Editing Peter Gabriel (section)

== In popular culture ==
Gabriel's music featured prominently on the popular 1980s television show ''[[Miami Vice]]''. The songs include "The Rhythm of the Heat" and "[[Biko (song)|Biko]]" (from "Evan"), "[[Red Rain (song)|Red Rain]]" (from "Stone's War"), "[[Mercy Street]]" (from "Killshot"), "[[Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)|Sledgehammer]]" (from "Better Living Through Chemistry"), "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" (from "Forgive Us Our Debts" and "Deliver Us from Evil") and "[[Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)|Don't Give Up]]" (from "Redemption in Blood"). With seven songs used total, Gabriel had the most music featured by a solo artist in the series, and he is the only artist to have had a song used in four of Vice's five seasons. Five of the nine tracks on his most popular album ''[[So (album)|So]]'' (1986) were used in the series.

Gabriel’s song "[[In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel song)|In Your Eyes]]" features twice in the teen romance drama [[Say Anything...|''Say Anything'']] (1989).  It is the song playing on Lloyd Dobler’s boombox as he serenades Diane, creating the film’s most iconic scene.

Gabriel's cover of [[David Bowie]]'s "[["Heroes" (David Bowie song)|Heroes]]" was featured in the fourth season finale of ''[[Big Love]]'', as well as the first season and the ending scene of ''[[Stranger Things]]'' season 3 and the ending credits of ''[[Lone Survivor]]''. The song also features in 'Children of Mars', a 2020 episode of the web series ''[[Star Trek: Short Treks]]''.

A series of spoof documentaries about the fictitious rock star [[Brian Pern]] were based loosely on Gabriel.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Nick |title=Brian Pern: A Tribute – a knowing parody of the rock eulogy |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/brian-pern-a-tribute-parody-rock-eulogy-55800 |access-date=26 October 2021 |work=inews.co.uk |date=29 March 2017}}</ref>

In 2021, Northern Irish post-punk band Invaderband released their second studio album entitled 'Peter Gabriel'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roy |first=David |date=24 September 2021 |title=Noise Annoys: New music from Invaderband, Mob Wife, Cherym and Gemma Bradley, plus Malojian gig news... |url=https://www.irishnews.com/arts/music/2021/09/24/news/noise-annoys-new-music-from-invaderband-mob-wife-cherym-and-gemma-bradley-plus-malojian-gig-news--2453871/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=The Irish News |language=en}}</ref> The sleeve was a painting of Gabriel by [[Luke Haines]].