Question: who wrote the song don't give up
Answer: `` Do n't Give Up '' Single by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush from the album So B - side `` In Your Eyes ( Special Mix ) '' , `` This Is the Picture '' ( UK ) ; `` Curtains '' ( USA ) Released October 1986 Format 7 '' single , 12 '' single Recorded 1985 Genre Art rock Length 6 : 32 ( album version ) 6 : 07 ( 12 '' single edit ) Label Geffen Songwriter ( s ) Peter Gabriel Producer ( s ) Daniel Lanois , Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel singles chronology `` Sledgehammer '' ( 1986 ) `` Do n't Give Up '' ( 1986 ) `` In Your Eyes '' ( 1986 ) `` Sledgehammer '' ( 1