The Barry Williams Show

"The Barry Williams Show"
Single by Peter Gabriel
from the album Up
Released9 September 2002
Length
  • 7:18 (album version)
  • 4:44 (single edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Peter Gabriel
Producer(s)
  • Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"When You're Falling"
(2001)
"The Barry Williams Show"
(2002)
"More Than This"
(2002)

"The Barry Williams Show" is a song by English rock musician Peter Gabriel from his 2002 album, Up. The song was released as the album's lead single and charted in various European countries. It was generally received unfavorably by music reviewers, with much of the criticism being levied against both the music and the lyrics, which they found to be outdated and unpleasant. In 2003, the song received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, but it lost to Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising".