My Songs

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My Songs
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Studio album by
Sting
Released24 May 2019
Length60:54
Label A&M
Producer
Sting chronology
44/876
(2018)		My Songs
(2019)		 Duets
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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My Songs is the fourteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Sting and his second studio album to feature new renditions of previously released material (after 2010's Symphonicities ). The album was released on 24 May 2019. [2] [3]

Contents

Background

The album features fifteen reworked versions of a selection of Sting's most widely recognised songs from across his career. Via his social media outlets, Sting described the new versions of the songs as being "reconstructed", "refitted" and "reframed", but "with a contemporary focus". [4] Some songs on the album have been remixed using elements of the original tracks, while others are complete re-recordings. [5]

A remixed version of "Brand New Day" produced for My Songs was released on 31 December 2018. [6] This version was first performed live in Times Square on the same day. A remixed version of "Desert Rose" and a newly recorded version of "Demolition Man" were made available to download on 28 March 2019. [7]

The My Songs tour commenced on 28 May 2019 in Paris. [8]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Brand New Day" Sting Dave Audé 3:56
2."Desert Rose"Sting, Cheb Mami Audé3:56
3."If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"StingAudé4:35
4."Every Breath You Take"Sting 4:16
5."Demolition Man"Sting Martin Kierszenbaum 4:17
6."Can't Stand Losing You"Sting 2:49
7."Fields of Gold"Sting 3:46
8."So Lonely"Sting 4:08
9."Shape of My Heart"Sting, Dominic Miller  4:43
10."Message in a Bottle"Sting 4:46
11."Fragile"StingAudé3:52
12."Walking on the Moon"Sting 4:16
13."Englishman in New York"StingAudé4:28
14."If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"StingAudé4:09
15."Roxanne" (live at the Olympia (Paris) April 2017)Sting 2:57
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
16."Synchronicity II" (live)Sting4:59
17."Next to You" (live)Sting4:18
18."Spirits in the Material World" (live)Sting3:57
19."Fragile" (live)Sting4:00
Total length:78:08
Deluxe edition – French edition only
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
20."Desert Rose" (Dave Audé Extended Remix)Sting, Cheb Mami4:00
Total length:82:08
Deluxe edition – Japanese edition only
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
20."I Can't Stop Thinking About You" (live)Sting3:43
Total length:82:01

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [35] Platinum100,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Poland (ZPAV) [36] Platinum20,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United States24 May 2019 A&M

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