| 词条 | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free | ||||
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| name = If You Love Somebody Set Them Free | cover = Lovesomebody.jpg | alt = | caption = 7-inch vinyl single | type = single | artist = Sting | album = The Dream of the Blue Turtles | B-side = Another Day | released = 9 July 1985 | format = {{flatlist|
}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop rock | length = 4:14 | label = A&M | writer = Sting | producer = Sting and Peter Smith | prev_title = Spread a Little Happiness | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = Love Is the Seventh Wave | next_year = 1985 }} "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" is the first single released from Sting's solo debut album The Dream of the Blue Turtles. It is also the opening track of the album, and is featured on The Best of Sting 1984–1994 as well as The Very Best of Sting & The Police. Song informationLike much of the album, the song has heavy jazz influences, and was a major hit, peaking at number one on the US Album Rock Tracks chart for three weeks. On the US pop chart, it peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 17 on the US R&B chart,[1] number 26 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] and number 18 on the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.[3] Live performances of the song are featured on the DVD edition of Bring On the Night and on the CD and DVD editions of ...All This Time. A portion of the song was later used for Sting's 1987 hit "We'll Be Together" from ...Nothing Like the Sun. The single launched a long string of singles (stretching over three albums) where Sting collaborated with New Orleans saxophonist and one-time Tonight Show bandleader Branford Marsalis. The song was also performed at The Brits in February 1995 with M People. He duetted on the song with the band's lead singer, Heather Small and this track was given the dance treatment by the band who were also backed by a 100-strong Gospel Choir at the Earls Court Arena during the annual music awards show. Sting said that he wrote the song as an "antidote" to the Police's 1983 song, "Every Breath You Take", which he also wrote.[4] The song was also lampooned by The Dead Milkmen in the song "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire," from their 1990 album Metaphysical Graffiti. Single releaseThe single B-side consists of a studio recording of the song "Another Day" which would appear the following year in a live version on Sting's live album Bring On the Night. The US and France 12" singles also contains two remixes of "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free": the "Jellybean Mix" by John 'Jellybean' Benitez and the "Torch Mix" by William Orbit of Torch Song. Music videoThe music video was directed by Godley and Creme in 1985. It was shot in Paris on a soundstage, with each of the musicians performing separately and the footage then overlaid onto the final version. Track listings7" US and Canada single (AM-2738)
12" US single (SP-12132)
12" US Promotional single (SP-17324)
12" France single (392 018-1)
Charts
References1. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=552}} {{Sting}}2. ^Sting in the UK Charts {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615110701/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/sting/ |date=15 June 2011 }}, The Official Charts. 3. ^1 {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=295|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988. 4. ^sting.com official site 8 : Sting (musician) songs|1985 singles|Debut singles|Billboard Mainstream Rock number-one singles|Songs written by Sting (musician)|Music videos directed by Godley and Creme|A&M Records singles|1985 songs |
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