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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]]''.
 
"'''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]]''.

Revision as of 01:37, 14 September 2019

"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

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

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

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
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
When we messed up our homeland
We set sail for the sky

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
Comin' down to Earth
Like babies at birth
Comin' down to Earth
We're gonna find new priorities
These are extraordinary qualities

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 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 gonna find new priorities
These are extraordinary qualities

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
WALL-E
Media
Films: WALL-E (video/soundtrack) • BURN-E

Books: The Art of WALL-EManga
Video Games: WALL-EDisney UniverseDisney Magic KingdomsDisney Emoji BlitzLEGO The IncrediblesDisney Heroes: Battle ModeDisney Speedstorm

Disney Parks
Games of Pixar PierPixar Pal-A-Round

Fireworks: Illuminate! A Nighttime CelebrationTogether Forever: A Pixar Nighttime SpectacularMomentousHappily Ever AfterWorld of Color

Characters
WALL-EEVEAUTOM-OGO-4Captain B. McCreaShelby ForthrightJohnMaryPR-TVN-GOVAQ-MD-FIBSECUR-THalBURN-ESUPPLY-RGarbage Truck RobotWALL-A
Songs
Aquarela do BrasilPut On Your Sunday ClothesIt Only Takes a MomentDown to EarthBnL JingleDefine Dancing
Locations
AxiomWALL-E Transport VehicleProbe shipIncineratorBuy n Large
Objects
A113Pizza Planet TruckEggman Movers
See also
The Science Behind PixarPixar in a Box