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from his second studio album '' ...Nothing Like the Sun''. Released as a single the following year, it placed to number 70 on the

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. Sung additionally in both Spanish and Portuguese under the titles "Fragilidad" and "Fragil", it appeared twice more on his 1988 EP variant of the album, ''

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''. The Spanish version features as a b-side to "

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". The song is a tribute to

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civil engineer who was killed by the

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in 1987 while working on a hydroelectric project in

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. "Fragile" was the opening song in Sting's '' ...All This Time'' concert, recorded on the evening of the

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in 2001. Sting performed the song with cellist Yo Yo Ma during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. The song appears in the 1995 Oscar-nominated documentary ''

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''. The Living Sea: Soundtrack from the Imax film Sting also dedicated the song to both Ukraine and the women of Iran during his show in

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at 19 October 2022. A version of the song with

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was included in Sting's ''

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'' compilation album (2021).

Track listings

UK 7" Single # "Fragile" – # "Frágil" (Portuguese) – Bolivian 7" Single # "Fragil" – # "Si Estamos Juntos" – UK CD Single/ UK 12" Single # "Fragile" – 3:45 # "Frágil" – 3:50 # "Frágilidad" – 3:52 # "Mariposa Libre" – 4:54 Spanish 7" Single # "Fragile" – 3:54 # "Frágil" (Portuguese) – 3:50 European 7" Single # "Fragile" – 3:54 # "Frágil" (Portuguese) – 3:50 German 12" Maxi Single/ European CD Maxi Single # "Fragile" – 3:54 # "Up From The Skies" – 10:06 # "Someone To Watch Over Me" – 4:32 Uruguayan 7" Single # "Fragile" (In Spanish) – 3:55 # "Conversation With A Dog" – 3:34 Canadian 7" Single/ US 7" Single/ Japanese 3" CD Single/ Japanese Promo 3" CD Single # "Fragile" – 3:54 # "Fragilidad" (Spanish) – 3:52 Portuguese 7" Single # "Fragile" – 3:54 # "Frágil" (Portuguese) – 3:52 US Promo 7" Single # "Fragile" – 3:54 # "Fragile" – 3:54 French 7" Single/ French CD Single # "Fragil" (Portugues) – 3:50 # "Mariposa Libre" – 4:54 Spanish 7" Single # "Fragilidad" – 3:52 # "Fragil" (Portugues) – 3:50 Mexican 7" Promo Single # "Fragilidad" – 3:52 # "Fragilidad" – 3:52 French 12" Promo Single # "Fragil" (Portugues) – 3:50 # "Fragil" (Portugues) – 3:50

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References

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