"his surname, Sumner, and ""The Summoner's Tale,"" one of ""The Canterbury Tales"" by Geoffrey Chaucer. Hit singles on the album include ""Fields of Gold"", a song inspired by the barley fields next to his Wiltshire home, with the music video featuring a silhouette of Sting walking through a village containing common features seen throughout the UK such as a red telephone box, and ""If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"", the latter earning his second award for best male pop singer at the 36th Grammy Awards. In May 1993, he covered his own Police song from the ""Ghost in"
"Green Fields ""Green Fields"" is the third single by British alternative rock band The Good, the Bad & the Queen. ""Green Fields"" is also the eleventh track on the group's 2007 debut album ""The Good, the Bad & the Queen."" The song was released on 2 April 2007 as the band's third single in the United Kingdom. The single debuted—and peaked—at #51 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 April, substantially lower than ""Kingdom of Doom"" which had reached the Top 20 upon release in January. In the album's review for ""NME"", Hamish MacBain called the song ""the best thing"
"The Colourfield The Colourfield were an English band formed in 1984 in Manchester when former Specials and Fun Boy Three frontman Terry Hall joined up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale. Despite the fact that all three members were from Coventry, the band was based in Manchester. In January 1984 The Colourfield released their first single, ""The Colour Field"", which just missed making the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart. In the summer of the same year, they released ""Take"" as their second single, which commercially performed less well. Their third single was ""Thinking of You"","
"Non-UK singles are marked in brackets. The Colourfield The Colourfield were an English band formed in 1984 in Manchester when former Specials and Fun Boy Three frontman Terry Hall joined up with ex-Swinging Cats members Toby Lyons and Karl Shale. Despite the fact that all three members were from Coventry, the band was based in Manchester. In January 1984 The Colourfield released their first single, ""The Colour Field"", which just missed making the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart. In the summer of the same year, they released ""Take"" as their second single, which commercially performed less well. Their"
"video features a silhouette of Sting walking through a village containing common features seen throughout the UK such as a red telephone box and a red pillar box. ""Fields of Gold"" was the second single released from the album after ""If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"". The single reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 23 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. It was a hit in Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland and many other countries. The song was included in Sting's first compilations album issued under the"
"Out in the Fields (song) ""Out in the Fields"" is a single by former Thin Lizzy band members Gary Moore and Phil Lynott, released in 1985. The song is about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The song is reminiscent of the sound of their band and is influenced by both artists' wide musical palettes. It performed well critically as well as commercially, reaching #3 in the Irish Singles Chart and #5 on the UK Singles Chart, the highest positions either of the two would ever reach in their solo careers, and the highest UK singles chart position of Lynott's entire"
"Green Days/Strings Green Days/strings (stylized as ""GREEN DAYS/strings"") is the twenty-second single by the Japanese hip hop group Lead, released on September 18, 2013. The single continued their top-charting releases, taking #4 for the week and remaining on the charts for four weeks. The single was released in four formats: a standard CD, two limited CD+DVD combo packs and a limited CD edition, each containing different content. Each edition contained different cover art. While every edition contained the track ""strings"", the limited editions harbored varying b-sides. The CD+DVD versions not only contained differing tracks on the CD, but also carried"
"Colour Field"" (sic) containing the new UK single and B-side ""Things Could Be Beautiful"" / ""Frosty Morning"" produced by Ian Broudie; two live tracks recorded at the Hammersmith Palais, ""Pushing Up The Daisies"" and ""Yours Sincerely""; and two older tunes produced by Hugh Jones, ""Armchair Theatre"" and ""Faint Hearts"". ""Things Could Be Beautiful"" did not make the UK or US charts and it was another year before the public would hear anything new. The Colourfield returned in the spring of 1987. They were now just a duo (Hall & Lyons) augmented by Raquel Welch's band and session musicians. Hall had"
