Fields of Gold

"Fields of Gold...."
Single by Sting
from the album Ten Summoner's Tales
Released	March 1993
Format	Compact Disc
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:42 (Album Version)
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Sting
Producer(s)	Sting & Hugh Padgham
Sting singles chronology
"Seven Days (1993) "Fields of Gold" (1993) "Shape of My Heart" (1993)

"Fields of Gold" is a 1993 song by Sting from his album Ten Summoner's Tales. "Fields of Gold" and all the other album tracks were recorded at Lake House, Wiltshire, mixed at The Townhouse Studio, London, England and mastered at Masterdisk, New York. The harmonica solo is played by Brendan Power, and the Northumbrian smallpipes are played by Kathryn Tickell. The music video was directed by Kevin Godley.

"Fields of Gold" was the second single released from the album after "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You". The single reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. It was also a hit in many countries including Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland and many others.

The song was included in Sting's first compilations album issued by Sting under the title Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 and released in 1994 and in a later compilation The Very Best of Sting & The Police in 1997. It was also re-recorded by Sting in 2006 as a bonus track for his classical album Songs from the Labyrinth, whereby the song was accompanied entirely by a lute.

Tracklist

• UK 4 Track CD Single^[1]

1. "Fields of Gold"
2. "King of Pain" - Live
3. "Fragile" - Live
4. "Purple Haze" - Live

• Rare UK Limited Edition 4 Track Gatefold CD Single^[1]

1. "Fields of Gold"
2. "Message in a Bottle" - Live
3. "Fortress Around Your Heart" - Live
4. "Roxanne" - Live

Cover versions

The song has been covered many times. Here is a selective list (if possible in chronological order):

• Eva Cassidy on her live album Live at Blues Alley (recorded in January 1996). Pure Moods, a series of compilation albums of New Age music released by Virgin Records, also includes it in 2002 released Pure Moods IV. This version also featured in adverts for Cancer Research.
• Tommy Emmanuel on his album Midnight Drive (1997)
• Mary Black on the album Speaking with the Angel (1999)
• Ainbusk on the album I midvintertid: En jul på Gotland
• Gregorian in their album Masters of Chant Chapter III (2002)
• The Academical Village People on their album DECADEmical:Best of 1993-2003 (2003)
• Malachi Cush, a Fame Academy contestant, on his album Malachi (2003)
• Emi Fujita on Best Audiophile Voices III (Various Artists) album (2004)
• Fourplay on their album Journey (2004)
• Michael Ball (2005)
• Cliff Richard and Barry Gibb in Cliff Richard's album Two's Company The Duets (2006)
• The Idea of North, on their album recorded live at the Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australia (2007)
• Mary Wilson on her album Up Close: Live from San Francisco (2007)
• The MacDonald Brothers on their album The MacDonald Brothers (2007)
• Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir on their album Hearts and Voices Raising (2009)
• Celtic Woman soloist Lisa Kelly on the Celtic Woman album Celtic Woman: Songs from the Heart broadcast on a special on PBS (2010)
• Will Martin on his album Inspirations (2010)
• Michael Bolton and Eva Cassidy on Bolton's album Gems - The Duet Collection (2011)
• Seán Keane (Fidler)

Live covers

• 2Cellos live (date unknown)
• Nadine Coyle, a contestant in Popstars The Rivals (2002)
• Mary Wilson on her live album Live at the Sands (2006) and another live interpretation on her live album Up Close: Live from San Francisco (2007)
• Niki Evans, contestant in British The X Factor (2007)
• Robin Bengtsson, contestant in Swedish Idol (2008)
• David Archuleta from American Idol 2008 sang the song extensively during his 2009 Christmas from the Heart Tour
• Vienna Teng, a singer-songwriter who has performed a cover of the song several times during live concerts.^[2]
• Lisa Miskovsky, in the Swedish "Idrottsgalan 2012", Swedens annual sports gala.
• Luca Hänni, winner of the ninth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar performed the song in the Top 7 show with the theme "Ab in den Süden (Let's go to the south)" (2012)
• Anna Weatherup, contestant in The Voice Australia (2013)

On compilations

• Sting's Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984–1994 (1994)
• Sting's The Very Best of Sting & The Police (1997)
• CJ Crew on the eurodance compilation Dancemania Speed 9 (2002)

Mixes

• On Danemania Speed 9 (2002)

Instrumentals

• 2Cellos live (date unknown)^[3]
• Pete Huttlinger, an American guitarist, arrangement on solo guitar (2002)
• Kevin Kern in his album Imagination's Light on piano (2005)
• Ed Alleyne-Johnson in his album Echoes on violin (2005)
• Bradley Joseph on his album Piano Love Songs (2006)
• Hank Marvin on his album Guitar Man on electric guitar (2007)
• Prague Philharmonic Orchestra from album Songs Without Words - full orchestra (2008)
• Jacques Stotzem on acoustic guitar (2009)
• Lisa Lynne {harp} on album "Daughters of the Celtic Moon" 1998
• John Tesh an American Pianist and Pop Music Composer, together with Everette Harp on Soprano Saxophone at Tesh's Concert; Live at Red Rocks (1995)

Language versions

• "Kultaniityt" in Finnish: Recorded by the Finnish artist Tapani Kansa (1994).^[4]
• "Terre d'oru" in Corsican: Sting recorded a bilingual English/Corsican version with the Corsican singing group I Muvrini. The track appears on I Muvrini's album A strada (2000).^[5]
• "Aks av gull" in Norwegian: Kjell Inge Torgersen. The track appears on a 2006 album by the same name.^[6]
• "Campi d’Oro" in Italian: Giorgia Fumanti recorded an Italian version (her native language is Italian) on her album From My Heart (2007)
• "Champs dorés" in French: Giorgia Fumanti also recorded a French version on her album From My Heart (2007)
• "Felder voller Gold" in Bavarian German: Recorded by Schmidbauer & Kälberer (2011)
• "Kuldne põld" in Estonian: Recorded by the Estonian artist Maarja-Liis Ilus (2012)^[7]
• "Y Caeau Aur" in Welsh. Sang by Bronwen Lewis on the UK television program The Voice (2013).^[8]

Charts

References

External links

• Second Hand Songs: "Fields of gold" song page
• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics