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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 music video for Sting's version of the song features him driving around in a vintage sports car and singing on a deserted beach. Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 April 2016 . Retrieved 16 October 2016. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)

In 2022, soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Sting posted a video of himself singing this song, adding the following: 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:Shaun Keaveny (2010). R2D2 Lives in Preston: The Best of BBC 6 Music's Toast the Nation!. p. 125. Pan Macmillan, 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. Top 100 Singles of 1979" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications. 5 January 1980. p.30 . Retrieved 27 September 2016. The first stanza finds the singer at home, sitting alone on a rainy Sunday, with nothing to occupy his time. He longs for his lover's arrival but is left hanging. The second verse sees him driving around aimlessly, feeling a sense of loneliness that leaves him looking for a point of view that isn't his own. He is still looking for his lover and is disappointed when he is left waiting yet again.

British single certifications – Police – Message In A Bottle". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 28 September 2021. NME: How does that quality survive in its transmission through a massively exposed record and these concerts? Tobler, John (2016). "Police - Reggatta De Blanc". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p.428.The song has been referenced in several TV shows and films, including The Simpsons and Six Feet Under. The Police performed at Live Earth, a 2007 charity concert to raise awareness of global warming and other environmental hazards, and performed "Message in a Bottle" as the US finale, with John Mayer playing guitar with Andy Summers and Kanye West performing a rap verse over the chorus of the song.

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". Winner of the 1984 Best Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals Grammy awards International Briefs - Madrid". Billboard. 27 September 1980. p.56 . Retrieved 9 March 2022– via Google Books. 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 The song was the first of their five UK number one singles. [6] Rolling Stone ranked it number 65 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".

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The Lemon Tree Trust is a UK-based charity that supports gardening programs in refugee camps and other places affected by conflict or natural disasters. Best Known For: Sting, born Gordon Sumner, is an English singer, songwriter and philanthropist best known as the frontman of The Police. Kitchener, Heather (17 February 2015). "Paul Simon and Sting review – well-worn classics from two songwriting giants". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 January 2020.