Shape of My Heart (Sting song)

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"Shape of My Heart"
Sting - Shape of my heart.jpg
Single by Sting
from the album Ten Summoner's Tales
Released1 August 1993
GenrePop rock
Length4:41
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Sting singles chronology
"Fields of Gold"
(1993) 		"Shape of My Heart"
(1993) 		"Nothing 'Bout Me"
(1993)

"Shape of My Heart" is a song by British musician Sting. It was released in August 1993 as the fifth single from the album Ten Summoner's Tales. The song was co-written by guitarist Dominic Miller. It was used for the end credits of the film Léon starring Jean Reno, Gary Oldman and Natalie Portman, and within the 1993 film Three of Hearts.[1]

The song has become a pop classic and one of Sting's works most closely associated with his solo career. It currently has more than 150 million plays on the streaming platform Spotify.

Background and writing[]

Sting explained that through "Shape of My Heart", he wanted to tell the story of a "card player, a gambler who gambles not to win but to try to figure out something; to figure out some kind of mystical logic in luck, or chance; some kind of scientific, almost religious law."[2][3]

Charts[]

Chart (1993) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[4] 57
Chart (2014) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[5] 177
Chart (2015) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[6] 151
Chart (2016) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[7] 96

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[8]
digital 		Gold 100,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Notable samples and interpolations[]

The song's backing track has been sampled or interpolated by many artists, and used over 40 times.[9]

Artist Song Album Year Comments
Nas "The Message" It Was Written 1996 Released as a single but did not chart
Monica "Take Him Back" The Boy Is Mine 1998
Blaque "Release Me" Blaque 1999
Carl Thomas "Emotional" Emotional 2000 #47 in the US
Sugababes "Shape" Angels with Dirty Faces 2002 #11 in the UK
Craig David featuring Sting "Rise & Fall" Slicker Than Your Average 2003 #2 in the UK
K Koke featuring Maverick Sabre "Turn Back" I Ain't Perfect 2012 #70 in the UK
Young Noble featuring Arsonal Da Rebel, Hussein Fatal, Tony Atlanta, Krayzie Bone & King Malachi "Welcome To Real Life" Son of God 2013
Tory Lanez featuring 50 Cent "Pieces" Memories Don't Die 2018
Juice Wrld "Lucid Dreams" Goodbye & Good Riddance #2 in the US
Kygo and Avicii featuring Sandro Cavazza "Forever Yours (Tribute)" Non-album-single 2020
Yung Bleu featuring Drake "You're Mines Still" Love Scars: The 5 Stages of Emotions

References[]

  1. ^ "Three of Hearts (1993) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ^ Shape of my heart by Sting Songfacts
  3. ^ "Stine.com > Discography > Shape Of My Heart, cass". sting.com. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sting – Shape of My Heart" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sting – Shape of My Heart" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Sting – Shape of My Heart" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Japanese single digital certifications – Sting – Shape of my heart" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 6 January 2021. Select 2014年9月 on the drop-down menu
  9. ^ https://www.whosampled.com/Sting/Shape-of-My-Heart/
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