Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2011
  • REMASTERED IN HD!
    Official Music Video for If You Love Somebody Set Them Free performed by Sting.
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    (C) 1985 A&M Records
    #Sting #IfYouLoveSomebodySetThemFree #Remastered
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Комментарии • 2,7 тыс.

  • @tbee1638
    @tbee1638 11 месяцев назад +114

    The backup singers are EVERYTHING ❤

    • @TimONeillCMH
      @TimONeillCMH 8 месяцев назад +5

      2:48!

    • @freezing71
      @freezing71 6 месяцев назад +4

      100 percent!

    • @user-sq4ex9wf5x
      @user-sq4ex9wf5x 3 месяца назад +3

      I thought so too!!!I can't keep from watching them !! EVERYTHING!!!

    • @stories1396
      @stories1396 3 месяца назад

      .. at all ! ❤‍🩹

    • @richardfairlamb9728
      @richardfairlamb9728 3 месяца назад

      The composition of this song is everything. Sting is a master songwriter.

  • @pecantan9146
    @pecantan9146 Год назад +167

    I remember when this came out in the 80s, I was FLOORED. I was a Big Police lover ; and I love Jazz. So this was a game changer ❤❤

    • @GB_Rad71
      @GB_Rad71 Год назад +19

      Yes this was a big 80's tune... Sting completely changed his sound from the Police - especially with the addition of Branford Marsalis (who should also be credited heavily with the change)

    • @mrsplanetmaster9
      @mrsplanetmaster9 Год назад +6

      @@GB_Rad71 Agree...Big Up❤💛🌿🌿🌿 I will be at Hllywd Bowl on Oct 7th🙋🏼‍♀🙋🏼‍♀

    • @kasienkakaminska6915
      @kasienkakaminska6915 6 месяцев назад +2

      Jazz mood

    • @kasienkakaminska6915
      @kasienkakaminska6915 6 месяцев назад +1

      Nice NY style

    • @kasienkakaminska6915
      @kasienkakaminska6915 6 месяцев назад +1

      American jazz mood

  • @butchweatherly7976
    @butchweatherly7976 5 месяцев назад +30

    My name is Butch Weatherly from Kihei, Maui, Hawaii and I am very Happy to be listening to this song very, very loud on Friday, January 26th 2024.
    I sincerely wish nothing but Peace, Happiness, Awesome Health and Prosperity to all who read this. Take Care and I genuinely Love you all! Respectfully, Butch Weatherly

  • @empoweredselfishnesstv4102
    @empoweredselfishnesstv4102 Год назад +164

    Still listening in 2023.
    I just lost my dad and my sister eight months apart. This song is timely for me.
    I set my dad and sister free to soar!🙏🏾❤

    • @220773
      @220773 9 месяцев назад +2

      So soar you two! 😙

    • @TMANN-jo1ps
      @TMANN-jo1ps 9 месяцев назад +3

      Sorry about both of your losses.

    • @azzz4708
      @azzz4708 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@TMANN-jo1psCondolences on such major losses. 🙏

    • @eulissbenoit816
      @eulissbenoit816 5 месяцев назад

      May they rest in God my friend

    • @eulissbenoit816
      @eulissbenoit816 5 месяцев назад

      The girl in white is getting it

  • @lillianstr1752
    @lillianstr1752 2 года назад +78

    77 years old...broke my hip...still rocking out to this...sending my grandson classic rock songs...YES...IM JUST A ROCKSTAR GRANDMA...

    • @wilsoncruz1952
      @wilsoncruz1952 Год назад +3

      Get well grandma. God bless!!

    • @lillianstr1752
      @lillianstr1752 Год назад +2

      @ Wilson Cruz Grandma Lil says thanx. 78 this year . A few more to go. Still rocking...😃😀

    • @lisatrosclair7824
      @lisatrosclair7824 5 месяцев назад +2

      My momma 82 and always love rock n roll she never liked Country music She's an AUTHENTIC OLD ROCKIN LADY

    • @user-qh7fn9yw1u
      @user-qh7fn9yw1u 4 месяца назад +1

      Rock On

  • @staceymcclain9875
    @staceymcclain9875 4 года назад +250

    Went to my Mother's funeral yesterday, and this song miraculously pops up, it's just what I needed. Music is healing, it's helped me so much.

    • @OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999
      @OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 4 года назад +12

      Yeah he really knows how to “Sting” at your emotions. Sorry about your mother btw may she Rest In Peace now.

    • @staceymcclain9875
      @staceymcclain9875 4 года назад +6

      @@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 Thank you Ian.😊

    • @OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999
      @OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 4 года назад +7

      Stacey Mcclain You’re welcome 😊 I don’t like to see anyone sad so I try to brighten their day with puns.

    • @staceymcclain9875
      @staceymcclain9875 4 года назад +7

      @@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 With so much unhappiness in the world, a sense of humor and quick wit is a valuable quality. Rare nowadays, continue to let your light so shine!😊

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +2

      @@OneFlewOverTheCuckoo1999 Sting

  • @robocop5935
    @robocop5935 3 года назад +197

    The police were a legendary band. Sting the solo artist was pure genius.

    • @dirkvandermerwe6027
      @dirkvandermerwe6027 2 года назад +15

      The Police is my favourite band of all time...

    • @obxarms7685
      @obxarms7685 3 месяца назад

      Stings solo music is horrible

  • @waltermartinez5372
    @waltermartinez5372 3 месяца назад +58

    I am 54 now and still remember this jam from the summer of 1985 good times America was different back then

    • @charlesschauer8927
      @charlesschauer8927 2 месяца назад +3

      Amen..

    • @reginaldjohnson1637
      @reginaldjohnson1637 2 месяца назад +2

      I agree with you I was 16 in high school when the song came out! It was my favorite. I'm 55 years old

    • @MarieClaire-ns1sk
      @MarieClaire-ns1sk 2 месяца назад +3

      Yea I know I'm 58 I remember too seemed so easy to talk to people then none of this crap no cell phones everyone spoke to each other and it was about feeling good and the music

    • @oppressednolonger1497
      @oppressednolonger1497 2 месяца назад +4

      oh was it EVER so different back then yikes...!

    • @reginaldjohnson1637
      @reginaldjohnson1637 2 месяца назад +2

      I agree 👍

  • @jesseburleson432
    @jesseburleson432 8 лет назад +259

    Sting: Fucking genius songwriter.

    • @zindi1138
      @zindi1138 7 лет назад +10

      Ghost in the machine!

    • @danielcropp8553
      @danielcropp8553 7 лет назад +6

      "We subjugate the meek/ But it's the rhetoric of failure."

    • @kennethjhoffmanjr2144
      @kennethjhoffmanjr2144 7 лет назад +9

      been on the Sting train since 1981, when he was front man for the Police...beyond genius...genius is still asleep while this man is pulling his boots on

    • @theartyyvonnemixedmediaart7259
      @theartyyvonnemixedmediaart7259 6 лет назад +5

      Kenneth J Hoffman Jr I'm same well first got into police in late seventies when I was at primary school. Roxanne was out in charts. Saw Sting in 1990/91 was amazing. He had solo album out with fragile etc on it but when he did the police songs that night then the whole venue went nuts lol.

    • @DarkLadyxxxx
      @DarkLadyxxxx 3 года назад +1

      He is so fcn'genius!

  • @steveespinola7652
    @steveespinola7652 2 года назад +85

    Being a kid in the 80's and watching MTV when they actually played music videos like this classic. Good times.

  • @patricksanders3379
    @patricksanders3379 3 года назад +38

    Music has no color, So what difference it makes who's in this music video...! Good job guys love you all.

  • @erikskifte8862
    @erikskifte8862 2 года назад +428

    IF YOU'RE STILL LISTENING TO THIS MASTERPIECE IN 2022, YOU'RE A LEGEND 💌

  • @barmalgran666
    @barmalgran666 5 лет назад +357

    The brilliance of this song is that it reached #3 on the Billboard charts, #1 on the Rock charts, #17 on the Black/Urban charts, and top 10 on the dance charts. This was an accomplishment for an artist to be embraced by so many outlets. This is probably one of the few times in charts history.

    • @christianhafer9819
      @christianhafer9819 3 года назад +23

      Another One Bites the Dust had similar success.

    • @herseyberry4655
      @herseyberry4655 3 года назад +24

      Don't forget Higher Love by Steve Winwood, you could literally turn from station to station and it would come on.

    • @herseyberry4655
      @herseyberry4655 3 года назад +11

      @@christianhafer9819 Yep, I still love those songs,these youngsters need to try it. Put in a great beat with a hard core bassist, lead and rythem guitar, some brass and a keyboardist, loop a singer and background vocals. Then Rap meets Rock like Run DMC. It's hard to argue who mixed genres first. Little Richard, Santana the George Clinton with Funkadelic, the Doors were really a hard blues band. There were others.

    • @herseyberry4655
      @herseyberry4655 3 года назад +14

      @@christianhafer9819 Another One Bites the Dust had the most Awesome Bass line it tore up the Disco and Soul charts. Freddie Mercury rips it up, the guitar is awesome, and the drummer on point and an animal.

    • @christianew.2367
      @christianew.2367 2 года назад

      @@herseyberry4655 Good night 🌠

  • @craig68able
    @craig68able 4 года назад +45

    Omar Hakim is Killing it!!!

  • @lorenzmuller3542
    @lorenzmuller3542 Год назад +75

    Love the keys, love the drums, the tambourine, the sax, the choir, Sting's voice, the chorus.

  • @Hambone3773
    @Hambone3773 20 дней назад +7

    51 year old who has heard this song hundreds of times over the decades but am just now seeing the official video for the first time.

  • @psalmsurfer1
    @psalmsurfer1 5 лет назад +339

    This was a super band..Omar Hakim on drums, Branford Marsalis and the late great Kenny Kirkland on keys!

    • @emmanuelemmanuel8821
      @emmanuelemmanuel8821 4 года назад +15

      Yes indeed, I remember like it was yesterday when his first solo effort came out. And he came to PR for the tour of the Dream of the blue turtles.

    • @leonardolupini3484
      @leonardolupini3484 4 года назад +7

      And Sting on vocals!

    • @kincrawford5906
      @kincrawford5906 4 года назад +43

      Please do not overlook Daryl Jones on Bass!

    • @derekemrie2987
      @derekemrie2987 4 года назад +7

      Wow, did not know all the personal, I loved dream of blue turtles, displayed the jazz/soul of Sting, of course Stewart Copeland with the Police was no slouch on the skins!

    • @valeniusthekat
      @valeniusthekat 4 года назад +6

      Preach 🔊😍🕪👍

  • @SXI96
    @SXI96 8 лет назад +492

    What a blessing it was to grow up in the 80's, turn on Mtv, and listen to great music like this, there is no one as talented as Sting these days, the man is a pure genius songwriter

    • @Bawls-
      @Bawls- 5 лет назад +2

      if you say so

    • @jemmaschuurmans819
      @jemmaschuurmans819 4 года назад +3

      Freemasons wrote every tune!!!changed the frequency from 432hz !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @monicabeach6909
      @monicabeach6909 4 года назад +5

      SXI96 Exactly!! Class of 1986! Dear Lord thank you for those days! 😎❤️🙏🏻 Precious Memories

    • @SXI96
      @SXI96 4 года назад +11

      @@Bawls- You'll never experience that feeling.. 80s music was one of a kind, the 80s were a special time, it's hard to describe but just trust me, you'd want to go back if you experienced it first hand, like having great sex

    • @SXI96
      @SXI96 4 года назад +5

      @@monicabeach6909 80's kids rock ❤🙏

  • @Blessedbeyondmeasur88
    @Blessedbeyondmeasur88 3 месяца назад +16

    I CANNOT believe this song is 40!!!! It still sounds so FRESH. One of my first concerts was with this lineup, and I feel so incredibly fortunate to experience this brilliance from these master musicians.

  • @9800Richardson
    @9800Richardson 7 месяцев назад +10

    Juxtaposing black,white, and everything in between is what made American music so great and influential in the first place! Were all complicit in it.

  • @cleaningtim
    @cleaningtim 9 лет назад +439

    I don't understand why people find fault with this video. This video was intended to be this way. I actually think it was pretty neat the way they did it. It also looked like they had a fun time making it, Great song and video !

    • @marlenetombleson1963
      @marlenetombleson1963 9 лет назад +37

      it was groundbreaking, kinda like peter gabriel's sledgehammer. back when MTV actually had a play list

    • @mikecurt2512
      @mikecurt2512 9 лет назад +21

      My favorite STING music video!

    • @kathnh6795
      @kathnh6795 5 лет назад +10

      This is why I hate videos. I know I'm old but I never even watch videos. I judge a song based on its sound, lyrics, melody, and how it affects me. I think videos have hurt music in general. You can't dislike a song because you disliked the video yet I heard some of my daughter's friends saying they didn't like "this video...." When I asked if they liked the song, they were kind of stymied. I know that even great artists like Sting had to do videos in support of his music but I think it's sad that we've come to that.

    • @IdrisFashan
      @IdrisFashan 4 года назад +15

      This technique is still appreciated, especially in a world where storytelling is done with digital effects and transitions. Manual and practical effects took, time and mental/physical energy.

    • @janvondrak1641
      @janvondrak1641 4 года назад +3

      kath nh Absolutely agree. This particular video was innovative, had great music behind it, and at the same time it was part of the MTV wave that eventually swept music aside and replaced it with theatrics.

  • @icomenotinpeacebutwithaswo7193
    @icomenotinpeacebutwithaswo7193 7 лет назад +108

    Song has special meaning at my house. We set each other free and went our separate ways. 6 years later, after a month of reunion, we walked the aisle. That was 38 years ago. I'd rather be lucky than good.

    • @MelodyFox
      @MelodyFox 2 года назад +1

      What a lovely *happily ever after* story, @Icomenotinpeace Butwithasword (what a nick, Lol 😬🤓)
      LPeaceM
      💙☮🎵

  • @sirkeithv1112
    @sirkeithv1112 3 года назад +567

    I'm still rocking with this classic in 2024 and beyond. What about you? ✊

    • @nickpyles5371
      @nickpyles5371 3 года назад +20

      Rocking this in 21 bro

    • @atallguynh
      @atallguynh 3 года назад +1

      Not me. Got bored and stopped listening to it years ago.

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 3 года назад +5

      Hello!!!🎵🎵🎵🎵😍

    • @SmartRobot-wc2fb
      @SmartRobot-wc2fb 3 года назад +12

      And finally they remastered this treasure! 🙏

    • @atallguynh
      @atallguynh 3 года назад +10

      @@SmartRobot-wc2fb hard to believe it could get better, but... 🍷 🥂 🍼

  • @TheHoodGuru
    @TheHoodGuru 3 года назад +195

    2021 and who's still loving this? this video is in my opinion, one of the coolest artful and creative videos every made. Somebody came with a concept and executed perfectly.

    • @lorettei3936
      @lorettei3936 3 года назад +6

      I agree, truly a visual and conceptual work of art, kinda mesmerizing, so much fun to watch

    • @schnikta1991
      @schnikta1991 3 года назад +2

      April 30,2021 at 12:01am 🔊🕺🏼

    • @Winforall
      @Winforall 3 года назад +1

      @LIVERPOOL me too .

