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* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994'' compiled his hits up to that point along with a new single, "When We Dance." The 2011 collection ''25 Years'', which includes 31 tracks, necessarily included some non-hits. There was also a compilation of his solo and Police hits released in 1997.
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994'' compiled his hits up to that point along with a new single, "When We Dance." The 2011 collection ''25 Years'', which includes comprised of 31 tracks, necessarily included some non-hits. There was also a compilation of his solo and Police hits released in 1997.
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994'' compiled his hits up to that point along with a new single, "When We Dance."
The 2011 collection ''25 Years'', which includes 31 tracks, necessarily included some non-hits. There was also a compilation of his solo and Police hits released in 1997.
The 2011 collection ''25 Years'', which includes 31 tracks, necessarily included some non-hits. There was also a compilation of his solo and Police hits released in 1997.
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* GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994'' compiled his hits up to that point along with a new single, "When We Dance."
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*GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984-1994'' compiled his hits up to that point along with a new single, "When We Dance."
The 2011 collection ''25 Years'', which includes 31 tracks, necessarily included some non-hits. There was also a compilation of his solo and Police hits released in 1997.
The 2011 collection ''25 Years'', which includes 31 tracks, necessarily included some non-hits. There was also a compilation of his solo and Police hits released in 1997.
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* StageName: His was bestowed by a member of one of his pre-Police bands, because of a black-and-yellow striped sweater that he wore. The nicknamer was also named Gordon, so this may also be an example of OneSteveLimit.
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* StageName: His was bestowed by a member of one of his pre-Police bands, bandmate, because of a black-and-yellow striped sweater that he wore. The nicknamer was also named Gordon, so this may also be an example of OneSteveLimit.
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* DiscoDan: Sting admitted in his memoir that the bands he played with before ThePolice were almost defiantly behind the times, playing jazz and show tunes while glam rock and heavy metal were climbing the charts. It was Stewart Copeland who dragged him somewhere in the vicinity of coolness by bringing punk and reggae beats to his songs. After he went solo, Sting started sounding lighter and jazzier again, and in 2006 left pop music entirely (see GenreShift below).
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* DiscoDan: Sting admitted in his memoir that the bands he played with before ThePolice Music/ThePolice were almost defiantly behind the times, playing jazz and show tunes while glam rock and heavy metal were climbing the charts. It was Stewart Copeland who dragged him somewhere in the vicinity of coolness by bringing punk and reggae beats to his songs. After he went solo, Sting started sounding lighter and jazzier again, and in 2006 left pop music entirely (see GenreShift below).
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*DiscoDan: Sting admitted in his memoir that the bands he played with before ThePolice were almost defiantly behind the times, playing jazz and show tunes while glam rock and heavy metal were climbing the charts. It was Stewart Copeland who dragged him somewhere in the vicinity of coolness by bringing punk and reggae beats to his songs. After he went solo, Sting started sounding lighter and jazzier again, and in 2006 left pop music entirely (see GenreShift below).
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!!Live Discography:
*''Bring On the Night'' (1986)
*''Acoustic Live in Newcastle'' (1991)
*''...All This Time'' (2001)
*''The Journey and the Labyrinth'' (2007)
*''Live in Berlin'' (2010)
*''Bring On the Night'' (1986)
*''Acoustic Live in Newcastle'' (1991)
*''...All This Time'' (2001)
*''The Journey and the Labyrinth'' (2007)
*''Live in Berlin'' (2010)
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* OnlyOneName: According to him, everyone calls him Sting now, even his family.
* OopNorth: Sting was born and raised in Newcastle, which inspired his stage musical and album ''The Last Ship'', about the decline of the shipbuilding industry there. Newcastle imagery also features prominently on ''The Soul Cages.''
* OopNorth: Sting was born and raised in Newcastle, which inspired his stage musical and album ''The Last Ship'', about the decline of the shipbuilding industry there. Newcastle imagery also features prominently on ''The Soul Cages.''
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* OnlyOneName: OnlyOneName[=/=]OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: According to him, everyone calls him Sting now, even his family.
* OopNorth: Sting was born and raisedin near Newcastle, which inspired his stage musical and album ''The Last Ship'', about the decline of the shipbuilding industry there. Newcastle imagery also features prominently on ''The Soul Cages.''
