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- Tom Eames
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- Brand New Day. Sting - Brand New Day (Official Video) This was the title track from his 1999 album, and it gave him a top 20 hit in the UK. On New Year's Eve 2018, Sting released a free track, 'Brand New Day 2018', a new version of the song, on Facebook.
- Fragile. Sting - Fragile. This song was originally released in 1988 on his Nothing Like the Sun album. The song is a tribute to Ben Linder, an American civil engineer who was killed by the Contras in 1987 while working on a hydroelectric project in Nicaragua.
- When We Dance. Sting - When We Dance (Official Video) This song was one of two new tracks included on Sting's Best of Sting collection in 1994. Amazingly, it's his only solo song to reach the top 10 in the UK, peaking at number 9.
- Always On Your Side (with Sheryl Crow) Sheryl Crow ft. Sting - Always On Your Side (Official Video) Sting teamed up with Sheryl Crow on this ballad for her 2005 album Wildflower.
- "Roxanne" - The Police Peak: No. 32 Year: 1979.
- "Fields of Gold" - Sting Peak: No. 23 Year: 1993.
- "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" - Sting Peak: No. 17 Year: 1993.
- "Russians" - Sting Peak: No. 16 Year: 1986.
- Otis Redding “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” “I think I was just 16 and Otis Redding had just died in a terrible plane crash. I went to my record store and bought ‘Dock Of The Bay’ on the Stax label, (there was) a lovely blue label, there was a paper bag and I took it out, put it on my turntable, the usual ritual, put the needle on it and I hear (Imitates the song’s intro).
- Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” “Procul Harum ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’ for me probably encapsulate the whole period of the psychdelia. I wasn’t really involved, I was just a young teen but I remember being in (an) amusement park standing next to the jukebox and playing this song again, again, again and again.
- Bob Marley & The Wailers “No Woman, No Cry” “Bob Marley was a huge influence on me in the 70s. Loved his voice, loved his songwriting, loved the whole Jamaican vibe.
- Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street” “Again, this was a time I was living in London, I used have the radio on a lot and there were two hits that year, one of ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the other one was Gerry Rafferty‘s ‘Baker Street’.
- It’S Probably Me
- I Was Brought to My Senses
- If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free
- All This Time
- If I Ever Lose My Faith in You
- Fragile
- I Hung My Head
- Englishman in New York
- Fields of Gold
- Shadows in The Rain
If we wanted to pick a song that represented Sting’s flirtation with the silver screen and the cinematic quality that defined some of Sting’s most fabulous arrangements, “It’s Probably Me” would be the best choice. The song was released as a single in 1992 before the Ten Summoner’s Talesalbum came out. The cinematic quality of Sting’s Songs, especi...
The Mercury Falling album was, at least in this writer’s opinion, Sting’s greatest record. It was an album filled with hope and acceptance. In a 1996 Boston Globe interview, Sting described Mercury Fallingas an album that defined his acceptance of things that cannot be changed. The song’s deep harmonic structure, in which the chorus featured ninths...
In an interview with the newspaper magazine, “The Record,” in 1985, Sting explained that he was unsure how his new music would be accepted because it was not jazz or mainstream pop. However, Sting knew his music would be accepted because he wrote great music regardless of the arrangements or production. The fact that Sting hired Branford Marsalis a...
The first single from his 1991 Soul Cages album is No. 7 on the Top 10 Essential Sting Songs list. The song “All This Time” reached No.5 on the U.S. Billboard top 100 singles charts. However, it hit No. 1 on Billboard Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts. The song was composed by Sting after breaking a writer’s block that plagued Sting for close ...
As time matured the artist, the concepts of faith and trust began to seep deeper within the lyrical content of Sting’s compositions. At No. 6 on the Top 10 Essential Sting Songs list is a song that resonated with ideas of faith, love, and trust. The first single, “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” from the Ten Summoner’s Tales album, won Sting a Gra...
One of the most beautiful Sting songs of the artist’s career was released on his second solo album, Nothing Like the Sun. Sting’s composition, “Fragile,” was an ode to the works of Antonio Carlos Jobim. While the music of “Fragile” clearly was inspired by the Brazilian styles of Jobim, the lyrical content of the song was a homage to the American en...
Sting has always been a great interview subject for many journalists because the man just loved to talk. At the heart of his passion for talking and performing lay the simple concept of storytelling, which Sting thrived at in many circumstances. One of Sting’s greatest stories was about the foolishness of a young man playing with his rifle and aimi...
The Sting song “Englishman in New York” stands as one of the three most essential Sting songs. The song’s brilliance stems from various dynamics presented within the framework of the song’s lyrical ideas, early twentieth-century rhythmic structures, and the glorious musicianship on the tune featuring Branford Marsalis. Sting may have been an except...
As much effort has been made to credit the musicians on the first two Sting albums, it can be easily argued that the end product of these fabulous albums all started with the brilliant compositional skills of Sting, the songwriter. Many people will argue that the true test of a song is how well it sounds performed on a solo instrument like a piano ...
Of all the essential Sting songs in the artist’s catalog, no one song defined the fusion of jazz, rock, and pop styles like Sting’s “Shadows in the Rain.” Furthermore, the song “Shadows in the Rain” blended Sting’s unique songwriting skills and the band’s superior musicianship. The music’s improvisational nature broadly defines the genre of jazz. J...
- Brian Kachejian
Sep 13, 2024 · Featuring the likes of Bob Marley, Otis Redding, Shaggy and more, The Police frontman Sting listed his top ten favourite tracks of all time.
Jun 22, 2023 · From the haunting melodies of Fields of Gold to the upbeat rhythms of Desert Rose, these songs showcase Sting’s versatility and his ability to create timeless music that resonates with listeners of all ages.
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Oct 2, 2013 · Sting was so eager to get away from the Police's sound on his solo debut that he saved this relatively rocking, big-chorus number for the very last spot on ‘The Dream of the Blue Turtles.’.
