Italian single certifications – The Police – Message In A Bottle" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 28 September 2021. Select "2019" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Message In A Bottle" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Singoli" under "Sezione". Shaun Keaveny (2010). R2D2 Lives in Preston: The Best of BBC 6 Music's Toast the Nation!. p. 125. Pan Macmillan, In 2007, Sting surprised and delighted fans of The Police when the group performed together on the Grammy Awards television broadcast. The band also announced it would tour for the first time in over two decades. He also continued with his solo career, releasing the holiday album If On a Winter's Night. . . in 2009. 'The Last Ship' Broadway Musical

Gordon Sumner, better known as Sting, was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on October 2, 1951. He is best known for his singing career, both with the 1980s band The Police and as a solo artist. Sting is also a distinguished songwriter and actor, as well as an active philanthropist in causes from environmentalism to human rights. The Police Reggatta de Blanc (liner notes). The Police. A&M Records. 1979. AMLH 64792. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)Sting began a career as a solo artist, scoring a hit album with his first post-Police effort, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, released in 1985. On the recording, he worked with several jazz musicians, including Branford Marsalis. Sting went on to release a string of successful solo albums, including Nothing Like the Sun (1987), The Soul Cages (1991), Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) and Mercury Falling (1996). During this period, Sting wrote and recorded a diverse range of music, from haunting ballads to intriguing instrumental pieces to upbeat popular songs. He found chart success with such singles as "Englishman in New York,""If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" and "Fields of Gold." Acting and Scoring in Films a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1980". Kent Music Report. 5 January 1981 . Retrieved 17 January 2022– via Imgur. The song has been referenced in several TV shows and films, including The Simpsons and Six Feet Under. Regardless of the turmoil during the recording, “Every Breath You Take” was a worldwide success. The music video, directed by Godley & Creme, even won the band the first Best Cinematography award at the 1983 MTV Video Music Awards. The song also stands as the signature song of The Police and has been played more than 9 million times on radio. International Briefs - Madrid". Billboard. 27 September 1980. p.56 . Retrieved 9 March 2022– via Google Books.

Cash Box described the song's hook as "a mesmerizing guitar figure" that is similar to that of Blue Öyster Cult's " Don't Fear the Reaper." [9] Record World said that "Sharp tempo contrasts are bridged by Andy Summers' hard-edged lead guitar while singer-songwriter Sting pleads an affecting lead vocal." [10] British single certifications – Police – Message In A Bottle". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 28 September 2021.

Brand New Day Tracklist

In addition to his musical career, Sting has been active in human rights and other social issues. He and his wife, Trudie Styler, have been married since 1992. The couple has four children. Sting also has two other children from his first marriage. Sting: I think the ambiguity is intrinsic in the song however you treat it because the words are so sadistic. On one level, it’s a nice long song with the classic relative minor chords, and underneath there’s this distasteful character talking about watching every move. I enjoy that ambiguity. I watched Andy Gibb singing it with some girl on TV a couple of weeks ago, very loving, and totally misinterpreting it. (Laughter) I could still hear the words, which aren’t about love at all. Reggae artist Matisyahu covered the song, first as a Yahoo! Music exclusive and later on his 2006 remix album No Place to Be. In the music video, Sting protrays himself as some kind of God or deity, only for the viewer to see at the end of the music video that he’s just advertising “Brand New Day” laundry detergent. He’s no Billy Mays! Sting elaborated on the music video: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.235. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

The song has been covered by several artists, including the band Fools Garden in 1995, whose version became a hit in Europe. Sting] We wrote a song together, how many years, 30 years ago — “Shape of My Heart”. Dom came in with this fantastic riff — beautiful cadence, sort of Bach-like descending baseline. So we spent the morning structuring it, making it into a song. Here’s a verse here and a verse there and there’s a key change there. So I just go for a walk and I have it in my headphones and I just walk around. A few hours later I’ve got at least the concept of what the song is telling me, which is about a gambler. And Dom said, “Where’d you get this shit from?”The chorus is optimistic about the future, with the singer returning to the conversation with his partner where they talked about the blue sky, but he can only focus on the lemon tree. The motif of the lemon tree is symbolic of his frustration with the routine and the limitations he faces, while the blue sky represents the optimism he needs to break out of his cycle. Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014 . Retrieved 12 February 2014. POLICE | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011 . Retrieved 28 March 2014. Sting: I don’t think it’s a sad song. I think it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil. It’s about jealousy and surveillance and ownership. On 14 April 2020, Sting recorded a duet cover of "Message in a Bottle" featured the quartet All Saints. [41]