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"Fortress Around Your Heart" is a hit single released from Sting's 1985 debut solo album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It was released as the album's third single in the UK, and the second single in the US. The song was later included on the U.S. release of the Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 compilation album.
new song "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – 4:15 originally released on the album The Dream of the Blue Turtles "Fields of Gold" – 3:39 originally released on the album Ten Summoner's Tales "All This Time" – 4:55 originally released on the album The Soul Cages "Fortress Around Your Heart" – 4:35
The song concludes with a brief, self-mocking reference to Sting's biggest hit song with The Police, "Every Breath You Take". "At the end I sing, 'Every cake you bake, every leg you break'. I quite like using the songs as a modular system where you can mix and match lines from different songs. It's a tradition now". [2]
Note: The US version doesn't contain the song "Englishman in New York". [2] ... "Fortress Around Your Heart" (2011 Remix) 4:52: 5. "Englishman In New York" 4:26: 6.
It included the hit singles "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (backed with the non-LP song "Another Day"), "Fortress Around Your Heart", "Love Is the Seventh Wave" and "Russians", the latter of which was based on a theme from the Lieutenant Kijé Suite. [40] Within a year, the album reached Triple Platinum.
Fortress Around Your Heart; Fragile (Sting song) ... Shape of My Heart (Sting song) ... Wrapped Around Your Finger; Y.
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks launched their anticipated Two Icons, One Night jaunt in Los Angeles on Friday (March 10) and had a few surprises in store to ensure the night lived up to its name.
The album was influenced by two events in Sting's life: first, the death in late 1986 of his mother, which contributed to the sombre tone of several songs; and second, his participation in the Conspiracy of Hope Tour on behalf of Amnesty International, which brought Sting to parts of Latin America that had been ravaged by civil wars, and introduced him to victims of government oppression.