Fields of Gold

For other uses of "Fields of Gold", see Fields of Gold (disambiguation).

"Fields of Gold...."
Single by Sting
from the album Ten Summoner's Tales
Released	March 1993
Format	Compact Disc
Length	3:42 (Album Version)
Label	A&M
Producer	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. 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.

"Fields of Gold" was the second single released from the album after "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You". The single reached #16 on the UK Singles Chart and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart. It was also a hit in many countries including Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland and many others.

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

Tracklist

• UK 4 Track CD Single

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

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

Versions

The song has been subject of many interpretations. Here is a selective list (if possible in chronological order)

• 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 French owls, also includes it in 2002 released Pure Moods IV
• Tommy Emmanuel on his 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 in their album Masters of Chant Chapter III (2002)
• The Academical Village People on their album DECADEmical:Best of 1993-2003 (2003)
• Malachi Cush, a Fame Academy contestant, on his album Malachi (2003)
• Emi Fujita on Best Audiophile Voices III (Various Artists) album (2004)
• Fourplay on their album Journey (2004)
• Michael Ball (2005)
• Cliff Richard and Barry Gibb in Cliff Richard's album Two's Company The Duets (2006)
• Mary Wilson on her album Up Close: Live from San Francisco (2007)
• The MacDonald Brothers on their album The MacDonald Brothers (album)The MacDonald Brothers (2007)
• Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir on their album Hearts and Voices Raising (2009)
• Sal Panza and the Friendly Friends "Merchandise master took a break from selling t-shirts to record this version with two of his friendliest of friendly friends www.myspace.com/salpanzafriendlyfriends (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 his album Inspirations (2010)
• Michael Bolton and Eva Cassidy on Bolton's album Gems - The Duet Collection (2011)
• Soundset on their demo Sounds Good (2011)

Live interpretations

• Nadine Coyle, a contestant in Popstars The Rivals (2002)
• 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)
• Niki Evans, contestant in British The X Factor (2007)
• Robin Bengtsson, contestant in Swedish Idol (2008)
• David Archuleta from American Idol 2008 sang the song extensively during his 2009 Christmas from the Heart Tour
• Vienna Teng, a singer-songwriter who has performed a cover of the song several times during live concerts.
• Ada Szulc, contestant in Polish X Factor (2011)
• Lisa Miskovsky, in the swedish "Idrottsgalan 2012", Swedens annual sports gala.

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)

Mixes

• On Danemania Speed 9 (2002)

Instrumentals

• Pete Huttlinger, an American guitarist, arrangement on solo guitar (2002)
• Kevin Kern in his album Imagination's Light on piano (2005)
• Ed Alleyne-Johnson in 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 album Songs Without Words - full orchestra (2008)
• Jacques Stotzem on acoustic guitar (2009)
• Lisa Lynne {harp} on album "Daughters of the Celtic Moon" 1998
• John Tesh an American Pianist and Pop Music Composer, together with Everette Harp on Soprano Saxophone at Tesh's Concert; Live at Red Rocks (1995)

Language versions

• "Kultaniityt" in Finnish: Recorded by the Finnish artist Tapani Kansa in (1994)
• "Terre d'oru" in Corsican: Sting recorded a bilingual English/Corsican version with the Corsican singinggroup I Muvrini. The track appears on I Muvrini's album A strada. (2000)
• "Campi d’Oro" in Italian: Giorgia Fumanti recorded an Italian version on her album From My Heart (2007)

Charts

Year	Single	Peak chart positions											Album
		US	US AC	US Adult	US Rock	US Mod	UK	FRA	GER	IRE	NET	SWI
1993	"Fields of Gold"	23	2	—	24	12	16	—	52	22	44	25	Ten Summoner's Tales

External links

• Second Hand Songs: "Fields of gold" song page