Fragile (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Fragile


Artist = Sting
Album = …Nothing Like the Sun
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1988
Format = 7", 12"
Recorded = 1987
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:54
Label = A&M
Writer = Gordon Sumner
Producer = Gordon Sumner
Certification =
Last single = "Be Still My Beating Heart" (1988)
This single = "Fragile" (1988)
Next single = "They Dance Alone (Gueca Solo)" (1988)
Misc =

"Fragile" is a song composed by English musician Sting from his 1987 album "…Nothing Like the Sun". Released as a single the following year, it placed to number 70 on the UK Singles Chart. Sung additionally in both Spanish and Portuguese, it appeared twice more on his 1988 EP variant of the album, "Nada como el sol".

The song was covered by many international artists including Québécois singer Bruno Pelletier, Turkish bağlama artist Ahmet Koç, American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Julio Iglesias, Jesse Cook, Stringmansassy, Holly Cole and others. It was performed during the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Tupac Shakur sampled the song for the unreleased original of " When Thugz Cry ".

"American Idol" contestant Jason Castro sang this song on the show's seventh season.

The song is a tribute to Ben Linder, an American civil engineer who was killed by the Contras in 1987 while working on a hydroelectric project in Nicaragua.

It was also used in many ads after the September 11th tragedy.