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"Down to Earth" is a song sung, written, and produced by Peter Gabriel and featuring the Soweto Gospel Choir. The music was composed by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman. The song is featured in the end credits of the 2008 Disney/Pixar feature film, WALL-E.

The song was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 66th Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards but lost to Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" from The Wrestler and A. R. Rahman's "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire, respectively. However, "Down to Earth" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in 2009.

Lyrics

Did you think that your feet had been bound
By what gravity brings to the ground?
Did you feel you were tricked
By the future you picked?
Well, come on down

All those rules don't apply
When you're high in the sky
So, come on down
Come on down

[Chorus]
We're comin' down to the ground
There's no better place to go
We got snow up on the mountains
We got rivers down below

We're comin' down to the ground
We hear the birds sing in the trees
And the land will be looked after
We'll send the seeds out in the breeze

Did you think you'd escaped from routine
By changing the script and the scene?
Despite all you made of it
You're always afraid
Of the change

You've got a lot on your chest
Well, you can come as my guest
So come on down
Come on down

[Chorus]

Like the fish in the ocean
We felt at home in the sea
We learned to live off the good land
Learned to climb up a tree

Then we got up on two legs
But we wanted to fly
Oh, when we messed up our homeland
And set sail for the sky

[Chorus]

We're comin' down
Comin' down to Earth
Like babies at birth
Comin' down to Earth

Redefine new priorities
These are extraordinary qualities

[Chorus x2]

Redefine new priorities
These are extraordinary qualities
That you find on Earth

Coming down [x8]

Trivia

An adult sea turtle resembling Crush can be seen as a mosaic during the line "All these rules don't apply when you're high in the sky, so come on down", along with a group of small sea turtles.

v - e - d

Media
Films: WALL-E (video/soundtrack) • BURN-E Books: The Art of WALL-E • Manga Video Games: WALL-E • Disney Universe • Disney Magic Kingdoms • Disney Emoji Blitz • LEGO The Incredibles • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode • Disney Speedstorm

Disney Parks
Games of Pixar Pier • Pixar Pal-A-Round Fireworks: Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration • Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime Spectacular • Momentous • Happily Ever After • World of Color

Characters
WALL-E • EVE • AUTO • M-O • GO-4 • Captain B. McCrea • Shelby Forthright • John • Mary • PR-T • VN-GO • VAQ-M • D-FIB • SECUR-T • Hal • BURN-E • SUPPLY-R • Garbage Truck Robot • WALL-A

Songs
Aquarela do Brasil • Put On Your Sunday Clothes • It Only Takes a Moment • Down to Earth • BnL Jingle • Define Dancing

Locations
Axiom • WALL-E Transport Vehicle • Probe ship • Incinerator • Buy n Large

Objects
A113 • Pizza Planet Truck • Eggman Movers

See also
The Science Behind Pixar • Pixar in a Box

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+"'''Down to Earth'''" is a song sung, written, and produced by Peter Gabriel and featuring the Soweto Gospel Choir. The music was composed by Peter Gabriel and [[Thomas Newman]]. The song is featured in the end credits of the [[2008]] [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]]/[[Pixar]] feature film, ''[[WALL-E (film)|WALL-E]]''.
-The song was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 66th Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards, but lost to Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" from ''The Wrestler'' and A. R. Rahman's "Jai Ho" from ''Slumdog Millionaire'', respectively. However, "Down to Earth" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in [[2009]].
+The song was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 66th Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 81st Academy Awards but lost to Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" from ''The Wrestler'' and A. R. Rahman's "Jai Ho" from ''Slumdog Millionaire'', respectively. However, "Down to Earth" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media in [[2009]].
 ==Lyrics==
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 Did you feel you were tricked
 By the future you picked?
-Well, come on down.
+Well, come on down
 All those rules don't apply
 When you're high in the sky
@@ Line 17: / Line 26: @@
 Come on down
+''[Chorus]''
 We're comin' down to the ground
 There's no better place to go
-We've got snow up on the mountains
+We got snow up on the mountains
-We've got rivers down below
+We got rivers down below
 We're comin' down to the ground
 We hear the birds sing in the trees
 And the land will be looked after
-We send the seeds out in the breeze
+We'll send the seeds out in the breeze
 Did you think you'd escaped from routine
@@ Line 38: / Line 48: @@
 Come on down
+''[Chorus]''
-We're comin' down to the ground
-There's no better place to go
-We've got snow up on the mountains
-We've got rivers down below
-We're comin' down to the ground
-We hear the birds sing in the trees
-And the land will be looked after
-We send the seeds out in the breeze
 Like the fish in the ocean
@@ Line 52: / Line 54: @@
 We learned to live off the good land
 Learned to climb up a tree
 Then we got up on two legs
 But we wanted to fly
-When we messed up our homeland
+Oh, when we messed up our homeland
-We set sail for the sky
+And set sail for the sky
+''[Chorus]''
-We're comin' down to the ground
-There's no better place to go
-We've got snow up on the mountains
-We've got rivers down below
-We're comin' down to the ground
-We hear the birds sing in the trees
-And the land will be looked after
-We send the seeds out in the breeze
 We're comin' down
@@ Line 71: / Line 66: @@
 Like babies at birth
 Comin' down to Earth
-We're gonna find new priorities
+Redefine new priorities
 These are extraordinary qualities
+''[Chorus x2]''
-We're comin' down to the ground
-There's no better place to go
-We've got snow up on the mountains
-We've got rivers down below
+Redefine new priorities
-We're comin' down to the ground
+These are extraordinary qualities
-We hear the birds sing in the trees
+That you find on Earth
-And the land will be looked after
-We send the seeds out in the breeze
+Coming down ''[x8]''
-We're comin' down to the ground
+</poem>
-There's no better place to go
-We've got snow up on the mountains
-We've got rivers down below
+==Trivia==
-We're comin' down to the ground
+*An adult sea turtle resembling [[Crush]] can be seen as a mosaic during the line "All these rules don't apply when you're high in the sky, so come on down", along with a group of small sea turtles.
-We hear the birds sing in the trees
-And the land will be looked after
-We send the seeds out in the breeze
-We're gonna find new priorities
-These are extraordinary qualities
-</poem>
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 [[Category:Grammy Award nominated songs]]
 [[Category:WALL-E songs]]
-[[Category:Sad songs]]