"Spoon" is a
Dave Matthews Band song from the album ''
Before These Crowded Streets
''Before These Crowded Streets'' is the third studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 28, 1998. It was the last official album by the group to be produced by longtime producer Steve Lillywhite until 2012's '' Away from the World'' a ...
''.
Dave Matthews used
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...
's song "
Passion" as an inspiration for this song.
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The song features Alanis Morissette
Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with tw ...
on background vocals and one verse, and Béla Fleck on banjo
The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...
.
References
External links
DMBAlmanac.com lyricsDMBAlmanac.com listing
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Dave Matthews Band songs
1998 songs
Songs written by Dave Matthews
Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite