Fragile (song)

"Fragile" is a song composed by English musician Sting from his 1987 album …Nothing Like the Sun. Released as a single the following year, it placed to number 70 on the UK Singles Chart. Sung additionally in both Spanish and Portuguese, it appeared twice more on his 1988 EP variant of the album, Nada como el sol.

The song was covered by many international artists including Québécois singer Bruno Pelletier, Turkish bağlama artist Ahmet Koç, American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson, Dionne Warwick, Julio Iglesias, Jesse Cook, Stringmansassy, Holly Cole and others. It was performed during the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

American Idol contestant Jason Castro sang this song on the show's seventh season.

The song is a tribute to Ben Linder, an American civil engineer who was killed by the Contras in 1987 while working on a hydroelectric project in Nicaragua.