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"Mercy Street" is a song written by Peter Gabriel from his 1986 album So. The song deals with the life and conflicting emotions of the poet Anne Sexton, and makes frequent allusions to incidents from Sexton's life and a number of her poems, in particular the work 45 Mercy Street. Themes touched on in the song include suicide attempts, her relationship with her parents, a desire to become whole, attempting to come to terms with the past, and confessing.

A video was created for "Mercy Street", even though it was not released as a single.

Release details
As well as making up one of the songs on Side Two of So, "Mercy Street" was released (remixed by William Orbit) on Gabriel's 1992 CD-single Blood of Eden. The song was also covered by Fever Ray in 2010, and was reinterpreted by Gabriel on his 2011 orchestral album New Blood.