"didn't care what was shown on the map. Makem commonly sang the song as an encore. Four Green Fields Four Green Fields is a 1967 folk song by Irish musician Tommy Makem, described in the New York Times as a ""hallowed Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad."" Of Makem's many compositions, it has become the most familiar, and is part of the common repertoire of Irish folk musicians. The song is about Ireland (personified as an “old woman”) and its four provinces (represented by “green fields”), one of which remains occupied (”taken”) by the British (the “strangers”) despite the best efforts of the"
"100,000 Fireflies ""100,000 Fireflies"" is the first single by the American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields, taken from their first studio album ""Distant Plastic Trees"", released in 1991. It is known for its bleak, tongue-in-cheek lyrics and black humour and for Susan Anway's sparse, soprano vocal performance. The song had limited mainstream success, with minor radio play on alternative stations on its release, but slowly grew into a cult classic becoming ""the ultimate staple"" of indie mixtape culture during the 1990s. Because of its re-release in 1995 as part of the 2 for 1 ""Distant Plastic Trees/The Wayward Bus"""
"Four Green Fields Four Green Fields is a 1967 folk song by Irish musician Tommy Makem, described in the New York Times as a ""hallowed Irish leave-us-alone-with-our-beauty ballad."" Of Makem's many compositions, it has become the most familiar, and is part of the common repertoire of Irish folk musicians. The song is about Ireland (personified as an “old woman”) and its four provinces (represented by “green fields”), one of which remains occupied (”taken”) by the British (the “strangers”) despite the best efforts of the Irish people (her “sons”), who died trying to defend them. Its middle stanza is a description"
"Distant Plastic Trees Distant Plastic Trees is the debut studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields, released in 1991. Lead vocals on the album are performed by Susan Anway. The album is noteworthy for its stripped down sound and largely synthesized instrumentation. Stephin Merritt himself described the album as a 'small record, intentionally small' and heavily inspired by Young Marble Giants. The song ""Babies Falling"" is a cover of a song by The Wild Stares. ""Distant Plastic Trees"" was originally released in Japan and the United Kingdom on the RCA Victor and Red Flame labels, respectively. The"
"Fields of Fire (song) ""Fields of Fire"" (single version subtitled ""400 Miles"") is one of the biggest hits by the Scottish rock band Big Country. It was first released in the United Kingdom in 1983 as the second single from the band's debut album ""The Crossing"". The music video begins with a young boy playing with his toy train set. The members of the band are passengers on a train that has left the railway station and are seen playing their instruments inside their train coach. After going through a tunnel, the train is stopped because a Scotsman is playing"
"to chart in their native United Kingdom, reaching number 110 on the UK Singles Chart and number 11 on the UK Independent Singles Chart. In the U.S., the song the ""Billboard"" Alternative Songs chart and the Rock Songs chart, reaching number 17 and 40, respectively after receiving moderate radio airplay. In Japan, the song reached 82nd in the Japan Hot 100. The song additionally reached Silver status by the British Phonographic Industry. The music video has the band performing the song in a studio with anaglyph effects with various hues of cyan and red to create a three-dimensional stereoscopic effect."
"The Dream of the Blue Turtles The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the first solo album by English musician Sting, released in the United States on 1 June 1985. The album reached number three on the UK Albums Chart. It reached number two on the ""Billboard"" 200. In the US the album spawned four singles, ""If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"", ""Fortress Around Your Heart"", ""Russians"" and ""Love Is the Seventh Wave"". The album earned Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, Best Jazz Instrumental Performance and Best Engineered Recording. The album is"
"the Brazilian soap opera ""O Clone"". Jaguar used the song for S-Type advertisements in the year 2000. Desert Rose (Sting song) ""Desert Rose"" is a song by British musician Sting from his album ""Brand New Day"" (1999). According to Sting, the lyrics have to do with ""lost love and longing"". Riding a wave of pre-9/11 interest in Latin and Arabic cultures, the song peaked at No. 2 in Canada, No. 3 in Switzerland, No. 4 in Italy, No. 15 in the UK, and No. 17 in the US. The song is noted for Sting's duet performance with Algerian raï singer"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. In the UK it reached #35, proving to be their first UK Top 40 hit in ten years, barring a reissue of Nights in White Satin, and remains their last there to date. The single's cover is the painting ""Daybreak"" by Maxfield Parrish. Blue World (The Moody Blues song) ""Blue World"" is a 1983 single by The Moody Blues written by Justin Hayward. It was first released as single in August 1983, and was later released on the album ""The Present"". ""Blue World"" was one of three singles from ""The Present"", with the others being ""Sitting"
