The Book of Love
Peter Gabriel
- Key
- Ab major
- Camelot
- 4B
- BPM
- 87.4
Key confidence high · relative F minor (4A) · BPM confidence low · double-time 174.8 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
The tempo changes across the track. The BPM above is the strongest single reading.
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As of 2026-09-14, "The Book of Love" by Peter Gabriel has charted in 3 markets across 2 platforms, peaking at #19 (NG) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads Ab major (4B).
- Markets
- 3
- First seen
- 2026-08-02
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-14
- Peak
- #19 ng
Started in 1 market, now in 3.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
Peter Gabriel joined the Magnetic Fields onstage at London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in January 2001 to perform 'The Book of Love' as an encore before recording his own version. [1] Gabriel's cover was recorded for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Shall We Dance? and later featured on television in the Scrubs finale 'My Finale' and the South Park episode 'Tweek x Craig'. [2] It was released as a double A-side single with Stephin Merritt's own cover of Gabriel's 'Not One of Us', part of a series of singles issued on iTunes every full moon in 2010 from Scratch My Back and And I'll Scratch Yours. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered 2Cellossource
- Covered Ana Gasteyersource
- Covered Catherine A.D.source
- Covered Cheryl Bentynesource
- Covered David Meadsource
- Covered Gavin Jamessource
- Covered Marissa Nadlersource
- Covered Mike Doughtysource
- Covered Now It’s Overheadsource
- Covered Patricia O’Callaghansource
- Written by Stephin Merrittsource
- Covered The Airborne Toxic Eventsource
- Covered The Magnetic Fieldssource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Spaines · shazam#104#104#104
- Israelil · shazam#25#25—
- Nigeriang · deezer#19#19—
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Editions
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Identity
- ISRC
- GBCPB1901872
- Slug
- peter-gabriel__the-book-of-love
- Sources
- deezer, shazam
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