Across the River is a 1982 song written by Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...

, with the collaboration of Stewart Copeland

Stewart Copeland

Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks...

 on drums, L. Shankar

L. Shankar

Lakshminarayanan Shankar, also known as L. Shankar and Shenkar, is an Indian-born American violinist, singer and composer.-Early life:...

on violins and David Rhodes on guitars. The song was written for the first Womad Festival of the same year.

The original version appears on the "kiss that frog" maxi single

Maxi single

A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...

 from Peter Gabriel.

The most famous version of the song appears on the Double Live Album "Secret World Live

Secret World Live

Secret World Live is the second live and tenth album overall released by Peter Gabriel, in 1994. The album was not remastered with the rest of Gabriel's catalogue in 2002. A concert film was released at the same time as the album...

", and DVD.