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Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 April 2016 . Retrieved 16 October 2016. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) The lyrics of "Lemon Tree" by Sting are a reflection of a sense of boredom, loneliness, and a longing for something new and exciting. The song's protagonist finds himself in a tedious and repetitive routine and is waiting for someone to save him from the monotony of his life. He looks to the outside world for inspiration and turns to his lover, hoping they will bring him some joy.

Interviewer] Dom, when you played that riff — that thing has been sampled by so many people and used for songs. What do you think about that? Music Week Fact Sheets. Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 8 September 1979. p.22 . Retrieved 12 October 2022. The theme of the song is "universality of desired connection." [11] The lyrics depict a castaway longing for someone to listen to him and then discovered many messages from others washing up on his shore. [11] British single certifications – Police – Message In A Bottle". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 28 September 2021. However, Sting has either a contradicting, or more explanatory anecdote on how he got Stevie to work on the song:The song has been covered by several artists, including the band Fools Garden in 1995, whose version became a hit in Europe. 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. Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian) . Retrieved 4 June 2022. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Police" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca". POLICE | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011 . Retrieved 28 March 2014. Reggatta de Blanc (liner notes). The Police. A&M Records. 1979. AMLH 64792. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link)

The song has been referenced in several TV shows and films, including The Simpsons and Six Feet Under. Some seem to feel that they are a kind of god and reveal in their songs the way to fix the world. I made a parody of this and in the end it turns that what I’m selling is a detergent. It’s just a joke, nothing polemical, I believe". According to the band's guitarist, Andy Summers, Sting had initially intended the guitar riff that "Message in a Bottle" is centred around for a different song. [7] Summers said to L'Historia Bandidio in 1981: "Sting had that riff for a while, but there was another tune with it originally. He'd been fiddling about with it during our first American tour. Finally, he rearranged the riff slightly and came up with the song." Summers came up with, as Sting described, "lovely arpeggiated shiver" during the break prior to the third verse. [7] Sting praised this addition saying, "He'd [Summers] do that – the song would be quite raw and he'd just add these lovely colours." [7] The riff in its final form is built of multiple overdubbed guitar parts, played by Summers. Following the main progression of the song, one part features Summers playing a three note figure featuring the root, fifth, and ninth of each chord in succession. A second guitar part plays the identical rhythm with different harmony notes, adding minor or major thirds to each chord, as well as additional extensions such as eleventh and thirteenth notes. [8]

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Sting made his debut as a Broadway lyricist and composer in October 2014 with the launch of The Last Ship. He even joined the cast in that December in an effort to draw in more theater goers. Unfortunately, Sting's celebrity wasn't enough to boost sales, and The Last Ship closed in January 2015. In October 2017 it was announced that Sting has made plans to bring the musical to the U.K., set first to premiere in his childhood hometown of Newcastle, in March 2018. Personal Life Regardless of the turmoil during the recording, “Every Breath You Take” was a worldwide success. The music video, directed by Godley & Creme, even won the band the first Best Cinematography award at the 1983 MTV Video Music Awards. The song also stands as the signature song of The Police and has been played more than 9 million times on radio. All last summer I lived with Cheb Mami’s album. Eating, walking, all the time. His voice is an incredible instrument. He does whatever he wants with it, it really impressed me, as did his talent as a musician. I hadn’t got any idea of what he could sing, I didn’t know rai music. Then I saw him in Bercy with Khaled, Rachid Taha and this great orchestra… and Steve Hillage. Very impressed, I began to write a song on this experience and we met. I asked him if he’d like to sing for me, in a way to ‘authenticate’ my experience (ironic smile). He’s a lovely man. He sung without knowing what I was singing. As it happens, it’s about desire, craving. I asked him: just improvise, in arab, on my melody. Later I asked him what he was talking about, he answered that he sang about desire, craving of a loved person. I told him that it was exactly the song’s theme! So the music suggested those words. It was a sort of unconscious and automatic process. I always considered that it was the music which wrote the text. For this album, more than all the others, I began by writing the music, then I went walking and this music suggested a character, a story. Like a sculptor who kneads his material, then notices a nose, a leg. It’s longer, but more organic." The song also features Stevie Wonder on harmonica. Sting said this about Stevie coming in to play for him: Lost millions made millions…the song impacted to many ppl in a good way for me to be upset over it..there’s always more money to be made and I will make it so ❤️❤️