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!  colspan="2" | <big>'''"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"'''</big>
 
!  colspan="2" | <big>'''"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"'''</big>
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:45rpm.png|thumb|center|If song was released as a single, include single cover art. Otherwise, include album cover artwork to replace the 45 rpm, if available.]]
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:1985_06_05_smash_hits_ad.jpg|thumb|center|ad in Smash Hits - June 5, [[1985]]]]
 
|- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 
|- style="background-color: #E6E6E6;"
 
!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Sting]]
 
!  colspan="2" | Recorded by [[Sting]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Released:</b>
 
| <b>Released:</b>
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| [[1985-06-01]]
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| [[1985-05-DD]]
 +
[[1985-07-10]] (Japan)
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
 
| <b>Recorded:</b>
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Length:</b>
 
| <b>Length:</b>
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| SONG LENGTH
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| 4:14
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Album(s):</b>
 
| <b>Album(s):</b>
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|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Producer(s):</b>
 
| <b>Producer(s):</b>
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| [[Sting (person) | Sting]] & Pete Smith
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| [[Sting (person) | Sting]] & [[Pete Smith]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
 
| <b>Studio(s):</b>
 
| [[Blue Wave Recording Studio]]
 
| [[Blue Wave Recording Studio]]
 +
[[Guerilla Studios]]
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
 
| <b>Released as single?</b>
 
| <b>Released as single?</b>
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=About the song=
 
=About the song=
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''This section needs more information.''
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[[Sting]] recorded demos for this song at [[Utopia Studios]] on [[1984-04-28]] and [[1984-10-31]].
  
 
=Personnel=
 
=Personnel=
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=Release History=
 
=Release History=
 
==Albums==
 
==Albums==
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[[Song]] appears on the following album releases:
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[[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]] appears on the following album releases:
 
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1" style="background-color: #F0F0F0;  border-spacing: 2; padding:5px;"
 
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" border="1" style="background-color: #F0F0F0;  border-spacing: 2; padding:5px;"
 
! Cover art
 
! Cover art
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! Release country
 
! Release country
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
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| [[Image:Sting-album-dreamblueturtles.jpg|40px]]
 +
| [[The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (album) | The Dream Of The Blue Turtles]]
 +
| [[1985-06-01]] (?)
 +
| USA
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 +
| [[Image:Sting-album-dreamblueturtles.jpg|40px]]
 
| [[The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (album) | The Dream Of The Blue Turtles]]
 
| [[The Dream Of The Blue Turtles (album) | The Dream Of The Blue Turtles]]
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| [[1985-06-01]]
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| [[1985-06-17]]
 +
| UK
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 +
| [[Image:Sting-album-fieldsofgold.jpg|40px]]
 +
| [[Fields Of Gold: The Best Of Sting 1984-1994 (album) | Fields Of Gold: The Best Of Sting 1984-1994]]
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| [[1994-11-08]]
 
| Country
 
| Country
 
|}
 
|}
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 
| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
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| Catalog no.
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| AM 258
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| "[[A-side song]]"/"[[B-side song]]"  
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| "[[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[Another Day]]"
−
| [[YYYY-MM-DD]]
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| [[1985-05-DD]]
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| Country
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| UK
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 +
| AMP 220
 +
| "[[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[Another Day]]"  
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| [[1985-07-10]]
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| Japan
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 
| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 
| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
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| Catalog no.
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| SP-12132
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| "[[A-side song]]"/"[[B-side song]]" (add more songs as necessary)
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| "[[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)]]"/"[[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[ If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (William Orbit Mix)]]"/"[[Another Day]]"
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| [[YYYY-MM-DD]]
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| [[1985-MM-DD]]
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| Country
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| USA / Canada
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 +
| 392 018-1
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| "[[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 (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[Another Day]]"  
 +
| [[1985-MM-DD]]
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| France / Germany / Spain
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 +
| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 +
| X 14193
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| "[[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 (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[Another Day]]"
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| [[1985-MM-DD]]
 +
| Australia / New Zealand
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 +
| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 +
| AMP 18052
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| "[[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 (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[Another Day]]"
 +
| [[1985-08-10]]
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| Japan
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
 +
| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 +
| AMS-43006
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| "[[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 (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[Another Day]]"
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| [[1985-MM-DD]]
 +
| Mexico
 +
|- style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"
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| [[Image:stub.gif|40px]]
 +
| AMRS 1478-12"
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| "[[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 (song) | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free]]"/"[[Another Day]]"
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| [[1985-MM-DD]]
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| South Africa
 
|}
 
|}
  
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=Lyrics=
 
=Lyrics=
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
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This is a sample set of lyrics
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Free, free, set them free
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They should go here
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Free, free, set them free
 +
Free, free, set them free
 +
Free, free, set them free
  
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If a song is an instrumental
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If you need somebody
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Delete the Lyrics header
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Call my name
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and this section
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If you want someone
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as well
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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 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 hold what you can't keep)
 +
Can't tear the one you love apart
 +
(Can't love what you can't keep)
 +
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
 +
...
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
=Quotations and trivia=
 
=Quotations and trivia=
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''This section needs more information.''
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* [[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dance Mix)]] - this 8:00 minute [[1985]] version was a remix of the original [[Pete Smith]] production by John "Jellybean" Benitez - with added percussion
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* [[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Torch Song Mix)]] - this 4:52 minute version was recorded at William Orbit's [[Guerilla Studios]] in London, England, UK - probably in September [[1984]]
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* [[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Soulpower Mix)]]
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* [[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (2011 Remix)]]
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* [[If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (My Songs version)]]
  
 
=Alternative and cover versions=
 
=Alternative and cover versions=
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=References=
 
=References=
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''This section needs more information.''
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sources: UK 7" release date "end of May" in various UK magazines, Japanese release date from press folder
  
 
[[Category:Songs (Sting)]] [[Category:Songwriting credits (Sting)]]
 
[[Category:Songs (Sting)]] [[Category:Songwriting credits (Sting)]]

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"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"
ad in Smash Hits - June 5, 1985
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

This section needs more information.

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
Stub.gif Catalog no. "Song"(s) YYYY-MM-DD Country

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

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

Cover art Video title Release date Release country
Stub.gif Video or dvd title YYYY-MM-DD Country


Awards, nominations, and certifications

Awards

This section needs more information.

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

Nominations

This section needs more information.

Year Nominee Award Category
YYYY NOMINEE (album, song, producer, etc.) AWARD (Grammy, People's Choice, etc.) CATEGORY

Certifications

This section needs more information.

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
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 on to 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 hold what you can't keep)
Can't tear the one you love apart
(Can't love what you can't keep)
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
...

Quotations and trivia

Alternative and cover versions

This section needs more information.

See also

This section needs more information.

External links

This section needs more information.

References

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

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