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"Shape of My Heart" is a song by British musician Sting, released in August 1993 by A&M Records as the fifth single from his fourth solo album, Ten Summoner's Tales (1993). The song was written by Sting and guitarist Dominic Miller and features harmonica played by Larry Adler.
44/876 is a collaborative album by English musician Sting and Jamaican musician Shaggy, also the thirteenth solo studio album.It was released on 20 April 2018 by A&M Records, Interscope Records and Cherrytree Records.
A promotional disc was made where Sting discusses some of the songs on the album. There was also an unofficial live album produced during the Ten Summoner's Tales era, entitled Meadowlands of Gold , which contained 13 tracks performed at the Meadowlands Arena on February 26, 1994, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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.
Sting described it as a "song about death, or dealing with death in a way that offers some sort of hope". [2] Musically, the song was influenced by Stax artists such as Otis Redding; Percy Sledge and Aretha Franklin were also listed as significant influences. [5] Fitting in with this theme, Sting brought in the Memphis Horns to play on the ...
The Last Ship is an original musical with music and lyrics by Sting and a book by Lorne Campbell.. Following a UK national tour and subsequent six-week run at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, it embarked on a US national tour with the official opening at the Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles on 22 January 2020.
According to Knopfler, he used the network slogan "I want my MTV" after seeing an MTV advertisement featuring The Police and setting it to the tune of "Don't Stand So Close to Me" (written by Sting), hence the cowriting credit. [10] "Sting used to come to Montserrat to go windsurfing," recalled John Illsley, "and he came up for supper at the ...
Stansfield is a DEA agent who employs a holder (Michael Badalucco) to store cocaine in his residence.When Stansfield learns that the holder has been taking a cut and adulterating the remainder, he and his henchmen gun down the man's entire family, with the exception of 12-year-old Mathilda Lando (Natalie Portman), who is able to find refuge with her neighbor, professional hitman Léon ().