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"King of Pain" is a song by British rock band the Police, released as the second single from their fifth and final studio album Synchronicity (1983). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting as a post-separation song from his wife, "King of Pain" conjures up symbols of pain and relates them to a man's soul.
The theme of the song is the divide between rich and poor. [3] It was one of the first politically themed songs the Police released, and the first that Sting wrote. [4] [5] [6] Sting was inspired to write the song while on tour in the United States in 1979 after seeing the plight of starving children in Biafra on television.
Stancil, who is from Oakland, California, told Snoop and guest judge Sting during rehearsals he would be singing "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross, before sharing the meaning behind his ...
"Healing is a song co-written and performed by American pop singer Fletcher, released on June 22, 2021. Initially issued as a standalone single, the song appeared on the deluxe edition of her debut studio album Girl of My Dreams. [1] [2] The song was produced by frequent collaborator Malay. [1]
"Whenever I Say Your Name" is a duet recorded by English musician Sting and American singer Mary J. Blige, for Sting's seventh studio album Sacred Love (2003). It was written and produced by Sting, and co-produced by Mark "Kipper" Eldridge.
[4] Sting regards the song as having a post-apocalyptic vision, something it shares with an earlier Police song, "Bring on the Night", from the 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc. [2] Sting has said of the two songs "such vanity as to imagine one's self as the sole survivor of a holocaust with all one's favorite things still intact". [2]
The song, simply titled “Russians,” was first released as a single from The Dream of the Blue Turtles, his first solo album after breaking away from his band, The Police.
"Tea in the Sahara" is a song by the British new wave band the Police. Written by Sting, the song appeared on the band's final album, Synchronicity. It was written about the Paul Bowles novel The Sheltering Sky. A live version of "Tea in the Sahara" appeared as the B-side to "King of Pain" in Britain and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" in America.