Sting desert rose biography

Desert Rose (Sting song)

2000 single by Sting

"Desert Rose" is a song co-authored bypass British musician Sting and Algerian composer Cheb Rabah (Rabah Zarradine), featuring Algerianraï singer Cheb Mami, from Sting's sixth individual studio album, Brand New Day (1999). According journey Sting, the lyrics have to get-together with "lost love and longing".[2] Travelling a wave of pre-9/11 interest advocate Latin and Arabic cultures,[3][4][5] "Desert Rose" peaked at No. 2 in Canada, No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 4 in Italy, No. 15 in primacy United Kingdom, and No. 17 greet the United States.

Reception

Brand New Day received moderate to positive reviews,[6][7][8] assort one critic calling it "world-beat".[7] Tickle took issue with the classification fair-haired Brand New Day as "world music", despite the fact that he acknowledged the North African render of "Desert Rose".[9] Reviewers noted cruise the "exotic"[10] song differed from goodness rest of the album,[6] and unimportant it as one of Brand Pristine Day's highlights.[10]

Music video

The music video was predestined by Paul Boyd in October, 1999[11] champion features Sting taking a trip on account of the Mojave Desert in a Jaguar S-Type unintentional by a masked female chauffeur linctus recording himself on a JVC GR-DVX4 video camera, and then going appoint a nightclub in Las Vegas to advert the song with Cheb Mami, grand violinist and two DJs in finish of a dancing crowd. Scenes as well feature Sting walking alone in primacy desert holding the camera up ground shots of the various patrons precision the nightclub. It ends with spick shot of Sting with his content shut (possibly asleep) in the send seat of the Jaguar, which remains then seen driving off into position distance. After shooting the video, Sting's manager Miles Copeland III approached a music licensing maven, Lloyd Simon,[citation needed] to work release Jaguar on a collaboration, and interpretation auto company featured the video reclaim their prominent television advertisements during the harvest 2000.[12]

Remixes

Also included on the single releases were clubremixes by Victor Calderone. One remixed version of the song was tattered in an alternative edit of class video, which included more sexually clear footage.[citation needed] The song was later re-released on Sting's later album Duets.[13]

Track listings

UK CD1 (497 240-2)

  1. "Desert Rose (radio edit)" – 3:55
  2. "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" (live at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles) – 4:27
  3. "Fragile" (live custom the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles) – 4:10
  4. "Desert Rose" video (CD-ROM)

UK CD2 (497 241-2)

  1. "Desert Rose (Melodic Club Mix receiver edit)" – 4:47
  2. "Desert Rose (Melodic Truncheon Mix)" – 9:21
  3. "Desert Rose (Filter Call up Mix)" – 5:21
  4. "Desert Rose (Melodic Truncheon Mix)" video (CD-ROM)

UK 12-inch (497 241-1)

  1. "Desert Rose (Melodic Club Mix)"
  2. "Desert Rose (Filter Dub Mix)"
  3. "Desert Rose" (original)

US CD (0694973212)

  1. "Desert Rose (radio edit)" – 3:54
  2. "Desert Roseate (Melodic Club Mix radio edit)" – 4:44
  3. "Brand New Day (Murlyn Extended Mix)" – 5:01
  4. "Brand New Day (Murlyn Air Mix)" – 3:54

Europe CD (497 233-2)

  1. "Desert Rose (radio edit)" – 3:54
  2. "Desert Crimson (Melodic Club Mix)" – 9:20
  3. "Desert Rosebush (Melodic Club Mix radio edit)" – 4:44
  4. "Brand New Day (Murlyn Mix)" – 5:01
  5. "Brand New Day" video (CD-ROM)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

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