Song · Sting
“All This Time” by Sting
From the album The Soul Cages (1991)
“All This Time” by Sting appears on 12 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1991 and 2005. It was first released in 1991 on the album The Soul Cages. Its best result is #11 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #34 alternative song of 1991 and #1,650 alternative song of all time.
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"All This Time" led off Sting's third solo album, The Soul Cages, and it hides a funeral inside a bright, bouncing tune. The song draws on the death of his father, Ernest Sumner, told through a boy named Billy whose father is dying after an accident at the shipyard; with priests at the bedside, Billy wants no part of the ritual and would rather take the body out and bury it at sea. Sting has said he likes pairing grim subjects with upbeat music, and here the contrast is the whole point.
Hugh Padgham produced it with Sting and mixed it, and A&M put it out as the album's first single. It went all the way to 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, topped both the Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts, and reached number one in Canada.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 11 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 | 107 |
| 1991 | 64 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 | 91 |
| 1991 | 42 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 | 105 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 180 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 197 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) | 498 |
| 1999 | 721 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 722 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 723 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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