"Be Still My Beating Heart" is a song by
Sting
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* Stinger or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
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* Sting (Middle-eart ...
, from his second studio album, ''
...Nothing Like the Sun''; released as the second US single from the album. In 1989 the song was nominated for
Song of the Year Song of the Year may refer to:
* Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year
* Dove Award for Song of the Year
* Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year
* Grammis Song of the Year
* Grammy Award for Song of the Year
* Latin Grammy Awa ...
and
Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
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at the
31st Annual Grammy Awards
The 31st Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 22, 1989, at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the previous year.
Album of the Year went to George Michael for ''Faith'', and Song of the Year w ...
.
Former
Police bandmate
Andy Summers played guitar on the track. The song appeared in the 2000 film ''
Dolphins''; Sting also wrote the score for the film. The track has since appeared on ''The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984–1994'' compilation album among others.
Single release
The song was also released as a single, and reached #15 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100, #37
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks and #2 on the
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
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charts, respectively. It was only released as a single in Japan,
South Africa, Australia, Canada & United States. There are two single edit-length versions of the track (3:59) and (4:40).
Music video
The
music video for the song was directed by Candace Reckinger and her husband
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*Michael Patterson (animator), American director and animator, creator of MC Skat Kat
*Michael Patterson (English footballer) (1905 – after 1931)
*Michael Patterson (Australian footballer) (1941–2002), AFL player
...
. The video later appeared on ''The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994'' compilation
VHS home video.
Information from discogs.com
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Charts
References
External links
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Sting (musician) songs
1987 singles
A&M Records singles
1987 songs