* OopNorth: Sting was born and raised
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Not to be confused with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the wrestler]].
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Not to be confused with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the wrestler]].wrestler]], or with the ''other'' kind of MusicalSting.
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*''Artemis 81'' (1981)
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* GenreShift: After 20 years of producing pop albums, in 2006 Sting dove into Elizabethan music with ''Songs from the Labyrinth''. He stayed in the classical groove for a while, not putting out a new pop album until 2016.
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* GenreShift: After 20 years of producing making pop albums, in 2006 Sting dove into Elizabethan music with ''Songs from the Labyrinth''. He stayed in the classical groove for a while, not putting out a new pop album until 2016.
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!!Other appearances:
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* ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'' (1996)
* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' (2001)
* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' (2001)
*AsHimself: He's appeared as himself in a number of TV shows, including ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E13RadioBart The Simpsons]]'', ''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'', ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' and ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''. His recent movie appearances have been this also, with varying degrees of fictionalization (''Film/Zoolander2'' gave him a son that he doesn't actually have).
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* LetsDuet: An increasingly common practice in the later part of his career. Duet partners have included Music/MaryJBlige, Music/DireStraits and Music/SherylCrow.
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* LetsDuet: An increasingly common practice in the later part of his career. Duet partners have included Music/MaryJBlige, Music/DireStraits and Music/SherylCrow. His duet with Music/TobyKeith covering Sting's own song "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" [[CoveredUp outsold the original]].
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*''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' (1993 TV adaptation)
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* OopNorth: Sting was born and raised in Newcastle, which inspired his stage musical and album ''The Last Ship'', about the decline of the shipbuilding industry there. Newcastle imagery also featured prominently on ''The Soul Cages.''
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* ''Series/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' (1990-92)
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* ''Series/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' (1990-92)
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*GenreShift: After 20 years of producing pop albums, in 2006 Sting dove into Elizabethan music with ''Songs from the Labyrinth''. He stayed in the classical groove for a while, not putting out a new pop album until 2016.
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* ''The Last Ship'' (2014)
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* ''The Last Ship'' (2014)
(2014 -- the Broadway musical, not [[Series/TheLastShip the TV series]])
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!!Other appearances:
*''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'' (1984 BBC radio adaptation of the novels)
*''Theatre/ThreePennyOpera'' (1989)
*''Series/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' (1990-92)
*''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'' (1996)
*''Series/AllyMcBeal'' (2001)
*''The Last Ship'' (2014)
*''Literature/{{Gormenghast}}'' (1984 BBC radio adaptation of the novels)
*''Theatre/ThreePennyOpera'' (1989)
*''Series/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' (1990-92)
*''Series/TheLarrySandersShow'' (1996)
*''Series/AllyMcBeal'' (2001)
*''The Last Ship'' (2014)
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* AwardBaitSong: "All For Love," a collaboration with Music/BryanAdams and Music/RodStewart for ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', as well as "My Funny Friend and Me" for ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The latter won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album, ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album, ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.
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* AwardBaitSong: "All For Love," a collaboration with Music/BryanAdams and Music/RodStewart for ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', as well as "My Funny Friend and Me" for ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The latter won the was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album, ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.Song.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album, ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.
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* UncommonTime: Sting's jazzier numbers are often in oddball time signatures. "Straight To My Heart" is in 7/4, "Seven Days" is in 5/4, "St. Augustine in Hell" is in 7/8, among others.
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* UncommonTime: Sting's jazzier numbers are often in oddball time signatures. "Straight To My Heart" is in 7/4, "Seven Days" is in 5/4, "St. Augustine in Hell" is in 7/8, among others.others.
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* BookWorm: Sting loves to read, and his lyrics are packed with literary references. "Moon Over Bourbon Street," for example, is based on ''Literature/InterviewWithAVampire,'' and "The Soul Cages" is based on a story in Creator/WilliamButlerYeats' collection of Irish folk tales. Also see ShoutOutToShakespeare below.
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* BookWorm: Sting loves to read, and his lyrics are packed with literary references. "Moon Over Bourbon Street," for example, is based on ''Literature/InterviewWithAVampire,'' ''Literature/InterviewWithTheVampire,'' and "The Soul Cages" is based on a story in Creator/WilliamButlerYeats' collection of Irish folk tales. Also see ShoutOutToShakespeare below.
