- On Silent Wings
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"On Silent Wings" Single by Tina Turner featuring Sting from the album Wildest Dreams B-side "Do Something" Released 1996 Format CD single, 12" single Genre Country, pop, soft rock Length 4:22 Label Parlophone Records Writer(s) Tony Joe White & James Ralston Producer Trevor Horn Tina Turner featuring Sting singles chronology "Whatever You Want"
(1996)"On Silent Wings"
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(1996)"On Silent Wings" is a song by Tina Turner with guest vocals from Sting. Released in April 1996 in support of Turner's Wildest Dreams album, the single performed reasonably well on the U.S. Adult Contemporary music chart, peaking at number 24. Like much of Turner's later work, "On Silent Wings" enjoyed greater success in the UK, topping out just shy of the top ten at number 13 on the singles chart, while in Poland the track stayed at #1 for five weeks. The single included the country-flavoured single edit with additional guitar overdubs, later appearing on the 2004 compilation All the Best, as well as a second alternative version of the track. Some formats also featured the non-album track "Do Something", written by Holly Knight and Mike Chapman and produced by Trevor Horn.
The dance version of "On Silent Wings", re-mixed by Soul Solution, charted at #47 on the U.S. dance chart. Neither released nor supported by the label, that the dance mix charted at all was due almost entirely to its inclusion by D.J. Julian Marsh on his Centaur Music release Winter Party 1998.
The music video released to support the single featured Turner standing on the edge of a cliff in a white dress interspersed with live performance clips.
Versions and remixes
- Album version – 6:12
- Single edit – 4:22
- Alternate version – 4:21
- Soul Solution Club Mix – 8:32
- Soul Solution Instrumental – 8:32
- Soul Solution Percappella – 8:32
- Soul Solution Radio Edit – 3:51
Chart performance
Chart (1996) Peak
positionPoland 1 France 8 UK 13 Spain 14 UK Airplay 15 US AC 24 Austria 30 Belgium (Flanders) 36 Netherlands 37 European Hot 100 45 US Dance/Club Play 47 Germany 55 Sting Studio albums The Dream of the Blue Turtles · ...Nothing Like the Sun · The Soul Cages · Ten Summoner's Tales · Mercury Falling · Brand New Day · Sacred Love · Songs from the Labyrinth · If On a Winter's Night... · SymphonicitiesEPs Live albums Bring on the Night · Acoustic Live in Newcastle · ...All This Time · The Journey and the Labyrinth · Live in BerlinCompilations Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 · The Very Best of... Sting & The PoliceSingles "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" · "Love Is the Seventh Wave" · "Fortress Around Your Heart" · "Russians" · "We'll Be Together" · "Englishman in New York" · "Fragile" · "They Dance Alone" · "All This Time" · "It's Probably Me" · "Fields of Gold" · "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" · "All for Love" · "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying" · "Desert Rose"Guest singles Related articles Discography · The Police · The Police discography · Last Exit · The Living Sea · Dolphins · A&M Records · Deutsche Grammophon · Universal Music GroupCategories:- 1996 singles
- Tina Turner songs
- Sting songs
- Songs written by Tony Joe White
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