    • @murkymurk8305
      @murkymurk8305 2 года назад +1

      2022

    • @francineleo435
      @francineleo435 2 года назад +1

      Me Me Me ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @tigeranthony
    @tigeranthony 4 года назад +57

    This song marked a turning point in my life and it still impacts me to this day, let me explain. When sting released the “Dream of the blue turtles” album I was already angry because it signaled the official end of The Police, but when I HEARD the album, including this brilliant song along with the mesmerizing “Fortress around your heart” I was somewhat saddened because I now knew and had to accept that the decadent but innocent “MTV Golden Age” from 1981-1985, which featured Pat Benetar, The Police, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Culture Club, Huey Lewis and the news, Men At Work, Genesis/Phil Collins, Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Hall & Oates, Prince, The Eurythmics, Michael Jackson, Wham, and so many others, was now officially over and music was moving into a brave new frontier, but I will forever cherish and long for that time and that music........bittersweet indeed........

  • @deathbygrinning
    @deathbygrinning 5 месяцев назад +11

    Killer line-up that made beautiful music together! Amazing musicianship.

  • @philseida5238
    @philseida5238 8 месяцев назад +16

    A True Genius at Work. The whole Ensemble is amazing, especially the backup singers. Beautiful Jazz Vibe with top notch musicians, including the great Winston Marsalis. ❤

  • @NINOABSNABSN
    @NINOABSNABSN 10 месяцев назад +21

    It was incredible for the time, and it still is today. The back vocals were incredible... Sting's talent and charm are truly unique.

  • @rubenchaidez6499
    @rubenchaidez6499 6 лет назад +43

    Amazing song and video. Unfortunately they dont make music like this anymore.

  • @philmaclin6897
    @philmaclin6897 5 лет назад +167

    Anybody gettin' it in 2019? Love this vid.

  • @patricksanders3379
    @patricksanders3379 3 года назад +32

    I love this song, Because Father God has set me free this year 2021...

  • @adrianbreland7174
    @adrianbreland7174 Месяц назад +6

    I’m 65 that’s A Blue Eyed Soul Singer yassss

    • @ppff9359
      @ppff9359 Месяц назад

      At 75 this song is still the S---("Great")!!!"HOLLAH"!!!

  • @PScooter63
    @PScooter63 9 лет назад +266

    An older post mentioned overlays. This was a pretty intricate video production, if you scrutinize it carefully.
    Think about it... everyone had to be filmed separately, against a green screen (except for the Kenny Kirkland, the keyboardist, who appears to be the only one on the real set). The others were uniquely composited into each shot:
    * Sting - radiates "heat waves" whenever he sings, they fade when he takes a breath. Notice the ripples alter the view of whomever/whatever is behind him.
    * Brandford Marsalis (sax) - transparent when not playing.
    * Daryl Jones (bass) - monochromatic while playing (starting about 0:16).
    * Dolette McDonald and Janice Pendarvis (vocals/tambourine) - varying frame rates, time-freezes and time-jumps.
    * Omar Hakim (drums) - aggessively green-screened (so that the chrome of his set "bleeds" into the background unnaturally, along with the rug tassels), and there's a subtle vibration applied to the camera shooting him.
    Every time they changed camera angles, the video's director had to plan the spatial arrangement... who is in front of/behind who? Not to mention continuity between shots.
    Really eye-catching at the time.

    • @toedroid
      @toedroid 6 лет назад +6

      PScooter63 I think Godley and Creme (10 cc , solo "Cry") made this video. Was very unique at the time.

    • @gabrielapa8529
      @gabrielapa8529 5 лет назад

      Sting stivi wonders

    • @saywhat4464
      @saywhat4464 5 лет назад

      That's like too exact analysis for me to deal with at the moment. Good eye.

    • @shircah
      @shircah 5 лет назад +8

      When you break it down like that...this video is freakin' more awesome than l ever realized, especially more than l realized 30 years ago!

    • @algieturas612
      @algieturas612 5 лет назад +2

      Nice analysis. I think the heat radiating from 'Gordon' is bordering on random. Although it does seems to be concentrated when he sings. But the breathing comment? Not so sure.

  • @chickie8252
    @chickie8252 9 лет назад +69

    One of my favorite memories of this song is being on the beach at Seaside Heights NJ, in 1985 and this song came on the radio and suddenly everyone changed their station to hear it. It was awsome. No one brings their radio to beach anymore!

  • @user-pi5jl3on3k
    @user-pi5jl3on3k 6 месяцев назад +11

    Still cool after around 40 years.

  • @Marine0311MJ
    @Marine0311MJ Год назад +32

    Simply one of the coldest songs ever.... still remember the chills this gave me and how much I appreciated this masterpiece as a teen

  • @CollectorOfMusic
    @CollectorOfMusic 7 лет назад +368

    As my Mom used to say... if you love someone, set them free. If they don't return, set them on fire.

    • @cooldude2245
      @cooldude2245 6 лет назад +8

      CollectorOfMusic haha, I set her free and she never came back :)

    • @karykares
      @karykares 6 лет назад +2

      +Cooldude 22 They always come backkkk....maybe she will in the next 10 yrs. I'm not saying you should/still care then though🤔😛....👌🏽

    • @cooldude2245
      @cooldude2245 6 лет назад +1

      Kary Babii ok, lol. I won't hold my breath though, lol.

