Be Still My Beating Heart
| "Be Still My Beating Heart" | ||||
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| Single by Sting | ||||
| from the album ...Nothing Like the Sun | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
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03:59 (single) 05:32 (album) |
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| Label | A&M | |||
| Writer(s) | Sting | |||
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"Be Still My Beating Heart" is a song by Sting, from his second studio album ...Nothing Like the Sun; released as the second single from the album. In 1989 the song was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
Former Police band mate Andy Summers played guitar on the track. The song appeared in the 2000 film Dolphins; Sting also wrote the score for the film. The track has since appeared on The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 compilation album among others.
The song was also released as a single, and reached #15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #37 Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and #2 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, respectively. It was only released as a single in Japan, South Africa, Australia, Canada & United States. There are two single edit-length versions of the track (3:59) and (4:40).
The music video for the song was directed by Candace Reckinger and her husband Michael Patterson. The video later appeared on The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 compilation VHS home video.
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