's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Love to Be Loved's composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[4].
  • Love to Be Loved's genre is art rock[5].
  • Love to Be Loved's genre is pop music[6].
  • Love to Be Loved's genre is progressive rock[7].
  • Love to Be Loved was produced by Peter Gabriel[8].
  • Love to Be Loved was produced by Daniel Lanois[9].
  • Love to Be Loved was performed by Peter Gabriel[10].
  • Love to Be Loved's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[11].
  • Love to Be Loved's record label is recorded as Real World Records[12].
  • Love to Be Loved's record label is recorded as Geffen Records[13].
  • Love to Be Loved is part of Us[14].
  • Love to Be Loved is part of Lovetown[15].
  • Love to Be Loved is part of Hit[16].
  • Love to Be Loved's language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • Love to Be Loved's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[18].
  • Love to Be Loved was published on September 27, 1992[19].
  • Love to Be Loved's lyricist is recorded as Peter Gabriel[20].
  • Love to Be Loved's main subject is emotion[21].
  • Love to Be Loved's main subject is desire[22].
  • Love to Be Loved's main subject is love[23].
  • Love to Be Loved's main subject is need[24].
  • Love to Be Loved's main subject is Mattering[25].
  • Love to Be Loved's title is recorded as Love to Be Loved[26].
  • Love to Be Loved's first line is recorded as So, you know how people are / When it's all gone much too far[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: da0ef4c4-977f-4ee7-8fef-fb4af318dfac[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Love to Be Loved was performed by Peter Gabriel[10]. Producers include Peter Gabriel[8] and Daniel Lanois[9].

Publication

Love to Be Loved was published on September 27, 1992[19]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[17]. Genres include art rock[5], pop music[6], and progressive rock[7]. Part of include Us[14], an album[30]; Lovetown[15], a musical work/composition[31]; and Hit[16], an album[32].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include emotion[21], desire[22], love[23], need[24], and Mattering[25].

Why It Matters

Love to Be Loved ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_love-to-be-loved_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Love to Be Loved}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/love-to-be-loved}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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