Fields of Gold

"Fields of Gold"
Single by Sting
from the album Ten Summoner's Tales
Released	May 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 City. 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. The cover of the album was photographed at Wardour Old Castle in Wiltshire, as was the cover for the album Ten Summoner's Tales.

"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,^[1] No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100^[2] and No. 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart.^[3] It was a hit in Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland and many other countries.

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 re-recorded by Sting in 2006 as a bonus track for his classical album Songs from the Labyrinth, in which the song was accompanied entirely by a lute.

Tracklist

• UK 4 Track CD Single^[4]

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^[4]

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

Cover versions

• 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 the 2002 released Pure Moods IV. This version also featured in adverts for Cancer Research.
• Tommy Emmanuel on the 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 on the album Masters of Chant Chapter III (2002)
• The Academical Village People on the album DECADEmical:Best of 1993-2003 (2003)
• Malachi Cush, a Fame Academy contestant, on the album Malachi (2003)
• Emi Fujita on the Best Audiophile Voices III (various artists) album (2004)
• Fourplay on the album Journey (2004)
• Michael Ball on the album Music (2005)
• Cliff Richard and Barry Gibb on Richard's album Two's Company The Duets (2006)
• The Idea of North, on the album recorded live at the Powerhouse in Brisbane, Australia (2007)
• Mary Wilson on the album Up Close: Live from San Francisco (2007)
• The MacDonald Brothers on the album The MacDonald Brothers (2007)
• Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir on the 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 the album Inspirations (2010)
• Michael Bolton and Eva Cassidy on Bolton's album Gems - The Duet Collection (2011)
• Seán Keane (fiddler)
• Peter Hollens, Tyler Ward and Lindsey Stirling on Hollens' self-titled album

Live covers

• 2Cellos live (date unknown)
• 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)
• Sara Niemietz and W. G. Snuffy Walden (live video 2013)^[5]
• Trijntje Oosterhuis and Leonardo Amuedo live (date unknown)^[6]

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)
• Hawaiʻian singer Amy Hanaialiʻi on the album Amy Hanaialiʻi and Slack Key Masters of Hawaiʻi with slack key guitarist Jeff Peterson (2010). The verses are sung in English and the bridge is in Hawaiʻian.^[7]

Mixes

• On Dancemania Speed 9 (2002)

Instrumentals

• 2Cellos live (date unknown)^[8]
• Pete Huttlinger, an American guitarist, arrangement on solo guitar (2002)
• Kevin Kern on his album Imagination's Light on piano (2005)
• Ed Alleyne-Johnson on 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 the album Songs Without Words - full orchestra (2008)
• Jacques Stotzem on acoustic guitar (2009)
• Lisa Lynne on her album Daughters of the Celtic Moon on harp (1998)
• John Tesh an American pianist and pop composer, together with Everette Harp on soprano saxophone at Tesh's concert, live at Red Rocks (1995)

Language versions

• "Kultaniityt" in Finnish: Recorded by Finnish artist Tapani Kansa (1994)^[9]
• "Terre d'oru" in Corsican: Sting recorded a bilingual English/Corsican version with Corsican singing group I Muvrini. The track appears on I Muvrini's album A strada (2000)^[10]
• "Aks av gull" in Norwegian: Kjell Inge Torgersen; the track appears on a 2006 album with the same name
• "Campi d'Oro" in Italian: Giorgia Fumanti recorded an Italian version 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 Estonian artist Maarja-Liis Ilus (2012)^[11]
• "Y Caeau Aur" in Welsh: Sung by Bronwen Lewis on the UK television program The Voice (2013)

Charts

References

External links

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