- Russians (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Russians
Artist = Sting
from Album =The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Released =November 1 ,1985
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded =
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:58
Label =A&M Records
Writer = Sting
Producer = Sting and Peter Smith
Chart position =
NoReviews = Yes
Last single = "Fortress Around Your Heart "
(1985)
This single = "Russians"
(1985)
Next single = "Moon Over Bourbon Street"
(1986)"Russians" is a song by Sting, from his debut solo album, "
The Dream of the Blue Turtles ". It was also released as a single. Sting cautions about the repercussions of theCold War , singing how he hopes that the "Russians love their children too", since he sees this as the only thing that protects the world from a nuclear holocaust."Russians" uses a theme borrowed from the Suite from "
Lieutenant Kije ," by Russian composerSergei Prokofiev . (Sting subsequently served as narrator for [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323625/ "Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy,"] one of the many recorded versions of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf ".)
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