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| "Fortress Around Your Heart" | |
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| Recorded by Sting | |
| Released: | 1985-06-01 |
| Recorded: | March - April 1985 |
| Length: | 4:48 |
| Album(s): | The Dream Of The Blue Turtles |
| Label(s): | A&M |
| Writer(s): | Sting |
| Producer(s): | Sting & Pete Smith |
| Studio(s): | Blue Wave Recording Studio |
| Released as single? | YES |
"Fortress Around Your Heart" is a song written by Sting and recorded by Sting in 1985.
Contents
About the song
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Personnel
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Release History
Albums
Fortress Around Your Heart appears on the following album releases:
| Cover art | Album title | Release date | Release country |
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The Dream Of The Blue Turtles | 1985-06-01 | Country |
Singles
CD Singles
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Catalog no. | "Song"(s) | YYYY-MM-DD | Country |
7" Singles
| Cover art | Catalog no. | A-side song/B-side song | Release date | Release country |
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AM 2767 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | Canada |
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AM 286 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Shadows In The Rain" | 1985-10-11 | UK |
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AM 286 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Shadows In The Rain" + bonus single "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" / "Another Day" | 1985-10-11 | UK |
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AM 390 081-7 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Shadows In The Rain" | 1985-MM-DD | The Netherlands |
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AMRS 1484 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | South Africa |
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AM-2767 (promo) | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Fortress Around Your Heart" | 1985-MM-DD | USA |
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AM-2767 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone" (live) | 1985-MM-DD | USA |
12" Singles
| Cover art | Catalog no. | A-side song(s)/B-side song(s) | Release date | Release country |
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AMP-12007 | "Love Is The Seventh Wave"/" Fortress Around Your Heart"/" The Dream Of The Blue Turtles " | 1985-MM-DD | Japan |
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SP-12153 | "Love Is The Seventh Wave"/" Fortress Around Your Heart"/" The Dream Of The Blue Turtles " | 1985-MM-DD | USA |
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AMY 286 | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Shadows In The Rain" | 1985-10-11 | UK |
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AMS-43008 (red vinyl) | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone (live)" | 1985-MM-DD | Mexico |
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SP-17339 (promo) | "Fortress Around Your Heart"/"Consider Me Gone (live)" | 1985-MM-DD | USA |
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AMY 305 | "Moon Over Bourbon Street"/"The Ballad Of Mack The Knife"/" Fortress Around Your Heart" | 1985-MM-DD | England |
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AMY 392 080-1 | "Moon Over Bourbon Street"/"The Ballad Of Mack The Knife"/" Fortress Around Your Heart" | 1985-MM-DD | Germany |
Video
"Fortress Around Your Heart" appears on the following video and dvd releases:
| Cover art | Video title | Release date | Release country |
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Video or dvd title | YYYY-MM-DD | Country |
Awards, nominations, and certifications
Awards
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| Year | Winner | Award | Category |
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| YYYY | WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) | AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) | CATEGORY |
Nominations
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| Year | Nominee | Award | Category |
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| YYYY | NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) | AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) | CATEGORY |
Certifications
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| Country | Certifier | Classification | Certification |
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| COUNTRY | CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) | CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) | CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...) |
Lyrics
Under the ruins of a walled city Crumbling towers in beams of yellow light No flags of truce, no cries of pity The siege guns had been pounding all through the night It took a day to build the city We walked through its streets in the afternoon As I returned across the fields I'd known I recognized the walls that I once laid I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I'd laid And if I have built this fortress around your heart Encircled you in trenches and barbed wire Then let me build a bridge For I cannot fill the chasm And let me set the battlements on fire Then I went off to fight some battle That I'd invented inside my head Away so long for years and years You probably thought or even wished that I was dead While the armies all are sleeping Beneath the tattered flag we'd made I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I'd laid This prison has now become your home A sentence you seem prepared to pay It took a day to build the city We walked through its streets in the afternoon As I returned across the lands I'd known I recognized the fields where I'd once played I had to stop in my tracks for fear Of walking on the mines I'd laid
Quotations and trivia
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Alternative and cover versions
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See also
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External links
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References
source: Melody Maker - October 12, 1985 (UK release date)