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* EvolvingMusic: ''Symphonicities'' is a whole album of Sting's songs rearranged for a symphony orchestra.
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* EvolvingMusic: ''Symphonicities'' is a whole an album of Sting's songs rearranged for a symphony orchestra.orchestra. Separately he re-recorded some of his other songs with different arrangements, including "Shadows in the Rain", "Roxanne" and "Fragile."
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* OopNorth: Sting was born in raised in Newcastle, which inspired his stage musical and album ''The Last Ship'', about the decline of the shipbuilding industry there. Newcastle imagery also featured prominently on ''The Soul Cages.''
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* OopNorth: Sting was born in and raised in Newcastle, which inspired his stage musical and album ''The Last Ship'', about the decline of the shipbuilding industry there. Newcastle imagery also featured prominently on ''The Soul Cages.''
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* AwardBaitSong: "All For Love," a collaboration with Music/BryanAdams and Music/RodStewart for ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', as well as "My Funny Friend and Me" from ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The latter won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album, ''Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album, ''Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.
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* AwardBaitSong: "All For Love," a collaboration with Music/BryanAdams and Music/RodStewart for ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', as well as "My Funny Friend and Me" from for ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The latter won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album,''Dream ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.
* BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album,
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** ''If on a Winter's Night...'' is named after Creator/ItaloCalvino's novel Literature/IfOnAWintersNightATraveler.
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** ''If on a Winter's Night...'' is named after Creator/ItaloCalvino's novel Literature/IfOnAWintersNightATraveler.''Literature/IfOnAWintersNightATraveler''.
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* {{Rockumentary}}: ''Bring On the Night'' documented the making of ''Dream of the Blue Turtles'' and other songs Sting created right after leaving Music/ThePolice.
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* {{Rockumentary}}: ''Bring On the Night'' documented the making of ''Dream ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' and other songs Sting created right after leaving Music/ThePolice.
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*ChristmasSongs: ''If on a Winter's Night...'' is a Christmas album, though it avoids the glurgey standards in favor of older folk songs and hymns.
*EvolvingMusic: ''Symphonicities'' is a whole album of Sting's songs rearranged for a symphony orchestra.
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*LiteraryAllusionTitle: As noted, Sting's literary allusions could take up a page of their own, but here's a rundown of album titles:
**''...Nothing Like The Sun'' is a quote from a Shakespeare sonnet.
**''The Soul Cages'' takes its name from an Irish folk tale in Creator/WilliamButlerYeats' collection.
**''Ten Summoner's Tales'' derives from a Creator/GeoffreyChaucer character (and is also a play on Sting's real last name, Sumner).
**''If on a Winter's Night...'' is named after Creator/ItaloCalvino's novel Literature/IfOnAWintersNightATraveler.
**''...Nothing Like The Sun'' is a quote from a Shakespeare sonnet.
**''The Soul Cages'' takes its name from an Irish folk tale in Creator/WilliamButlerYeats' collection.
**''Ten Summoner's Tales'' derives from a Creator/GeoffreyChaucer character (and is also a play on Sting's real last name, Sumner).
**''If on a Winter's Night...'' is named after Creator/ItaloCalvino's novel Literature/IfOnAWintersNightATraveler.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a.k.a. Sting (born 2 October, 1951), is an English singer-songwriter and sometime actor who launched a successful solo career after a short but spectacular run fronting Music/ThePolice. Without Stewart Copeland's influence his sound became mellower, and he became a staple of Adult Contemporary radio stations, while still dabbling in a variety of genres.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a.k.a. Sting (born 2 October, October 1951), is an English singer-songwriter and sometime actor who launched a successful solo career after a short but spectacular run fronting Music/ThePolice. Without Stewart Copeland's influence his sound became mellower, and he became a staple of Adult Contemporary radio stations, while still dabbling in a variety of genres.
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I'm surprised that nobody's mentioned "Fields of Gold" yet.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a.k.a. Sting (b. Oct. 2, 1951), is an English singer-songwriter and sometime actor who launched a successful solo career after a short but spectacular run fronting Music/ThePolice. Without Stewart Copeland's influence his sound became mellower, and he became a staple of Adult Contemporary radio stations, while still dabbling in a variety of genres.
