If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)

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"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)"
If song was released as a single, include single cover art. Otherwise, include album cover artwork to replace the 45 rpm, if available.
Recorded by Sting
Released: 1985-08-10 (12" in Japan)
Recorded: around September 1984
Length: 4:52
Album(s): ---
Label(s): A&M
Writer(s): Sting
Producer(s): William Orbit & Sting
Studio(s): Guerilla Studios
Released as single? 12" b-side

"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)" is an early recording of If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - recorded by Sting at Guerilla Studios - it was probably already recorded by the end of September 1984.

About the song

Sting recorded demos for If You Love Somebody Set Them Free at Utopia Studios on 1984-04-28 and 1984-10-31 and again at AIR Studios on 1985-01-04.

This William Orbit production was recorded at Guerilla Studios - probably around September 1984.

The album version was later recorded at Blue Wave Recording Studio in St. Philip, Barbados.

Personnel

Additional personnel for this William Orbit production:

  • Producer – William Orbit
  • Remix – Rico Conning

Release History

Albums

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix) appears on the following album releases:

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Singles

CD Singles

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7" Singles

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12" Singles

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Stub.gif SP-12132 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)"/" If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)"/"Another Day" 1985-MM-DD USA / Canada
Stub.gif 392 018-1 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)"/"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)"/" If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"Another Day" 1985-MM-DD France / Germany / Spain
Stub.gif X 14193 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)"/"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)"/" If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"Another Day" 1985-MM-DD Australia / New Zealand
Stub.gif AMP 18052 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)"/"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)"/" If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"Another Day" 1985-08-10 Japan
Stub.gif AMS-43006 "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)"/"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)"/" If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"Another Day" 1985-MM-DD Mexico
Stub.gif AMRS 1478-12" "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)"/"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)"/" If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"Another Day" 1985-MM-DD South Africa

Video

"SONG TITLE" appears on the following video and dvd releases:

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Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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Nominations

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Certifications

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Lyrics

If you need somebody
Call my name
If you want someone
You can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold on to your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody
If you love somebody
If you love somebody
If you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them free
Set them free

If it's a mirror you want
Just look into my eyes
Or a whipping boy
Someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's all some people ever want to be

If you love somebody
If you love somebody
If you love somebody
If you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them free
Set them free

If you need somebody
Call my name
If you want someone
You can do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to lock it up and throw away the key
You want to hold on to your possession
Don't even think about me

If you love somebody
If you love somebody
If you love somebody
If you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them free
Set them free

Love somebody
Love someone
Love somebody
Love someone

Free free, set them free
...

Quotations and trivia

Alternative and cover versions

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See also

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External links

References

sources: various, NME clipping from late September 1984 speaks of Sting's collaboration with Torch Song as a thing of the past