History Music / Sting

* CoverVersion: ''...Nothing Like the Sun'' features a cover of "Little Wing" by Music/JimiHendrix as the penultimate track.

Tropes found in the theatrical album and stage adaptation of ''The Last Ship.''

* 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, while ''Series/OnlyMurdersInTheBuilding'' makes him a New York City resident [[spoiler:and a murder suspect]].)

* PartingWordsRegret: "Dead Man's Boots" has Gideon reflect on his troubled relationship with his father, culminating with, "You'll ''die'' before you see me in these dead man's boots."

** Both him and Creator/DavidLynch wanted his Space Speedo scene in ''Film/Dune1984'' to be a nude scene, but the studio wouldn't hear it.

* NotChristianRock: Several of Sting's songs feature allusions to Judeochristian figures and imagery; among other examples, "Rock Steady" is heavily based on the Noah's Ark myth, and both "Fill Her Up" and "Dead Man's Rope" explicitly mention UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} as a benevolent figure. However, Sting himself is openly agnostic, calling the certainties of religion dangerous in a 2011 interview with ''Time'' magazine, and never made Christianity a central focus of his oeuvre.
* JustForFun/OneMarioLimit: Averted, though it's only a Two-Mario Limit with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} Steve Borden]]. Gordon Sumner actually pays Steve Borden for the rights to call himself Sting, though apparently it's only a nominal fee. [[note]] Reputedly either 35 Dollars or a meal, whether in a restaurant or home cooked once a year.[[/note]]

* 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'', comprised of 31 tracks, necessarily included some non-hits. There was also a compilation of his solo and Police hits released in 1997.

* ''The Dream of the Blue Turtles'' (1985)

* 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."

* 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).

* JustForFun/OneMarioLimit: Averted, though it's only a Two-Mario Limit with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} Steve Borden]]. Gordon Sumner actually pays Steve Borden for the rights to call himself Sting, though apparently it's only a nominal fee. [[note]] Reputedly either 35 Dollars or a meal, whether in a restaurant or home cooked [[/note]]

* JustForFun/OneMarioLimit: Averted, though it's only a Two-Mario Limit with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} Steve Borden]]. Gordon Sumner actually pays Steve Borden for the rights to call himself Sting, though apparently it's only a nominal fee.

* ''Film/Bruno2009'' (2009)

* ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'' (2021)

* OneMarioLimit: Averted, though it's only a Two-Mario Limit with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} Steve Borden]]. Gordon Sumner actually pays Steve Borden for the rights to call himself Sting, though apparently it's only a nominal fee.

* OneMarioLimit: Averted, though it's only a Two-Mario Limit with [[Wrestling/{{Sting}} Steve Borden]].

* ''Film/{{Bruno}}'' (2009)

** Both him and Creator/DavidLynch wanted his Space Speedo scene in ''Film/{{Dune}}'' to be a nude scene, but the studio wouldn't hear it.

* ''Radio On'' (1980)
* ''Artemis 81'' (1981)
* ''Brimstone and Treacle'' (1982)
* ''Film/{{Dune}}'' (1984)
* ''Plenty'' (1985)
* ''The Bride'' (1985)
* ''Bring On the Night'' (1985)

* ''Stormy Monday'' (1988)
* ''Julia and Julia'' (1988)
* ''The Grotesque'' (1995)