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Message In A Bottle
The Police
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- Album
- Reggatta De Blanc (Remastered 2003)
- Released
- 1979
- Genres
- Pop
- Length
- 4:50
- Tempo
- 151 BPM
- Label
- Polydor Records
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About this song
"Message in a Bottle" is the first track and a Grammy Award-winning single from The Police's second album, Regatta de Blanc. It was The Police's first number one song in the UK, Ireland and Spain, and it reached the top five in six other countries, though it peaked at number 74 in the US.
What it's about
The song begins with a castaway stuck on a deserted island and uses that image as a metaphor for the pain of being heartbroken and alone. By the end, the narrator learns he is not the only lonely person, and Sting has described it as a song about finding solace in others going through the same thing.
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Fun facts
- Sampled in 12 other songs, like “TRUE DAMAGE by NIKITO Labrae (Ft. Yung Buda & Zemaru)”.
- Covered 21 times, including “Message in a Bottle by Chaosbay”.
- Written by Sting.
- Produced by The Police and Nigel Gray.
- Recorded at Surrey Sound Studios.