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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.
Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 is the first greatest hits album by English musician Sting.Released in 1994, it features hit singles from his first four studio albums The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985), ...Nothing Like the Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), and Ten Summoner's Tales (1993), plus two new tracks.
The album is named after a dream that Sting had. [20] He initially worked on tracks for his debut solo album with producers Torch Song : William Orbit , Laurie Mayer and Grant Gilbert. [ 21 ] These sessions were more synth-driven and 'electrofunk' in nature than what eventually was recorded and released; Sting eventually decided against this ...
Sting was surprised by how popular the song became, stating: "I got a prize for this. It was the most played record on American radio in 1993, which kind of surprised me. But I suppose it captured a mood. We've lost faith in a lot of institutions, our government, our churches – most things. And yet we still maintain a sense of hope about the ...
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.
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.
Fortress Around Your Heart; Fragile (Sting song) Friesenjung; I. I Can't Stop Thinking About You; I Hung My Head; I Was Brought to My Senses; I'll Be Missing You;
"Love Is the Seventh Wave" is a hit single from Sting's 1985 solo debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It was released as the album's second single in the UK, and the third single in the US. It was released as the album's second single in the UK, and the third single in the US.