    • @BostonThinka
      @BostonThinka 6 лет назад +2

      Haha your mother apparently listened to the Dead Milkman, it's a great song

    • @Shadow-jf3tr
      @Shadow-jf3tr 5 лет назад +2

      LMFAO

  • @terrishort2809
    @terrishort2809 7 лет назад +86

    I Love The Police, and Sting, They were Brilliant musicians, saw them Break the barriers with music! to set place changing music. for today

    • @DarnellHendeason-dk3uw
      @DarnellHendeason-dk3uw 5 лет назад +1

      What the hell are you talking about?
      What barriers did they break?

    • @pwhales264
      @pwhales264 5 лет назад +1

      The Police , the still one of my favorite groups

    • @jeremycarpenter5550
      @jeremycarpenter5550 3 года назад

      Police and sting are brilliant musicians and song writer's they move your soul with there music.

  • @stellacarrier8341
    @stellacarrier8341 7 месяцев назад +8

    If You Love Somebody Set Them Free by Sting is an outstanding 80s music classic. The meaningful theme of how true love symbolizes letting someone soar in life regardless if being frequently joined at their hip andor frequently able to keep tabs on them (metaphorically speaking) becomes more of a distant memory andor ancient history is performed with music brilliance.

  • @jynclr
    @jynclr 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you, Mr. Sumner, for recognizing that holding on to a PERSON is jailing them and that they'd want NOTHING MORE than to be free of the one who caged them. It's why you are phenomenal and someone I have always looked up to.

  • @JeffreyBaitis
    @JeffreyBaitis 9 лет назад +205

    As a parent and husband, I can assure you that this song is more accurate when the lyrics are modified to "Sleep, sleep, let them sleep."

  • @citronbleu9646
    @citronbleu9646 3 года назад +20

    The gal with black clothes has awesome dance moves ♫ you go girl!!!!!

  • @monicasehuprt3298
    @monicasehuprt3298 Год назад +10

    Wish more people would understand this song

  • @scottt.1290
    @scottt.1290 3 года назад +8

    This song has a personal meaning for many people. When we realized it was the only thing to do when the greatest love of our lives could never return our affection

  • @papiblatino
    @papiblatino 9 лет назад +180

    love this video...everyone jamming, having a good time. makes me smile.

    • @BernieEm
      @BernieEm 9 лет назад +3

      I love this too, I also like the trippy video effects! That sister is wearing that tambourine out!!!

    • @papiblatino
      @papiblatino 9 лет назад +3

      Bernie Em
      Love the sistas....Such class and style.

    • @leegenix
      @leegenix 9 лет назад +9

      Bernie Em
      They were digitally over lapped or what used to be called, "Double Exposure". In this case, it was done by computer with 80's Cut and Paste software that only production studios could afford. Today, the're done with Iphones. Incredible, eh?

    • @papiblatino
      @papiblatino 9 лет назад

      ahhhhhhh..... I get it.

    • @mrtruthhurts2307
      @mrtruthhurts2307 7 лет назад +1

      this sh.. go hard

  • @cookaboorra
    @cookaboorra 8 лет назад +37

    "
    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
    Everything we see we want to possess"

    • @Jhonny217
      @Jhonny217 6 лет назад +5

      it means everything to me !!! happiness is within you !!! love caring sharing and setting the one you love free without condition or hatred only pure love willing and hope faith !! i realised that positiv thought and energy changed and will continue to change my life forever... and this song is just ... a masterpiece !

    • @carriefawcett9990
      @carriefawcett9990 3 года назад +1

      Says sting who's as rich as fuck 😂

  • @septemberquest6393
    @septemberquest6393 3 года назад +22

    One of the greatest artists in his time and still today...nobody can be like this...no one has that mystical magic he has in his music...the diversity ,the voice,..he is the best musical artist in my book.....

    • @milliondollarzach
      @milliondollarzach 2 года назад +2

      The garb they pass for music now doesn't come close to these classics!

    • @TMANN-jo1ps
      @TMANN-jo1ps 9 месяцев назад +1

      Not even Justin Bieber.

  • @deletebilderberg
    @deletebilderberg 2 года назад +4

    Reminds me of my first trip to US with my then GF now wife in the mid-80s, sunbathing by the pool all day and watching MTV all night in our $20 motel room in Kissimmee.
    Wonderful memories.

  • @Ultra80s
    @Ultra80s 9 лет назад +25

    What I love most about this video - the ladies.
    They're having so much fun. Feels like I'm jamming with them.

  • @deloresl.stormer5656
    @deloresl.stormer5656 4 года назад +19

    Branford Marsalis on tenor Sax
    This man was ahead of his time!!!
    Jesus...I can't believe this is 30 years old..sure doesn't feel that long ago...I'm old.

  • @AlanFernandoGamino
    @AlanFernandoGamino Месяц назад +2

    This takes you all back in [1987] during their beginning of an era in time: KTWV-FM L.A. (94.7) "The Wave" with an Premiere Opening-Segment track on 02/14/1987!

  • @mayshelllumpkins2268
    @mayshelllumpkins2268 2 года назад +35

    I love this video because it’s multi cultural and the song is absolutely fabulous

    • @Messenger318
      @Messenger318 Год назад +1

      I love it bc it {{{ROCKS}}} and I'm 70 and STILL have to DANCE when I hear it!🎶‼️

    • @garycarr3857
      @garycarr3857 Год назад +1

      @@Messenger318 Sting

  • @barryrsmith70
    @barryrsmith70 6 лет назад +110

    The summer of ‘85....I was 14 years old and getting into a lot of great music. Dream of the Blue Turtles was probably the top of that year’s best albums. I was so impressed with Sting’s jazz rock groove. I remember driving through Canada that summer. This album was played full time!