"of the environment while gently leading the listener up towards the panoramic splendour of the instrumental coda."" This Is Your Land ""This Is Your Land"" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds from their album ""Street Fighting Years"", released as a single on 10 April 1989. The song features Lou Reed as guest vocalist. The single reached #13 on the UK singles chart. The music video was shot in Spain. The song was praised by David Sinclair of ""Q magazine"" as part of a five-star album review given to ""Street Fighting Years"". Sinclair wrote: ""The utterly beguiling melody"
"Flaming (song) ""Flaming"" (formerly titled ""Snowing"") is a song by English rock band Pink Floyd, featured on their 1967 debut album, ""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn"". Written and sung by Syd Barrett, the lyrics describe a childlike game with fantastical imagery (such as unicorns and buttercups), while prominent organ and driving bass guitar carry the uptempo music. After David Gilmour joined the band, the song remained in their set list for a while in 1968, even after Barrett's departure. ""Flaming"" was also the third US Pink Floyd single (Tower 378) and was released by Tower Records, but it"
"as a single in the UK in February 1983. The seven inch vinyl version of the single was available in three versions, a double pack including a second seven-inch and a fold out poster, along with two versions of the standard release, initially with a silver injection moulded labels, and then subsequently with paper printed labels. The song was also released on twelve inch vinyl, with extended versions of the title track and B-side. All versions were housed in a paper sleeve depicting a US P-40 Warhawk fighter plane (decorated with eyes and teeth) partially submerged, tail first, in the"
"themselves as ""The Three Kaufields"". Fields also often appeared on records under pseudonyms, for example as ""Mr X."" on Grey Gull Records and related labels. In 1926 he recorded with Oreste Migliaccio & His Queensland Orchestra. His last records were made in the early 1940s. Among Field's most prolific partnerships was the one with band leader and pianist Fred Hall, with whom Fields made plenty of records and co-wrote several songs, often with comic titles like ""The Shoes We Have Left Are All Right"", ""You're My Little Rhapsody in Blue"", and ""I Can't Sleep in the Movies Anymore"". Hall and"
"the logging industry practice of clearcutting in the rainforests of British Columbia, particularly in Clayoquot Sound. Issued as a single in Australia, ""Land"" peaked at #63. Land (song) ""Land"" was a one-off charity single released in August 1993, credited to (and in the following order) Midnight Oil, Daniel Lanois, Hothouse Flowers, Crash Vegas, and The Tragically Hip. All five artists were part of that year's Another Roadside Attraction tour. The CD release credits the authorship of the track to Jim Moginie, Rob Hirst, Peter Garrett, Gord Downie, Daniel Lanois and The Tragically Hip. However, as officially registered with ASCAP and"
"that the new groups are in it solely to be famous and for the money. The final lines fret over the social decline of Britain, noting sardonically that things were getting to the point where even Adolf Hitler could expect to be sent a limousine in the unlikely event of flying into London. The single was issued in June 1978 with four different colour sleeves – blue, green, yellow and pink. This song was one of Joe Strummer's favourites. He continued to play it live with his new band The Mescaleros and it was played at his funeral. The song"
"the song in front of a blue background. The song was then re-recorded with production by Alan Tarney, but both of these releases failed to chart. It was then re-released with a new, groundbreaking video which peaked at number 1 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. A-ha became the first Norwegian band to have a number 1 song in the US; the song's popularity earned the band a spot on the American television series ""Soul Train"" in 1985, making them one of the few white artists to appear on the black"
"Nothingness (song) ""Nothingness"" is a song by Living Colour and the third single off their third studio album, ""Stain"". The ballad reached #17 on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1993. It was later included on two greatest hits compilations, ""Pride"" (1995) and """" (2006). An acoustic version, allegedly intended for Dutch radio, was also included on 1994's Japan-exclusive ""Dread"" compilation. This particularly moody track serves as a break from the more upbeat songs on the album. It opens with crickets chirping and a synthesizer-like guitar progression. A prominent bass rhythm carries the song and provides flashy funk-style fills."
