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"Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in June 1985, and released as a single in November. The song is a commentary and plea that criticises the then-dominant Cold War foreign policy and doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) by the United States and the then-existing Soviet Union .
The initial 1984 Torch Song sessions remain unreleased. [ citation needed ] Although the single " If You Love Somebody Set Them Free " reached No. 3 in the US, it only reached 26 in the UK, where the album's track " Russians " (about Cold War nuclear anxieties, which had peaked in the 1980s) proved more popular.
Sting returned to a 1985 song that he hoped would no longer be needed more than 30 years later. ... The song, simply titled “Russians,” was first released as a single from The Dream of the ...
Sting, whose career spans decades, is bringing back a song from 1985. "I've only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I never thought it would be relevant again.
Sting dedicated "Russians" to the Ukrainian people, as well as to the Russians opposing Vladimir Putin's unjust war.
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The Best of 25 Years is a compilation album by English musician Sting. ... The US version doesn't contain the song "Englishman in New York". [2] ... "Russians" (Live ...
Vladimir Putin’s unjustified war on Ukraine has Sting reaching deep into his back catalogue. The singing superstar Saturday posted a new clip of himself singing his 1985 song “Russians” on ...