All This Time (Sting song)

Infobox Single
Name = All This Time


Artist = Sting
from Album = The Soul Cages
Released = 1991
Format =
Recorded = 1991
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:55
Label = A&M
Writer = Sting
Producer = Hugh Padgham
Last single = "They Dance Alone" (1988)
This single = "All This Time" (1991)
Next single = "Mad About You" (1991)

"All This Time" is a 1991 single by Sting. It was first released on Sting's 1991 album "The Soul Cages". The song was the first single from album. [http://www.sting.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=89 Sting.com: Song details for All This Time: Description] ]

Being the album's most radio friendly track, the song was a chart success, especially on the American charts.

Lyrics

The lyrics are about a boy who is dealing with the death of his father and wishes to bury him at sea instead of going through the Catholic rites. Despite the dark lyrics, the jolly tune of the song foils their macabre undertone: [http://www.sting.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=89 Sting.com: Song details for All This Time: Artist Comments] ]

quote|"It's about the death of my father, so its pretty dark as a record but on this song the words are foiled by this fairly jolly tune. That's something I like to do quite a lot, combine dark subject matter with up music. No, its not based on a dream. The lyrics seem surreal, but they are all images I remembered from my home town: ferries, priests, shire horses. I grew up by the shipyards. I just wanted to escape. I suppose it was quite a surreal place, though. It is the landscape of my dreams"|Sting|Independent On Sunday, 11/94

History

The song usually opened the set on the Soul Cages tour. After this, the song was not played for several years till the Brand New Day tour, when it reclaimed its place in the set list. The song lent its name to the ...All This Time live album which was recorded on the 11th of September, 2001 at Sting's villa in Tuscany.

A video was also made, which depicted the wry, black humour of the song to a certain extent. It featured Melanie Griffith and Sting's wife Trudie Styler dressed as French maids.

Track Listings

Version 1

# "All This Time"
# "I Miss You Kate"

7 inch vinyl and cassette release.

Version 2

# "All This Time"
# "King Of Pain [Live] "

12 inch vinyl release.

Version 3

# "All This Time"
# "I Miss You Kate"
# "King Of Pain [Live] "

CD release.

Chart positions

References

External Links

* [http://www.sting.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=89 All This Time: Song Details] - Detailed Information including lyrics, description and extensive commentary by Sting.