"Shipwrecked" is a song by English rock band

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, released in December 1997 as the second single from their fifteenth album, ''

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Track listings

CD single, part 1

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CD single, part 2

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Personnel

* Ray Wilson – lead vocals * Tony Banks – keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals *

Mike Rutherford Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English guitarist, bassist and songwriter, best known as co-founder, lead guitarist and bassist of the rock band Genesis (band), Genesis. He and keyboardist Tony Banks (musici ...

– guitars, bass, backing vocals *

Nir Zidkyahu Nir Zidkyahu (, , born November 1967), also known as Nir Z, is an Israeli studio-session drummer, and the brother of Blackfield's drummer Tomer Z. He joined in spring 1997 with Genesis, he played in eight tracks for their last album ''Calling A ...

– drums, percussion

References

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