Shape of My Heart (Sting song)

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"Shape of My Heart"
Single by Sting
from the album Ten Summoner's Tales
ReleasedAugust 1, 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"
(1994)

"Shape of My Heart" is a song by English musician Sting from his album Ten Summoner's Tales, released in 1993. The song was co-written by guitarist Dominic Miller. 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."[1] The song was used for the end credits of the film Léon with Jean Reno and Natalie Portman.

Samples and interpolations

The song's backing track has been sampled or interpolated by several artists. At least two songs, Sugababes' "Shape" and Pastor Troy's "For My Soldiers", have also sampled the original recording's vocals.

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
Hikaru Utada "Never Let Go" First Love 1999
Carl Thomas "Emotional" Emotional 2000 #47 in the US
Lil' Zane "Ways of the World" Young World: The Future 2000
Craig David featuring Sting "Rise & Fall" Slicker Than Your Average 2002 #2 in the UK
Sugababes "Shape" Angels with Dirty Faces 2002 #11 in the UK
Jay Chou 周杰倫 "夜曲" - 2005
Kyo "About Thirty Times" My Girl 2006
Shlomo artzi "תתארו לכם" שפויים 2007
Shontelle "I Crave You" Shontelligence 2008
Pastor Troy "For My Soldiers" Attitude Adjuster 2008
K Koke featuring Maverick Sabre "Turn Back" I Ain't Perfect 2012 #70 in the UK
Kyndall "Bullet" Still Down 2015
Rapper School "Mi Gran Amor" Crónicas Al Tiempo (Edición Especial) 2017
Tory Lanez featuring 50 Cent "Pieces" Memories Don't Die 2018
Juice WRLD "Lucid Dreams" Goodbye & Good Riddance 2018 #2 in the US
Nico de Andrea The Shape The Shape 2018
Russ Parkstone Drive[2] Zoo 2018

Covers

Canadian rock band Theory of a Deadman released a cover of "Shape of My Heart" on YouTube in February 2017.

British metalcore band Oceans Ate Alaska released a cover of the song as part of Songs that Saved My Life, a compilation cover album released on November 9th, 2018.

References

  1. ^ Shape of my heart by Sting Songfacts
  2. ^ "Russ's 'Parkstone Drive' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
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