    • @steveyancy2088
      @steveyancy2088 6 лет назад +5

      I remember.i was 14 also.great memories!!!😁😁😁

    • @72freesoul62
      @72freesoul62 6 лет назад +5

      Many good albums that year!

    • @wickedhenderson4497
      @wickedhenderson4497 5 лет назад +3

      Yep, I got a spiked haircut like sting sometimes wore and started having amazing luck with the opposite sex. Great memories!

    • @eily_b
      @eily_b 5 лет назад +3

      Also 14 in the summer of '85 and it took me another 6 years to finally go to a Sting concert. ;) It was the Soul Cages tour (didn't like that album as much as the Dream of the Blue Turtles or Nothing like the Sun) but Sting WAVED at us as we were the only standing persons at the terrace right next to the stage and also illuminated from some stage spotlights.

    • @pierceanderson3976
      @pierceanderson3976 4 года назад +3

      Me too I was 14 when I first heard this but was back in 2016!

  • @allsportsbandfan
    @allsportsbandfan 8 лет назад +144

    The highest form of love.

    • @ginamori8656
      @ginamori8656 5 лет назад +2

      allsportsbandfan truest

    • @streettalk4thesoul
      @streettalk4thesoul 5 лет назад +3

      allsportsbandfan true but hard to grasp.

    • @EBUNNY2012
      @EBUNNY2012 5 лет назад

      There is a higher love but giving creation the choice is up there, for sure.

    • @Raptuza
      @Raptuza 3 года назад

      @Barry White totally agree

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 Год назад +14

    There is no greater talent than Sting. Amazing career. 🔥❤️🦋

  • @bobbyferguson2852
    @bobbyferguson2852 3 года назад +18

    My favorite song from Sting🎶🎶🎸 so funky and jazz influenced

    • @philantropique
      @philantropique Год назад

      My favourite too

    • @karlhelm875
      @karlhelm875 Год назад

      @@philantropique don't forget consider me gone. (the live version) that song sounds jazz oriented too.

  • @rollajoint70s
    @rollajoint70s 9 лет назад +399

    Jesus...I can't believe this is 30 years old..sure doesn't feel that long ago...I'm old.

    • @ghendar
      @ghendar 9 лет назад +26

      Yeah, hard to believe isn't it? 30 years. Still sounds brand new though. Great album

    • @leegenix
      @leegenix 9 лет назад +32

      Good music never gets old. When I need a retro fix, I listen to the old stuff cause there is nothing good anymore.

    • @harveylee51
      @harveylee51 7 лет назад +5

      does begin to look it's age just as a video !! but the point is the music is still resonates sharply with music lovers and STING often cited this as a counterpoint to Every breathe you take !! since it's about letting someone go because you love them enough !!

    • @roguenation
      @roguenation 7 лет назад +7

      It doesn't seem so long ago to me that the compact disc was state-of-the-art and cutting edge technology as a music format, and nowadays it's considered antiquated and obsolete.

    • @kennethjhoffmanjr2144
      @kennethjhoffmanjr2144 7 лет назад +6

      state of the art?...Bud, I can remember when 45's were state of the art, just before 8-track

  • @rudylabsilica2286
    @rudylabsilica2286 6 лет назад +92

    This classic still feels like a breath of fresh cool air!

  • @terencebrownlee202
    @terencebrownlee202 9 месяцев назад +2

    Oh my...
    If you love somebody
    If you love someone
    If you love somebody
    If you love someone set them free
    (Free, free, set them free)
    Set them free
    (Free, free, set them free)
    Set them free
    (Free, free, set them free)
    Set them free
    (Free, free, set them free)
    i haven't heard this song in over 25 years. My Dad loved this song. He played it over and over.
    I have had this video/song on repeat for over 1 hour. I can't turn it off.
    This I do believe has to be one of the best collaborated songs ever assembled.
    I really can't describe this sound. It's Soulful, Jazzy, Bluesy, Rocky, It's an outstanding record. (That's what we called it back in the day). lol-lol-lol
    Look at that Bass player....He thumb slappin them strings and walking the dog.
    The keyboardist, Oh my, just listen at him. His sound hold's it all together.
    Drummer is stank slappin them skins.
    Please tell me yall hear them horns.
    Even the cymbals make a really nice mark.
    Then, then, then STING all on top of it. WHEW!!!
    This record is so well put together.
    Just watch the video. It's breathtaking!!!

  • @alfreddreamer9097
    @alfreddreamer9097 3 года назад +12

    This music video is like a strange but groovy dream.

  • @paradigmshift9166
    @paradigmshift9166 9 лет назад +63

    I love Sting's soulful side:)

    • @Zeldarw104
      @Zeldarw104 3 года назад +1

      Which was always!!!🎵🎵😍✌🏾

  • @Sidadressage
    @Sidadressage 8 лет назад +18

    Gordon Is my man...I have just loved him since 1986!!!

    • @elizabethmcleod246
      @elizabethmcleod246 4 года назад +1

      Since 1979.

