Down To Earth

Album: Wall-E soundtrack (2008)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is the theme song from the hit Disney movie Wall-E. It won the Grammy for Best Motion Picture Song in 2009, and was nominated for an Oscar along with 2 songs from the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Gabriel was asked to perform just one minute of this 6 minute song on the Oscars ceremony in a medley with the 2 other nominees, and he refused, stating: "The songwriters, even though they're a small part of the filmmaking process, we still work bloody hard and I think deserve a place in the ceremony as well. I'm an old fart and it's not going to do me any harm to make a little protest about it for some of the other artists." >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Bertrand - Paris, France

Comments: 2

  • Kent from Vancouver, WaPeter is a phenomenal artist and humanitarian. God Speed
  • Roberta Trevisan from S?o Paulo, BrazilToo bad, I would like to see him at the Oscar's stage... :,,,,(
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