If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (song)

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"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
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Recorded by Sting
Released: 1985-05-DD

1985-07-10 (Japan)

Recorded: March - April 1985
Length: 4:14
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

Guerilla Studios

Released as single? YES

"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" is a song written by Sting and recorded by Sting in 1985.

About the song

Sting recorded demos for this song at Utopia Studios on 1984-04-28 and 1984-10-31.

Personnel

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Release History

Albums

If You Love Somebody Set Them Free appears on the following album releases:

Cover art Album title Release date Release country
Sting-album-dreamblueturtles.jpg The Dream Of The Blue Turtles 1985-06-01 (?) USA
Sting-album-dreamblueturtles.jpg The Dream Of The Blue Turtles 1985-06-17 UK
Sting-album-fieldsofgold.jpg Fields Of Gold: The Best Of Sting 1984-1994 1994-11-08 Country

Singles

CD Singles

Cover art Catalog no. Songs Release date Release country
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7" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song/B-side song Release date Release country
Stub.gif AM 258 " If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"Another Day" 1985-05-DD UK
Stub.gif AMP 220 " If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"/"Another Day" 1985-07-10 Japan

12" Singles

Cover art Catalog no. A-side song(s)/B-side song(s) Release date Release country
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 (William Orbit 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

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Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

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YYYY WINNER (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Nominations

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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
COUNTRY CERTIFIER (RIAA, IFPI...) CLASSIFICATION (Album, singles, foreign artist...) CERTIFICATION (Gold, Platinum, Diamond...)

Lyrics

Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set them free
Free, 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
If you want to hold onto your possession
Don't even think about me

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

You can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches
So many souls
With everything we see that we want to possess

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 onto your possession
Don't even think about me

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

Quotations and trivia

Alternative and cover versions

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See also

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External links

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References

sources: UK 7" release date "end of May" in various UK magazines, Japanese release date from press folder