"Land"" tracks along with some new material. This trend continued on ""Beers, Steers, and Queers"" (1990), layering sample over sample and pushing ever further into distortion. ""Linger Ficken' Good"" (1993) was released by Sire Records, with most tracks returning to the less layered material. Included was a cover of Rod Stewart's ""Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"", also released as a single. A tour was planned but cancelled, and the band quietly came to an end. In 2004, Jourgensen, with former RevCo player Phildo Owens (Skatenigs, Snow Black), revived the group, and previewed a new song, ""Prune Tang"", to disappointing responses"
"Fields, Mario Lanza, Claudio Villa, and Renato Carosone. Coloratura soprano Erna Sack recorded the song in German. The song ""Java Jive"", a hit song for the Ink Spots in 1940, originally featured the couplet ""I'm not keen about a bean / Unless it is a 'cheery beery bean"", as a pun on Ciribiribin, but the Ink Spots' lead singer inadvertently sang it as ""cheery cheery bean"", and recordings by subsequent artists have generally either followed suit or changed it to ""chili chili bean"". An earlier play on the ""chili"" joke came in a comic song written by Albert Von Tilzer"
"she sees a crowd of ""friends"" arriving and then starts singing. The ""friends"" are coming through the door, although Stella tries to keep them outside. They wears white masks and they're taking over the place. They're breaking LP-records and dancing on them. They eat all the food in the fridge. And they are tagging down the walls with graffiti spray. In the end the ""friends"" are dancing around Stella which have been tied with a rope to a tall lamp and the yellow room have been smashed. Friends (Stella Getz song) ""Friends"" is a 1993 single by Norwegian singer Stella"
"also claimed this song to be one of his favorites. The song has been included on several notable compilation albums since its release. For instance, in 1992, the track was included on the ""Time Life:The Rock Collection-Hot Rock"" release, and in 1997, the long-running ""The Best... Album in the World...Ever!"" compilation album brand included the song on their ""The Best Scottish Album in the World... Ever!"" release. Fields of Fire (song) ""Fields of Fire"" (single version subtitled ""400 Miles"") is one of the biggest hits by the Scottish rock band Big Country. It was first released in the United Kingdom"
"hit. ""I Hope I Never"" was mixed differently for the Australian single release, with strengthened percussion. ""Nobody Takes Me Seriously,"" ""What's the Matter With You"" and ""Poor Boy"" were released as singles in the northern hemisphere. The album cover was initially released in four colour combinations – yellow and blue, red and green, purple and yellow, and blue and orange – but would ultimately be given another four makeovers with releases in lime green and pink, hot purple and burnt orange, gold and platinum (to mark its sales milestones), and finally yellow, blue and red. When it was later released"
"such as clouds flowing across a piercing sun. Shots are brief and frequently fade to black with the band members seen in heavily shadowed or silhouetted form. As depicted on the CD single cover, satellite dishes are also seen in various settings. Nothingness (song) ""Nothingness"" is a song by Living Colour and the third single off their third studio album, ""Stain"". The ballad reached #17 on the ""Billboard"" Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1993. It was later included on two greatest hits compilations, ""Pride"" (1995) and """" (2006). An acoustic version, allegedly intended for Dutch radio, was also included on"
"Flowers Are Red ""Flowers Are Red"" is a song written and sung by Harry Chapin, and recorded for his 1978 album ""Living Room Suite"". It was released a single, and became a top 20 Irish hit. The song is featured in episode 1, season 4 of Jerry Seinfeld's web series ""Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee."" While driving down the Long Island Expressway (the highway on which Chapin died), guest Sarah Jessica Parker relates that she and her siblings were the (uncredited) studio performers singing the chorus ""There are so many colors in the rainbow..."" Parker sings the chorus and Chapin's"
"Blue Is the Colour (song) Blue Is the Colour is a football song associated with Chelsea Football Club. It was performed by the squad and released in 1972 to coincide with the club's ultimately unsuccessful appearance in the League Cup final of that year against Stoke City. The record was issued on the Penny Farthing Records label and reached number 5 in the UK Charts and number 8 in Ireland in March 1972. It has become one of the most well-known English football songs. Singing squad members include: As of 2018, 46 years after the song was first released, it"