Some of his most popular songs include "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "Fortress Around Your Heart," "We'll Be Together," "All This Time," and "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You." "Desert Rose," released in 2000, was his last hit single in the U.S., though he's enjoyed somewhat greater longevity in Europe.
Some of his most popular songs include "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "Fortress Around Your Heart," "We'll Be Together," "All This Time," and "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You." "Desert Rose," released in 2000, was his last hit single in the U.S., though he's enjoyed somewhat greater longevity in Europe.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a.k.a. Sting (b. Oct. 2, (born 2 October, 1951), is an English singer-songwriter and sometime actor who launched a successful solo career after a short but spectacular run fronting Music/ThePolice. Without Stewart Copeland's influence his sound became mellower, and he became a staple of Adult Contemporary radio stations, while still dabbling in a variety of genres.
Some of his most popular songs include "Fields of Gold", "If You Love Somebody Set ThemFree," Free", "Fortress Around Your Heart," Heart", "We'll Be Together," Together", "All This Time," Time", and "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You." You". "Desert Rose," Rose", released in 2000, was his last hit single in the U.S., though he's enjoyed somewhat greater longevity in Europe.
Some of his most popular songs include "Fields of Gold", "If You Love Somebody Set Them
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* SpiritualAntithesis: Sting was a bit put out that his most famous song with Music/ThePolice was a StalkerSong, "Every Breath You Take." So he wrote "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" as a direct negation of it. ("Fortress Around Your Heart," from the same album, echoes the theme.)
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* SpiritualAntithesis: Sting was a bit put out that his most famous song with Music/ThePolice was a StalkerSong, an ObsessionSong, "Every Breath You Take." So he wrote "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" as a direct negation of it. ("Fortress Around Your Heart," from the same album, echoes the theme.)
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* ''Film/BeeMovie'' (2007)
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* ''Film/BeeMovie'' ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' (2007)
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* AwardBaitSong: "All For Love," a collaboration with Music/BryanAdams and Music/RodStewart for ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', as well as "My Funny Friend and Me" from ''Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The latter won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
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* AwardBaitSong: "All For Love," a collaboration with Music/BryanAdams and Music/RodStewart for ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', as well as "My Funny Friend and Me" from ''Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The latter won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
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*SpiritualAntithesis: Sting was a bit put out that his most famous song with Music/ThePolice was a StalkerSong, "Every Breath You Take." So he wrote "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" as a direct negation of it. ("Fortress Around Your Heart," from the same album, echoes the theme.)
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* Rockumentary: ''Bring On the Night'' documented the making of ''Dream of the Blue Turtles'' and other songs Sting created right after leaving Music/ThePolice.
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*OnlyOneName: According to him, everyone calls him Sting now, even his family.
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* LetsDuet: An increasingly common practice in the later part of his career. Duet partners have included Music/MaryJBlige, Music/VicenteAmigo and Music/SherylCrow.
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* LetsDuet: An increasingly common practice in the later part of his career. Duet partners have included Music/MaryJBlige, Music/VicenteAmigo Music/DireStraits and Music/SherylCrow.
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* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The Bard is quoted several times in Sting's lyrics. The album title ''...Nothing Like the Sun'' comes from one of Shakespeare's sonnets, which is quoted more fully in the song "Sister Moon."
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*RecycledLyrics: He likes to put bits of previous hits into the fade-outs of songs. For instance, "Love is the Seventh Wave" ends with him riffing on "Every Breath You Take," "Seven Days" fades out with an excerpt of "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," and "We'll Be Together" calls back to "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free."
* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The Bard is quoted several times in Sting's lyrics. The album title ''...Nothing Like the Sun'' comes from one of Shakespeare's sonnets, which is quoted more fully in the song "Sister Moon.""
*UncommonTime: Sting's jazzier numbers are often in oddball time signatures. "Straight To My Heart" is in 7/4, "Seven Days" is in 5/4, "St. Augustine in Hell" is in 7/8, among others.
* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The Bard is quoted several times in Sting's lyrics. The album title ''...Nothing Like the Sun'' comes from one of Shakespeare's sonnets, which is quoted more fully in the song "Sister Moon.
*UncommonTime: Sting's jazzier numbers are often in oddball time signatures. "Straight To My Heart" is in 7/4, "Seven Days" is in 5/4, "St. Augustine in Hell" is in 7/8, among others.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a.k.a. Sting (b. Oct. 2, 1952), is an English singer-songwriter and sometime actor who launched a successful solo career after a short but spectacular run fronting Music/ThePolice. Without Stewart Copeland's influence his sound became mellower, and he became a staple of Adult Contemporary radio stations, while still dabbling in a variety of genres.
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a.k.a. Sting (b. Oct. 2, 1952), 1951), is an English singer-songwriter and sometime actor who launched a successful solo career after a short but spectacular run fronting Music/ThePolice. Without Stewart Copeland's influence his sound became mellower, and he became a staple of Adult Contemporary radio stations, while still dabbling in a variety of genres.
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Not to be confused with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} the wrestler]].
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Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, a.k.a. Sting (b. Oct. 2, 1952), is an English singer-songwriter and sometime actor who launched a successful solo career after a short but spectacular run fronting Music/ThePolice. Without Stewart Copeland's influence his sound became mellower, and he became a staple of Adult Contemporary radio stations, while still dabbling in a variety of genres.
Some of his most popular songs include "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free," "Fortress Around Your Heart," "We'll Be Together," "All This Time," and "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You." "Desert Rose," released in 2000, was his last hit single in the U.S., though he's enjoyed somewhat greater longevity in Europe.
!!Discography:
*''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' (1985)
*''...Nothing Like the Sun'' (1987)
*''The Soul Cages'' (1991)
*''Ten Summoner's Tales'' (1993)
*''Mercury Falling'' (1996)
*''Brand New Day'' (1999)
*''Sacred Love'' (2003)
*''Songs from the Labyrinth'' (2006)
*''If on a Winter's Night...'' (2009)
*''Symphonicities'' (2010)
*''The Last Ship'' (2013)
*''57th & 9th'' (2016)
!!Filmography:
*''Film/{{Quadrophenia}}'' (1979)
*''Radio On'' (1980)
*''Brimstone and Treacle'' (1982)
*''Film/{{Dune}}'' (1984)
*''Plenty'' (1985)
*''The Bride'' (1985)
*''Bring On the Night'' (1985)
*''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'' (1988)
*''Stormy Monday'' (1988)
*''Julia and Julia'' (1988)
*''The Grotesque'' (1995)
*''Film/LockStockAndTwoSmokingBarrels'' (1998)
*''Film/BeeMovie'' (2007)
*''Film/{{Bruno}}'' (2009)
*''Film/Zoolander2'' (2016)
!!Tropes:
*AwardBaitSong: "All For Love," a collaboration with Music/BryanAdams and Music/RodStewart for ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1993'', as well as "My Funny Friend and Me" from ''Film/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. The latter won the Oscar for Best Original Song.
*BasedOnADream: Several of his songs. The title of his first solo album, ''Dream of the Blue Turtles'', came from a dream in which blue turtles were digging up his garden.
*BookWorm: Sting loves to read, and his lyrics are packed with literary references. "Moon Over Bourbon Street," for example, is based on ''Literature/InterviewWithAVampire,'' and "The Soul Cages" is based on a story in Creator/WilliamButlerYeats' collection of Irish folk tales. Also see ShoutOutToShakespeare below.
*GriefSong: ''The Soul Cages'' was basically a whole grief ''album'', written after both his parents died.
*LetsDuet: An increasingly common practice in the later part of his career. Duet partners have included Music/MaryJBlige, Music/VicenteAmigo and Music/SherylCrow.
*MrFanservice: Tall, blond and handsome, Sting did quite a few [[ShirtlessScene shirtless scenes]] in both his videos and his acting work.
*ProtestSong: A bunch of them, including "Russians," "Children's Crusade," "They Dance Alone," etc.
*ShoutOutToShakespeare: The Bard is quoted several times in Sting's lyrics. The album title ''...Nothing Like the Sun'' comes from one of Shakespeare's sonnets, which is quoted more fully in the song "Sister Moon."