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The song reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 40 on June 19, 1982, and spent 12 weeks on the chart. [2] This was the band's only top 40 song in the United States. It also topped the Billboard Top Rock Tracks on June 5, 1982. [3]
Poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, music by Sting, Mary Macmaster: 4:34: 6. "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming" Music by Michael Praetorius, English translation by Theodore Baker: 2:40: 7. "Cold Song" Music by Henry Purcell, lyrics by John Dryden: 3:14: 8. "The Burning Babe" Music by Chris Wood, lyrics by Robert Southwell: 2:46: 9. "Now Winter Comes ...
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 song "Idumea" is an example of Sacred Harp music, also known as shape note because the notes printed on the sheet music bear shapes, such as squares and triangles, to show changes in pitch. [4] After rehearsing with the Sacred Harp singers in a studio, Burnett decided that the style was best heard in Liberty Baptist Church in Henagar , Alabama.
"Stone Cold" is a soul ballad. [7] [11] It was written by Lovato, Laleh Pourkarim and Gustaf Thörn.According to the digital sheet music published by Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc., "Stone Cold" was originally composed in the key of F minor with a "moderately fast" tempo of approximately 144 BPM. [8]
57th & 9th is the twelfth solo studio album by British singer-songwriter Sting, his first rock album in 13 years, released on 11 November 2016. [2] [3] The album sold over 600,000 copies worldwide in 2016 [4] and contains "The Empty Chair" which earned Sting his 4th nomination for Best Original Song at the 89th Academy Awards (but lost to "City of Stars" from La La Land).
Speaking out. Sting returned to a 1985 song that he hoped would no longer be needed more than 30 years later.. Shocking Band Exits Through the Years. Read article “I’ve only rarely sung this ...
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.