Sting shares his songwriting soul with Gary Barlow. Find out how his group The Police conquered the US and how a window cleaner whistling was one of Sting's career highs.
Sting shares his songwriting soul with Gary Barlow as they relive the stories behind the songs. He talks openly about his childhood and how music seeped into the walls of his home. Find out how ‘Roxanne’ became a self funded hit that launched him globally and how he only wants to write songs if he has something worth saying. He reveals he felt he’d initially abandoned his Tyneside community and worked through that by writing his musical ‘The Last Ship’. Discover how his approach to songwriting has changed over the years and how he now values the sound of silence.
Sting is one of the most successful British songwriters in music history. In his group The Police and then as a solo artist he’s won 17 Grammys and sold more than 100 million albums. From ‘Fields Of Gold’ to an ‘Englishman In New York’ he has provided the soundtrack to many of our lives. And the melodies keep coming with the release of his 15th album ‘The Bridge’.
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Sting
Englishman In New York
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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Elvis Presley
All Shook Up
- Presley - The All Time Greatest Hits.
- RCA.
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The Beatles
All My Loving
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The Police
Roxanne
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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AC/DC
Back In Black
- Back In Black.
- Epic.
- 6.
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Sting
We Work The Black Seam
- The Dream Of The Blue Turtles.
- A&M.
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Sting
Fields Of Gold
- The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
- A&M.
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Sting
The Last Ship
- The Last Ship.
- A&M Records.
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Sting
If It's Love
- The Bridge.
- Interscope.
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The Police
Every Breath You Take
- The Ivor Novello Winners.
- EMI.
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- Sun 27 Feb 2022 02:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 2
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Gary Barlow - We Write The Songs
The stories behind the songs from the world’s best loved songwriters