    • @deannaholland2135
      @deannaholland2135 4 года назад

      Same here! Since about '86❤❤❤ Thats bae. His residencey is postponed til next year🙏

  • @sethkaicer319
    @sethkaicer319 3 года назад +8

    The man was a Visionary pure and simple.

  • @edwingooden5151
    @edwingooden5151 2 года назад +13

    Man these lyrics are forever true.. Sting is and will always be GREAT!

  • @priyamusu9237
    @priyamusu9237 4 года назад +26

    Sting's music is just timeless....

  • @jaelyvelazquez8201
    @jaelyvelazquez8201 7 лет назад +21

    Roxanne and If you l Love Someone Set Then Free are my favorite songs. Sting knows how to rock out! He is an 80's classic, one of my favorite singers, and whether in a band or singing solo, his music still rocks!

    • @annwainman6204
      @annwainman6204 2 года назад

      Great song and Roxanne and this one are my favourites xxx

  • @kenjitakahashi7795
    @kenjitakahashi7795 Год назад +19

    This performance that Sting played was the best of his ages.

  • @SM-xu5ls
    @SM-xu5ls 3 года назад +2

    最高にゴキゲンなナンバーだ!
    ポリス時代からスティングソロ含め一番好きな名曲!!!

  • @edwardclay4149
    @edwardclay4149 6 лет назад +49

    This man was ahead of his time!!!

  • @SAHogan-bw4wg
    @SAHogan-bw4wg 10 лет назад +17

    Still my fave post-Police Sting outing, complete with some nifty keyboards and vocals as impassioned as you'll ever hear from him. Bravo for this gem!

  • @jamieericvanwyck864
    @jamieericvanwyck864 3 года назад +13

    I can't stop looking at the lady playing the tambourine like she's in church

  • @jerryhoward8133
    @jerryhoward8133 8 месяцев назад +4

    Can listen to this endlessly, the Vibes, the Vocals, the Chocolate Nukky it’s a Masterpiece.

  • @shytinelovely3201
    @shytinelovely3201 9 лет назад +107

    Where did this kind of music gone to

    • @larryjohnny
      @larryjohnny 8 лет назад +6

      no instruments in the schools and people still want to be creative.. so they turned the boombox stereo and rap over things.. not very creative but nevertheless it connects with the masses who don't know what a tritone is!

    • @larryjohnny
      @larryjohnny 8 лет назад +3

      first two notes from the "Simpsons."

    • @BuddhaofBlackpool
      @BuddhaofBlackpool 5 лет назад

      The same was as correct grammar.

    • @andromisilibrober
      @andromisilibrober 5 лет назад +1

      wat

  • @unholyperiodza5442
    @unholyperiodza5442 7 лет назад +11

    I Performed this at my spring assembly at school as an intermission act. Sang and played guitar while I wore my shades, open dress shirt, and my Johnny Bravo shirt.

  • @rire7630
    @rire7630 11 месяцев назад +4

    i'm 18 years old. listened to before my math exam. danced, brought a good result.

  • @Wolfhoundersful
    @Wolfhoundersful 2 года назад +19

    Free, free, set them free [3x]
    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 [4x]
    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 [4x]
    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 [5x]

  • @mrtruthhurts2307
    @mrtruthhurts2307 8 лет назад +112

    I love this song it has a powerful message if they don't want you around set em free

    • @alexarai3538
      @alexarai3538 6 лет назад +22

      It's about not imposing on some one else's free will. If you truly love this person and if this person doesn't love you back, as painful as it might be, the best thing for you to do is leave and set this person free.

    • @derecksmith2186
      @derecksmith2186 6 лет назад +4

      Good intelligent insightful comment Alex .

    • @mrtruthhurts2307
      @mrtruthhurts2307 4 года назад +3

      @@alexarai3538 truth

    • @deezn5778
      @deezn5778 4 года назад +12

      @@alexarai3538 or set them free and if they come back its meant to be

    • @heloisasantosoliveira5017
      @heloisasantosoliveira5017 4 года назад +1

      Very good.

  • @blackspider9561
    @blackspider9561 7 месяцев назад +2

    That drummer is getting down!

  • @gorillahandswoo
    @gorillahandswoo 2 года назад +12

    I remember watching this video on MTV back in the days! 1 of my favorite songs from Sting!!! Man got SOOOOUUUUL!!!✊

    • @TLFrank98
      @TLFrank98 2 года назад

      Damn does he everrrr!!!

  • @bobcummings8228
    @bobcummings8228 5 лет назад +8

    Classic Sting! His 1st solo hit from 1985!

  • @dexterbernard2701
    @dexterbernard2701 4 года назад +10

    "Dream of the Blue Turtles" great album.

  • @nugambakkam
    @nugambakkam Год назад +1

    Has anyone noticed? When the Sax player aint playin, he's faded out. But when it's his turn, he's faded in .and when he's done, he's faded out again.. 😇😇😇

  • @itsthe1
    @itsthe1 2 года назад +6

    When this came out I knew Sting was officially black. One of the bruthas for sure.
    Bought the tape when it came out 1985, ripe old age of 16.
    Watching Darryl Jones on bass was one of my inspirations to play bass.

  • @youngmom3
    @youngmom3 8 лет назад +151

    I love this song!

    • @2mmarcelorj
      @2mmarcelorj 8 лет назад +1

      +Angela Young mee to so much!

