"Blood of Eden" is the third single from English rock musician Peter Gabriel's sixth album, Us (1992), featuring backing vocals by Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor.

The single was released in March 1993 by Geffen, Real World and Virgin, and narrowly failed to enter the UK top 40, peaking at number 43.

The single has two B-side tracks: A remix of "Mercy Street" (originally from Gabriel's previous studio album So, released in 1986) by William Orbit and an earlier version of the a-side.

[2] Gabriel expressed his desire to have "two emotional, needy voices" on "Blood of Eden" and selected Sinead O'Connor to provide the female counterpart.

The female vocal part of the song was performed first by British musician Joy Askew, then by Sinéad O'Connor for a few months, and finally by American singer-songwriter Paula Cole.

Spektor had originally considered "Family Snapshot", but after listening to Gabriel's cover of "Après Moi", she decided to go with a song that was both "mysterious" and "mystical" and felt that "Blood of Eden" fulfilled those points of criteria.