    • @2mmarcelorj
      @2mmarcelorj 8 лет назад +1

      +Marcelo Almeida this song remember my youth and how i was free

    • @sidneywelch9578
      @sidneywelch9578 8 лет назад +4

      so do I

    • @pvtrichter88
      @pvtrichter88 7 лет назад +4

      well having GOOD taste is obviously in effect along with your cheekiness !! enjoy and smile LUV!!

    • @brunob.7737
      @brunob.7737 6 лет назад +1

      Better than anything of Police...

  • @Aramanth
    @Aramanth 8 лет назад +45

    👉 Still such an *innovative video* even today. Perfect!

  • @paulseano5100
    @paulseano5100 7 месяцев назад +2

    The charts needed this song when it came out circa ‘85-86. Tremendous musical substance. Nice to see people of color coming together after all music is colorless but imbued with sonic beauty. Enjoy this music if you are young. This music is a treasure.

  • @deich31
    @deich31 3 года назад +4

    Judge musicians by the musicians they hire.

  • @jodibrooklyn1033
    @jodibrooklyn1033 4 года назад +5

    Saw Sting on this tour from the front row at Radio City. Had a friend who slept out for days to be at the head of the line when tickets went on sale. Those were the days!

  • @shirleystevenson9869
    @shirleystevenson9869 5 лет назад +16

    This song STILL ROCKS. REAL MUSIC

  • @ericajarrett9126
    @ericajarrett9126 4 года назад +9

    sTING IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS

  • @deborahmoore8023
    @deborahmoore8023 3 года назад +7

    This is my jam! Who is still bumping this jam in 2021?? I loved the collaboration between the multitalented Sting and this incredible band of amazing vocalists and musicians! 😁

  • @soulsista1220
    @soulsista1220 11 лет назад +5

    Back in the day when MTV was first starting out entertainers didn't try to make superfly music videos. It was just about being seen by the fans and we didn't give a damn. We were happy to see them on a TV screen instead of in a magazine

  • @antwilson3558
    @antwilson3558 8 лет назад +8

    One off the coolest men from Newcastle upon Tyne.

  • @steveespinola7652
    @steveespinola7652 3 года назад +14

    Brings back memories when MTV actually showed music videos like this gem.

    • @laurallewien2165
      @laurallewien2165 3 года назад +3

      Oh yeah this was in heavy rotation along with Eurythmics Missionary Man, ah it was the best of times....

  • @paulmichael7570
    @paulmichael7570 8 месяцев назад +1

    well apart form envy - what people don't seem to understand is that he writes simple lyrics for singles to feed the masses and more complex lyrics for the albums, like the classic 60's bands i guess. and i mean what a singer and musician - incredible, has every right to be up himself and is much better than a lot of other musicians who criticize him. i also am drawn to the way he is aware of various philosophies and incorporates that into his music - he is definitely not a one trick pony but likes paul simon tee hee. the police were incredibly popular but not with critics - perhaps the minimalist 80's version of led zep in that they were critically dismissed but i don't care, i love sting's work - so there haters. luv, mod paul

  • @toshi-gr6vl
    @toshi-gr6vl 6 лет назад +32

    I really do not get tired of this song!

  • @jasonmarcel4823
    @jasonmarcel4823 9 лет назад +211

    It's like this kind of music has been outlawed now.

    • @r1bayside276
      @r1bayside276 8 лет назад +10

      +Jason Marcel thanks jews

    • @harveylee51
      @harveylee51 8 лет назад +14

      +Jason Marcel the modern audiences's have an allergy to good taste it's tragic really I keep hoping for that to change !! til then enjoy the extensive back catalogue of music we have at our fingertips !!

    • @r1bayside276
      @r1bayside276 8 лет назад +1

      thanks jews !!!

    • @mikeholt7881
      @mikeholt7881 8 лет назад +3

      +Jason Marcel Clever comment mate! Respect :)

    • @cookaboorra
      @cookaboorra 8 лет назад +2

      +Jason Marcel yes my Friend. exactly. poor world...

  • @peppermintpsaki1157
    @peppermintpsaki1157 2 года назад +2

    My husband and I had a really bad case of “when roommates go wrong”; for some reason, this song came to mind with different words and it was a help to me for comic relief during this stress. And ever since then, it’s been a running joke between my husband and I:
    “if you love yourself, if you love yourself! You gotta go…and live! Live, Preston free!” complete with the backup singers and bongos 🤣

  • @borood1188
    @borood1188 6 месяцев назад +2

    Great tune.

  • @MrSilksoul
    @MrSilksoul 8 лет назад +113

    That brother is getting down with that bass.

    • @jasonhochman3750
      @jasonhochman3750 8 лет назад +21

      That brother is Darryl Jones and he's been playing bass with the Rolling Stones since Bill Wyman's retirement.

    • @Rlotpir1972
      @Rlotpir1972 8 лет назад +2

      He can play both.

    • @curtislimbaugh5035
      @curtislimbaugh5035 8 лет назад

      So he can front w/o an additional guitarist.

    • @musashiblade8665
      @musashiblade8665 7 лет назад

      MrSilksoul he absolutely is !

    • @ClassicTVMan1981X
      @ClassicTVMan1981X 7 лет назад +2

      That's a six-string bass guitar I see Sting playing.